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Apple Tree

by Robert Edis

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This folky little number tells a tale of caution about a girl from a small country town at risk of making the same mistakes as her mother before her and never fulfilling her dreams.

Features my own dodgy cello playing (no I can't play it properly) but which I left for the rustic sound it lends.

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Apple Tree by Robert Edis (c) 2018


She was only seventeen
Had the deepest eyes of sea green
Had everything but confidence
But she would learn resilience

Her father was a gambling man
Her mother weeps for wasted years
Still dreaming of a saviour man
Life in the hands of volunteers

The apple fell not far away from the apple tree
So this is where we are today and will always be
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you around here
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you around here

Failed fathers turn the wheel
Only come by twice a year
Farmers with their seeds to sow
They only want what’s down below

The apples fall not far away from the apple tree
This is where you long to be but you must go and be free
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you around here
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you …
Around here, around here, around here

Now she’ll never be alone
She’s got 3 kids for company
Still dreaming of her saviour man
None exist in this damp land

The apple fell not far away from the apple tree
There’s a wider world out there that you have to see
And if you never make it far, this is where I’ll be
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you around here
It’s sad but it’s true there is nothing for you
Around here, around here, around here

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released May 25, 2020
Written, performed and produced by Robert Edis

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Robert Edis Honiton, UK

Robert Edis is a singer/songwriter and producer from Devon UK and former lead singer and guitarist from Beacon Fire. His solo music is emotive, atmospheric and sometimes almost cinematic and draws on influences from classic and contemporary progressive music with the occasional folk twist. ... more

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