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The Holy Relic

from Before You Wandered In by Tess McKenna

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Starts out with the attitude of a donkey ride through fifteenth century Spain and ends up sprawled over an unmade bed in Venice broke and on the verge of another panic attack.

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THE HOLY RELIC

Hello Sun. I’m glad we’ve come
I got it together now we’re a peaceful circle
I am tracing the shapes that you make on the wall
And there’s some noise in the street
They are using the words from a language
I do not speak

And everyone has come
Looking for the fun

Big black letters on a box with yellow tape
We are lost and we’re hungry and I’m broke
And I wanna see your fortress

So we take the Slow Train from Madrid
And study your land
And the Holy Relic they cut from your hand

And when everyone was done
They went looking for the fun
When they’d finished what they had begun
They went looking for the fun

Now I see you everywhere in buildings of stone
And ink on paper and walking ‘round in the Sun

Yes. here they come. here they come
To fill up the walkways of a city that is slowly sinking
And to slip into the muddy waters of a lagoon and end up face down in the sea
While we sway in the dark and I listen to Blue Monk and Ballad in Plain D

And when all is said and done we’re all looking for the fun
Even the Broken Ones are looking for the fun
Looking for the fun. keep on looking for the fun
Just remember how they always come
To stop us looking for the fun
We will do what we have always done
Sorta looking for the fun

Yes hello Sun. I’m glad we’ve come

Written by TESS MCKENNA

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from Before You Wandered In, released March 1, 2019
Track 02: The Holy Relic written by Tess McKenna
Artist: Tess McKenna
Album Title - Before You Wandered In (2019)
Album Duration: 45:24mns
Track 07: The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll written by Bob Dylan. Published by Special Rider Music
Produced by Tess McKenna and Roger Bergodaz.
Recorded and mixed by Roger Bergodaz at Union Street Studio, Brunswick, Australia
Musicians (all tracks): Ashley Davies drums, Karen Rush bass/vocals,
Tess McKenna vocals/guitars, Michael den Elzen guitars (tracks 1, 5 and 8).
Mastered by Amy Marie, Nashville, Tennessee

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Tess McKenna Melbourne, Australia

Tess McKenna is an independent artist based in Melbourne, Australia.
Tess has performed her songs at festivals, concert halls and pubs across Australia and overseas, from the Byron Bay Blues Fest (NSW, AUS) to Austin’s SXSW (Texas, USA).
She has played guest supports for Lucinda Williams and Nick Cave
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