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    SIMPLE SENTENCES (1992)
    Solo recording of original songs by Aubrey Atwater. An album of original works by Aubrey, released in May 1992. She dedicated it to the students and staff of Dorcas Place Parent Literacy Center in Providence, RI, where she worked at the time.

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Robert
Words and Music by Aubrey Atwater, ©1985 Rabbit Island Music

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Robert pours his whiskey
And settles for the night
Though he never skips a single day
Somehow he knows it isn't right

His wife has threatened repeatedly
To leave him all alone
"He can sit around the house," she cries, "and drown."
I don't think I can take another day,
Watching him drink his senses away.
He's cold, he's passed out,
He's like a distant star
And I'm completely alone."

Still Robert tries and tries each day
To patch up what he's done
He smiles and brings her flowers
And says, "I'm sorry" much too much

And still he never skips a single day
Without drinking his senses away
To the kids it seems so easy and so clear
That he should just simply stop

Still Robert pours his whiskey
And settles for the night
Though he never skips a single day
Still he knows it isn't right

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from Simple Sentences 1992, released May 9, 1992
Aubrey Atwater: vocals, guitar

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Aubrey Atwater and Elwood Donnelly, present delightful programs of traditional American and Celtic folk songs, a capella pieces, old-time gospel songs, dance tunes, and original works, blending gorgeous harmonies with guitar, Appalachian mountain dulcimer, mandolin, tin whistle, harmonica, banjo, bones, spoons, limberjacks, and Appalachian clog dancing and French Canadian footwork. ... more

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