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Tourist​(​e)

by Mackenzie Leighton

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1.
do you wanna know what dorothy wingfield left behind first of all, in the hall, a hollow knight the claw footed bathtub the wooden countertops a dusty frame of the queen on the upright a dogs playing poker painting green glasses to catch leaks of rain in the moth infested overcoats the bugs finishing her notes and a grand devotion to the piano the sisters ring the bells to send her off with every tug their toes lifting off the ground the landlord hands the deed down to the moths their wings murmuring a paper sound da da da so long dorothy so long da da da so long dorothy so long da da da so long dorothy so long
2.
Paris Girls 03:02
hyacinths go well with fractured cobblestones shutters always match the window boxes the women that sit behind balconies have higher cheekbones than I their fingernails lack the dirt fixed underneath mine but what do they know what do the girls in paris know and I would like to know what the girls in paris know they’re fastening their two toned shoes at night always baring shoulders and wearing tights feeling palm lines of a lover across the table I bet later on he’ll trace the notches in her spine but what do they know what do the girls in paris know and I would like to know what the girls in paris know maybe it’s the way they pronounce arrondissement si je parle français, je serai une fille de paris but what do they know what do the girls in paris know and I would like to know what the girls in paris know what the girls in paris know
3.
facteur facteur monsieur facteur t'as des lettres pour moi cet après midi des cartes postales, des mots d'amour t'as des nouvelles de marie Ça fait deux semaines qu'elle ne m'a pas écrit Ça fait deux années que ma vie se passe ici facteur facteur monsieur facteur T'es arrivée tot, les mains vides Mais si tu veux tu peux rester On fait un gâteau on joue a la balle aux prisonniers On attends que marie trouve ce qu'elle voulait Un homme idéal, une belle matinée facteur facteur monsieur facteur Tu me demandes comment ça se passe mes vacances Et je te dit en fait j'habite ici Mais je serai toujours touriste Peut-être comme toi Ni de la ni d'ici Jamais d'ici Facteur facteur monsieur facteur si un jour tu partirais Me laisserais-tu prendre ton boulot Ta petite casquette jaune, ton vélo Et puis tout le monde me connaîtrait Comme facteur facteur madame facteur Facteur facteur madame facteur qui se perde parmi les autres facteurs qui danse sur le chemin sur les ruelles bleus D'où elle vient on est jamais sure D'où elle vient on est jamais sure
4.
Ladies Night 04:27
ladies night and everyone dressed so delicately one by one they go on about the men they see say they come to them too broken too often and leave so easily one left the bar while she went to the bathroom the other had another all along says she’ll give it a third try and if it’s not the real thing she’ll stop she wants to know where all the good ones have gone she needs to know where all the good ones have gone and she says she's done with men but she keeps going back to them and I keep it to myself but maybe she should see a lady she should see a lady why not see a lady she should see a lady and if she wants I will take her out to the aquarium or haunted house and if she wants I will sing for her just like I did for the girl before and she says she's done with men but she keeps going back to them and I keep it to myself but maybe she should see a lady she should see a lady why not see a lady she should see a lady ladies night and everyone dressed so delicately
5.
Nicole would love it here at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge like walking into an antique store or the attic of grandma’s house more like an emporium or an oddities saloon two light up dance floors and mannequins in every room you’ll have the time of your life at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge the drinks are not that good but cheap for a good night out among bicycles, an old canoe, a dentist’s chair who might you happen to run into there oh I’ll tell you who you’ll run into there an old man in aviators wearing penny loafers too your high school guidance counselor and all your moms old friends from book group you might even run into someone who used to babysit you and you’re gonna make ‘um feel real old just to warn you there’s a swingers party in the back room from meetup.com just to warn you the girls on the football team have arrived and they’re all looking to get it on and if you’re lucky you’ll find an old lover or maybe five and if you’re lucky they’ll fight over you outside while ya dance with 80 year old Jerry to Mambo number 5
6.
somewhere else I am a wife I work the land, I sleep at night I closed the curtains on that life and here I am with my man and I did some things a nice girl shouldn’t do I’ve gotta do better, be more like you for now the dreams will have to do and I on the opposite shore will be working on this one life patiently and I on the opposite shore will be working on this one life patiently maybe I will never return oh what if I never return to my mother and father seeing the ghosts in the house and they never hear lyrics of the songs they make up the words as they sing along they’ve got 3 daughters on 3 continents yeah my sisters are much too far I like living here but I’d like to be where they are I like living here but I’d like to be where they are and I on the opposite shore will be working on this one life patiently and I on the opposite shore will be working on this one life patiently
7.
After All 04:18
have you heard the news yet are we really cool yet after all we’re just two kids waiting for an early retirement after all when you get here I’ve gotta warn ya we’ll be cooking on the floor while I try to sort out who’s a friend and who is more but this is what the hours were made for and god it feels so good to be alone in a room on the top floor with the fridge in the wardrobe god it feels so good to be alone god it feels so good to be alone you’re kept up by a love too far I’m kept up by a nearby lover in another’s arms but to whom do we really belong to ourselves, to the clocks, to the woman down the hall all I ask is you hold a space for me in the back row of the mezzanine I don’t care if its in the nose bleeds as long as its next to your seat and god it feels so good to be alone in a room on the top floor with the fridge in the wardrobe god it feels so good to be alone god it feels so good to be alone

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released June 26, 2020

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Mackenzie Leighton Nantes, France

folk singer-songwriter & florist from Maine USA now living in Nantes, France

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