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Corners
©Penelope Swales 1998



Oh sister, dear sister
Sitting in the corner of the room
Oh sister, dear sister
Listening to you talk about your life
The mischief in the corners of your smile makes me wonder
Ooh----

You make me smile
You make me laugh out loud
Make me watch the corners of your smile
You make me laugh
You make me talk all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile

Oh sister, dear sister
Lurkin' in the corners of your mind
Oh sister, dear sister
are such sore times have they left behind their watermark?
The mischief in the corners of your smile makes me wonder
About the mischief done to you
You seem too rich to have been plundered young
To have been plundered early

And you know, for all that's ever been
Taken by force from me,
Ah, but it was never more than I could handle
I may have been young, but you know, women are strong
But girls should never have to live in that sort of fear,
Oh, no
No matter what they're made of
Sugar and spice and all things nice
And the ground up tails of rats and mice
Ah, such stern stuff is my sister made of

You make me smile
You make me talk all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile
You make me laugh
You make me cry all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile

Oh sister, dear sister
Watchin' from the corner of my eye
Oh sister, dear sister
Just the way her hair fell down, 'round from her neck
As she bent over her guitar
All I could see of her face
Was the corners of her smile

You make me laugh
You make me talk all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile
Makes me wonder
You make me laugh
You make me cry all night
Make me watch the corners of your smile
Makes me wonder
Make me toss and turn and
Dream all night 'bout just
Touchin' the corners of your smile

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from Justifying your Longings to the Doctor, released January 7, 1998
Penelope Swales - vocals, guitar, stomp box
Emma "Raz" Rasmussen - vocals

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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