Tip tap fingertips on the top of tables
and a wall of empty bottles perched like birds
who used to tweet tweet tweet in the back of his garden
while he'd eat eat eat with his Mama watching
with those old, green eyes
that tried, tried, tried
So hard when the money didn't come
and when his Daddy came down like a ton
of bricks in their own little ship
and they swayed and they sank
and they dipped, dipped, dipped.
But oh how she tried,
oh how she tried,
oh how she tried,
oh how she tried.
With a tip tap fingertips on the top of tables
and a wall of empty bottles perched like birds
who used to tweet tweet tweet in the back of his garden
while he'd eat eat eat with his Mama watching
with those old, green eyes
that tried, tried, tried.
And she swore that his Daddy sure did love him,
just didn't know how to show him.
And the bruises and burns were his simple words
to show that he cared.
But oh how she tried,
oh how she tried,
oh how she tried,
oh how she tried.
With a tip tap fingertips on the top of tables
and a wall of empty bottles perched like birds
who used to tweet tweet tweet in the back of his garden
while he'd eat eat eat with his Mama watching
with those old, green eyes
that tried, tried, tried, tried.
credits
from The Missed Deadlines EP,
released November 21, 2016
Lead Vocal: Ellen Quinn Banville
Acoustic Guitar: Finola Cahill
Electric Guitar: Brislee Adams
Bass: Marten Ingle
Trombone: Paddy Sherlock
Drums: Dennis Benarrosh
Backing Vocals: Sinead O'Byrne, Tess Liautaud and Alexandre Carcelen
Recorded at Le Bar De La Plage, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, France by Nicolas Grivot.
Mixed by Steven Forward
All songs were written and produced by Finola Cahill.
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