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To Aliena

from RURAL by John Ellis

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TO ALIENA

Aliena I just saw your picture at my mother’s house
You’d just turned 18 and you’d started to doubt the boy taking your picture
By the piano in a cheap summer dress – your late summer skin –
You’re biting your lip as you fight away tears of confusion and sorrow
Did I make you cry Aliena?

There’s a hand-print on your bedroom ceiling, I know it’s still there
I painted your walls in the winter, you lay on your bed laughing at me
I can see you, that night at your gate, I came to invite you
You asked me inside and a part of me’s still there under your blankets
Won’t you let me go Aliena?

Girl I left you because I was told to by my so-called friends
And what did I know? I believed them – it’s 20 years and they’re still lonely
And your picture, it floats through the ether and knocks at my window
I would just love to say sorry and hear you say that you forgive me
Can you hear me Aliena?

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from RURAL, track released June 26, 2012
words and music: John Ellis
Published by Jellisongs
© John Ellis 2012

John Ellis: instruments and singing
Barry van Zyl: percussion
Recorded by Howard Butcher
Mixed by Neal Snyman
Mastered by Rogan Kelsey

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John Ellis Durban, South Africa

A singer-songwriter from Durban, South Africa, John has played his music all over the world. His fifth full-length solo album "Native"will be released on April 27 2022.

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