Name: Letter from Allison
Duration: P00H02M24S
Description: For an old friend, a book end, when letters were not emails and texts, and when waiting was charged with anticipating; and you could touch the paper that another had touched, maybe pick up a scent of a past that was once hopeful, not knowing the future had been written down but you just didn't see it.

Letter from Allison

from Fill Spectre by Flying Fan Modules

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For an old friend, a book end, when letters were not emails and texts, and when waiting was charged with anticipating; and you could touch the paper that another had touched, maybe pick up a scent of a past that was once hopeful, not knowing the future had been written down but you just didn't see it.

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Letter from Allison

Woke up this morning with the sun in my eyes,
Slept on the porch waiting for a surprise,
But I'm not waiting for the telephone,
I'm waiting for the mail to come
With a letter from Allison.

I met her from a distance, I met her on the run,
And though I haven't seen her, i want that day to come,
So I'm not going to the cinema,
I'm waiting for the mail to come
With a letter from Allison.

She says she's getting to know me from the inside out;
She says the eyes of the soul know what it's all about.
I think she likes me--well I like her, too;
She seems to know what she's going through.
I'll keep on writing so I can figure it out, too.
Oh, Allison!

Mailman, mailman--wont you be my friend,
Do you have a a letter or a card from Allison?
Mailman, mailman, won;t you help me please--
Do you have a package or a parcel from Allie?
Mailman, mailman, why won't you be my pal
Here's hoping all the mail you got is all from Allison.

I don't know her from Eve, but I like what I read;
She seems to tell the truth, and honey, that;s what i need.
Can't help but think of her, can't hep but dream;
Can all the words between us say just what we mean?
I'm not waiting for The News at Seven;
I'm just a-waiting for the mail to come
With a letter form Allison,
With a letter from Allison--
Allison.

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from Fill Spectre, track released January 1, 1996
Produced, Composed, and Played by Edward Morneau

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Edward Morneau Salem, Massachusetts

Edward Morneau has been a musician and songwriter most of his life. His focus on multiple genres and interest on sound collage experimentation makes his music hard to classify. His muses range from Beatles, Brian Wilson, Randy Newman, XTC, Kinks, Iris DeMent to Mahler, Shostakovich, Penderecki & Zappa. His background as an English & Film teacher gives humor and striking imagery to his songs. ... more

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