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Mrs. Pontellier

from I Can't Help It by Ellen Siberian Tiger

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    Vocals, guitar - Ellen Tiberio-Shultz Drums, banjo - Jon Cox Bass, trombone - Collin Dennen Guitar - Jack Bagby Vocals, violin, guitar - Catherine Joy Parke Violin - Drew Percy Vibrophone - Dylan Vadakin All songs written by Ellen Tiberio-Shultz. Recorded at 37 foot records with Steph Durwin and Zach Bloomstein.Mixed and mastered by M. Henry. Album art and cover design by Seph Hamilton and Tommy Bruce.

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Mrs. Pontellier did die,
If she could die then so could I
‘cause we both thought that love would see us through.
If I haven’t lost my faith, it’s fine.
Ten more years ‘til I’m twenty nine,
Maybe then you’ll find me deep in blue.

Who can tell if I’ve been bruised or bitten?
I’ve met a lot of men and I’ve met a lot of women.
One thing love never does is set us free.
Lady learned it, then she taught it to me.

Mrs. Pontellier woke up,
Looked around, and then she thought,
“these men are taking everything that’s mine.”
Edna darling looked around,
Saw the sea and heard the sound
And thought to herself that “it’s only a matter of time.”

No one knew if she’d been bruised or bitten.
She knew a lot of men and she knew a lot of women.
One thing they never did was set her free.
She learned it then she taught it to me.

Edna dear, I know it’s sad
To be woman in a world that favors a man
But oh how I wish that you would have tried harder to swim.
Yeah I know, it’s a real raw deal.
You can’t say what you like or fuck who you feel
But you would have done better than him.

Now we’ll never ever ever know if you were bruised or bitten.
I asked the men and I asked the women.
Did that ocean finally set you free?
is that what you were trying to teach to me?

Mrs. Pontellier did die,
She did die but no not I
Because I learned what Edna never knew.
I didn’t lose my faith this time,
And I’ll remember when I’m twenty nine:
It’s always better to swim than to sink in blue.

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from I Can't Help It, released May 12, 2015

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