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  Vernon Garfield's Yellow House There is a darker side to Island rural life. This song tells the story of a family in decay and of a little girl imprisoned by her abusive stepfather. Listen to a clip of this song (You'll need an MP3 player to listen.) Lyrics Eileen was a quiet child No laughter in her eyes Somewhere in the darkness The innocence had died Where the fields run to the shore And the devil's paintbrush grows At Vernon Garfield's yellow house Back from the road Her mother was a timid soul Powerless and small She worked to buy the groceries And made love to alcohol Eileen dreamed of tenderness Outside the prison gate At Vernon Garfield's yellow house Childhood learned to wait Chorus: Looking through the back door Of a rundown family Where you can't find the grace of God And the spirit is too weak Where the Island way of life Is nothing pretty to behold At Vernon Garfield's yellow house Back from the road Vernon bought her clothes to wear He gave her everything And in the backyard near the fence He built a tire swing Where Eileen played on summer days Spinning in the wind At Vernon Garfield's yellow house Every gift had strings Into her room like drifting snow The weekend madness came Silent fear and unseen tears No shelter from the pain And when the storm was over Eileen could breathe again At Vernon Garfield's yellow house The shadows had no names Repeat Chorus Now the snow has left the ditches And it's time to drag the lane And you can see white curtains blow From the broken window pane And in the sky above the birches A robin flys alone At Vernon Garfield's yellow house There's nobody home Repeat Chorus End Players Vocal: Allan Rankin Drums and Synthesizer: Dave Burton Bass: Jamie Gatti Yamaha 9ft Concert Grand Piano: Kim Dunn Acoustic Guitar: Chris Corrigan Fiddle: Ray Legere Copyright Wild Garden Music (SOCAN) |