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Rosalee

from Time Is Free by Trevor & Sylvie

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This one is a bit of a mystery. It begins with the first line of the song, “Rosalee has no comb for her long brown hair,” which came to me fully formed and seemingly out of nowhere. With the line came a wealth of cinematic imagery of winter-dark woods, snow-banked roads, birds disturbed from a tree, and a woman always just disappearing from sight. Trevor and I tried to piece the images together, and Rosalee’s story was there in the patchwork. I’m grateful she found me, but she’s definitely not mine. “Ain’t no way to hold a girl like that.”

lyrics

Rosalee
Written by Sylvie Davidson and Trevor Wheetman

Rosalee has no comb for her long brown hair
it falls in heavy tangles down her back
She’s just a wisp of willow smoke floating in the air
there ain’t no way to hold a girl like that
She goes walking in her heavy boots
don’t know where she’s going to
wanders off for weeks at a time
and nobody ever misses her
they say she’ll get what she deserves
and Rosalee don’t try to change their minds

Chorus:
Rosalee where you going in that hand me down dress
with your brown eyes overflowing like there’s something to confess
‘Stead of telling all your sorrows to that worn out rosary
why don’t you share some of them with me?
I want to know your secret, Rosalee

Rosalee walked alone on a long dark night
the fog was hanging low above the road
She came into my vision like a deer in my headlights
as pale and as lonely as a ghost
I could see the blood beneath her skin
porcelain and paper-thin
not a stitch of warmth against the cold
She said ‘there’s nothing left for you to save
now I’ve got one foot in my grave
and I’ll be dead and gone before I’m old’

Chorus

Bridge:
Smoke billows up and disappears into the night sky
a shout rings out through the cold to make the birds fly
an early snow falls to cover every track
Rosalee slips through the cracks

Rosalee where you going . . .
In that hand me down dress . . .
With your brown eyes overflowing like there’s something to confess . . .
Chorus

credits

from Time Is Free, released March 25, 2018
S. Davidson and T. Wheetman

Trevor: Vocal, Guitar. Sylvie: Vocal, Guitar. Ed Littlefield Jr.: Pedal Steel. Nick Forster: Electric Guitar. Chris Engleman: Bass. Christian Teele: Drums.

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Trevor & Sylvie Staunton, Virginia

Trevor and Sylvie are a husband and wife Americana duo based in Nashville, TN.

With roots in Americana, their songs are honest and timeless, written with equal parts craft and inspiration. From the unquenchable thirst of a Dust Bowl era love song to the gritty anonymity of a big-city dive bar, Trevor & Sylvie pull at the strings of familiar stories, following them to their hearts. ... more

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