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Tristan O'Malley - vocals
Michael O'Connell - acoustic guitar, harmonies
Kate Richmond - harmonies
Sheila Gruner - violin
Dave Withers - bass
Nick Craine - electric guitar
Nathan Lawr - drums
Michael Barclay - accordian

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Chester

©Tristan O'Malley

Chester is weird. He sits at the back of the class by
the fire escape and just stairs out the window.
He never has his homework done, so Mrs. Kaufman
yells. Sometimes he crys and sniffs his nose.

None of us kids like him, 'cause he's to small for
sports. At recess he stands alone. He stands out there
by the fence and starres across at he factories. I think
he has a bad life at home.

Chester stands alone and stares across the fence,
a fragile little boy with no hope of defence.

We all have Kodiaks, with rock hard steel toes, 'cause
our parents had the cash so we got 'em. But Chester
wears Cougars with floppy red tongues, and I think
maybe he has a medical problem.

It's not my fault if that's the way he is; if I go over
to his side they'll call me geek. This is Grade 7, and
you've got to be strong. They'll kill you here if they
see you're weak.

Last week his mother died (and God knows where
his father is), so they asked us not to tease him for a
week at school. He stood out there by the fence and
stared across at the factory and suddenly I felt like a
fool. He wasn't staring at the plant but at the birds
above, and very softly I heard him talking. He knew
all their names, big words in Latin, and when he saw
me he turned and started walking.

The birds they fly and they are free

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from Amplavibe, released July 25, 2007
Produced by Jon Halliwell
Recorded at The Black Sheep Inn (1999), Wakefield, Quebec
Recorded and Mixed by Bill Stunt for CBC's "Bandwidth"
Mastered by Kris at Skylark Mastering

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