Eileen (featuring Sinead McConville)

from Tracks LP by The Powdered Earth

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We dug our own shelter in the garden
I am never gonna forget the smell of the earth
The dog’s eyes were wide with the bombarding
So I closed mine and prayed for all I was worth

Hamstrings tight digging for dinner
Then came the sound and Daddy said “duck!”
So we dropped down to the ground as the planes came back around
And in my mother’s muddy face, a trace of coming unstuck

The Wiltshire skies less foreboding
There was a US army base not far away
All the local boys threw out their toys
‘Cause the girls preferred the men from the US of A

They had moved me out west for my safety
But my uncles shut me up in a chicken coop
My fear of feathers was conquered that day
I was just another ingredient in mother nature’s soup

Oh, so long ago
If I could, I’d do it all again
Some folk like to sit and watch a game show
But in my mind I’m running like I did when I was ten

If you can’t leave your chair with your body
Maybe leap out with your mind
I’m digging for the treasure in pictures and books
And dive into the journeys I find

The letters said my folks would fetch me
When the enemy was finally denied
But wartime had a nasty way of scuppering your plans
So I hunched up in the pantry with my doll and cried

At fifteen, I’d been home and back again
I loved to learn but couldn’t bear that school
The boys had all the fun while every girl was a minion
And this girl didn’t polish shoes for the boys like a fool

Oh, so long ago
If I could, I’d do it all again
Some folk like to sit and watch a game show
But in my mind I’m running like I did when I was ten

If you can’t leave your chair with your body
Maybe leap out with your mind
I’m digging for the treasure in pictures and books
And dive into the journeys I find

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from Tracks LP, released March 20, 2024

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The Powdered Earth are Gloucester, UK based writer/producer duo George Moorey and Shane Young.

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