Vocals – Lucille | Piano - Mitch Cairns | Acoustic Guitar – Lucille | Electric Guitar - Shannon Bourne | High Strung Guitar - Mitch Cairns | Baritone Guitar - Stewart Kohinga | Fretless Bass - Mitch Cairns | Dobro - Shannon Bourne | Backing Vocals - Olivia Nathan, Lucille, Jono Wright, Mitch Cairns | Percussion - Jono Wright, Mitch Cairns
lyrics
The back way to the train’s past my front door
They walk on by like every week before
The welfare centre’s one stop down the line
Yeah they’re trying to find a way out of the Pines
Pete stops by he lights himself a smoke
He’s gonna tell me he’s still broke
That he trying to some coin go someplace nice
But his daughter needs him round she’s on the ice
I can see it in his eyes see it in his eyes
He will never leave the Pines
I can see it in his eyes those long-gone faded eyes
He will never leave the Pines
Walk five blocks you’ll find the Bottle’O
In the afternoon there’s nowhere else to go
Shopping trollies stashed in Cheryl’s front yard
Yeah she wheels one down buys herself a slab
I can see it in her eyes see it in his eyes
She will never leave the Pines
I can see it in her eyes those long-gone faded eyes
She will never leave the Pines
Council came built a lovely home
For the likes of Pete and Cheryl when they grow old
Ship shape shiny the nurses really care
But the old folks sit around with that long-gone faded stare
You can see it in their eyes see it in their eyes
They will never leave the Pines
You can see it in their eyes those long-gone faded eyes
They have never left the Pines
Irish singer-songwriter Sarah E. Cullen bares her heart over pastoral folk arrangements enshrouded in a dream-pop haze. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 29, 2021