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Recorded as a Valentine's Day gift on a Tascam 4-track, February 2008.

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It was winter
When I went home
And the canal had
Frozen over

The ducks and swans were on their feet
Trying to walk on ice
But slipped and fell
Sometimes through a hole

It was your birthday
The day before
You'd had an argument
With your mum and stepdad

I was scared you'd fall below
And not be able to climb out
Or your heart would freeze
Never to thaw

It was Christmas
When I went home
There was a snow storm
But just for one day

You told me a long time ago
About when you were homeless
And sleeping
In stairways in the cold

It was dark now
Almost all the time
Your dad and little brother had shut you out
Out on the other side

I just wanted to stay bed
All day in the warm inside
I'm sorry I couldn't see you
What could I say?

It was new year's
Then came the fog
I couldn't see
Behind or in front

Please don't lose your way and hide
Like the bright big moon that night
The world will go on
We're past the shortest day

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from The Shrieking Violets, released February 14, 2010

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The Shrieking Violets Manchester, UK

When I was at school I didn't say very much, but wrote copiously. My ambitions were to be editor of the Times, a rock 'n' roll music journalist or on Top of the Pops. I felt like if you weren't loud you were ignored, but my year 9 English teacher, Mr Hodgkins, noticed that I did have things to say. He once said he knew that I was 'no shrinking violet' so I decided to be a 'Shrieking Violet'. ... more

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