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Oh my brother, you have to help me
I found you at my father’s grave
A lock of hair told me you were there
A lock of hair I’d recognize anywhere

Father’s ghost is hanging round the house
And mother’s nerves have gone to shit
I pour my wine, and pour my scented oil
Watch them seep into the soil

Iphigenia, you must remember
She of the warm doe eyes and curls
She let me suck her thumb, when we were babes
My only comfort in this world

And our father, so handsome in his robe
There is no sense that I can make
How could her cut her white tender throat
all so his armies could set sail?

Eeeh eeeeh

Our mother, brutal as a man,
Kisses that traitor right in front of me
I am not welcome, they’re making love
While the blood’s still under their nails

credits

from Holly Mae and the Painted Room-Self Title, released May 2, 2008
holly ~ lead vokes, guitar
merilee ~ cello
mike ~ accordion

track art ~ 'electra at the tomb' by frederic leighton

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Holly Mae and the Painted Room Berlin, Germany

The Painted Room is an art-folk entity of varying membership that existed in from 2006 to 2012. Members have included Holly Mae Haddock, Sara Kwon, Kathy Kwon, Molly Morgan, Sarah Morris, Mary Fraser, Mike Billmire, Serge Van der Voo, Merilee Philips, Sami Jo Buffington, Ken Lee, Jaime Fordyce & others ... more

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