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Candyce, Act I: Dirty River (Charissa Whillock)

from Candyce by S.Fairbank

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SCENE: Cliff and Lila’s penthouse apartment.

Lila is in her living room getting high with a couple of friends. As they are preparing some drug paraphernalia, Lila looks out the window rueing how her marriage to Cliff has devolved into estrangement and drift, leading her into a life of material comforts and empty thrill seeking through substance abuse.

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Dirty River
(Lila)

Dirty River, whispering your secrets
Dirty River, leaving me behind
Rubbing my mascara eye
crying pointlessly
with this dirty river running to the sea
My man’s not here he’s there
and when he’s there
leaves me 30 stories in the air
He gives me money then he takes it out in trade
devours me until he’s satisfied
Cuts his guilt with cold dead charm
leaves me floating in a ruin
And when he hits me with a
double-barrelled blast of precious stones
there’s nothing left to do but the undoing
Then I'm left here
With something in my hand
to try and take the edges off this frame

My expensive wilting orchid flower face
planted in this toxic river mud
Some days I never see the open sky
Drifting, drifting in this haze
Some days I can’t see the open sky
I think the sky is on its knees
The sky is on its knees
and anyway the clouds are not my home

Dirty River, I am here
I am home
inside a crystal serving dome

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©2023 Pava Music
Music & lyrics ©2023 S.Fairbank / Studfinder Music (BMI)

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from Candyce, released August 30, 2023
Charissa Whillock: Vocals
S.Fairbank: Guitars, synthesizers, violas, bass, harpsichord, percussion

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S.Fairbank

S.Fairbank is a composer, producer, musician, and writer with a long history as an innovator in alternative musical performances involving electronic music fused with video, film and theater.

In live performance he has appeared on bills with a diverse array of artists including Annie Lennox, Karen Finley, Gus Gus, Nels Cline, Jane’s Addiction, The Minutemen, Carla Bozulich, and Holger Czukay. ... more

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