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When You Leave

from Motel Blues by Ella Hunt

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  • Motel Blues EP with Exclusive Bonus Track 10" Vinyl
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Ella Hunt's EP "Motel Blues" on 10" vinyl with an exclusive bonus track "Moral High Ground" Live from Joe's Pub! This limited edition of 200 is the only place to buy the live version of "Moral High Ground".

    About Motel Blues:

    “Motel Blues” is the new EP from singer-songwriter/actor Ella Hunt’s upcoming EP of the same name releasing September 12th from Historical Fiction Records. The second in her three part “Triptych” series of EPs, the vignettes present a larger portrait of the foundations of her musical landscape. “Motel Blues” highlights three songs, “Motel Blues”, “Reciprocity”, and “When You Leave” written by Loudon Wainwright III that shaped the songwriter in her formative years. Reflecting on their influence she says, “I still remember the first time I heard Motel Blues. I was 14, it was the first Loudon song I ever heard. The un-fussy-ness of the lyrics, their humour, clarity and humanity was so striking. I don’t think I’d ever heard such lonely words but I felt so held by the humanity of them."

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lyrics

You left for camp
You left for school
Left for the coast when that was cool
Then you left women;
One a wife
To save your skin you wrecked a life
When there's kids, its not just one life you wreck
You're on the run
You go to town to start anew
But those you left come after you

Its what you think
Its how you feel
Though who can say if its all real?

The darndest thing is kids grow up
One day some strange adults show up
The ones you left arrive in town
"That's nice", you say, "they'll be around
Perhaps they're just a bit bereft, but they'll forgive the one who left"
Sad stories can have happy ends
Perhaps now, you can just be friends

Its what you want
Its how you feel
What's more, you hope your theory's real

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Who would've thought or could believe
Things go so badly when you leave
The skin you save is growing slack
And those you left don't want you back

Your power's gone
It was pretend
The wife you left meant more to them
Its not just that they side with her
You left and who knew where you were
The reason that they came to town
Was just to make the place their own
They realized your greatest fear;
You are so close but hardly here

Its what you think
Its how you feel
And what's worse is you know its real

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from Motel Blues, released September 12, 2023

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Ella Hunt New York, New York

Ella Hunt is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for her performance in the film Anna and the Apocalypse (2017). On television, she is known for her roles as Ellie Marsden in the ITV comedy-drama Cold Feet, and Sue Gilbert in the Apple TV+ series Dickinson. She released the first installment of her Triptych project in 2021. ... more

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