Curious album
Goodnight Evangeline (McDonnell)
Theres a whisper as she moves
In the company of charlatans
All the artifice
She will trade for your attention
Underneath the grace
Catastrophe
And then the tears may come
Should the need arise
They are her currency
To compel and constrain
In borrowed skirts
She is eating strawberries
These paradigms she learned
Under the hand of every man she’s known
Laughing high and long
Evangeline
Holds the weather in her hand
For a moment
If I had a key to her dreaming
It couldn’t help me
It wouldn’t get me free
Her faithless breath is woven in my bones
I’m entangled
Twisted and entwined
She can kill you with kindness
Kill you with cyanide
Close your eyes
Be the light on the water
When the stars align
Electricity
And the ghosts of childhoods end
Will sway her still
I have seen the book of her yearnings
Ragged and tattered
I think I understand
Just walk away
And blow the candles out
Say goodnight
Goodnight Evangeline
It’s time to go
Goodnight Evangeline
PERSONNEL
Phil McDonnell: Vocals, Accordian, Penny whistle, Pianos, Strings programming
Tim Palmer: Guitars, Drum programming