From the recording Solastalgia
Annie Sumi - Piano, Vocals
Jill Sauerteig - Cello
Jenna Gallagher - Violin
Anh Phung - Flute
Produced by Neil Whitford and Annie Sumi
Engineered and mixed by Neil Whitford
Mastered by Rheuben Ghose
Recorded at Saint Clarens Studio and Canterbury Studio
Partially funded by the Ontario Arts Council
“Oliver” is from the album Solastalgia copyright © 2021 by Annie Sumi
Lyrics
Oliver in shades of blue and branches in your hair
I've known you like Springtime
All covered by the Sun
As I recall, you hopped a train and skipped this scrapyard city
Now I think of you Westbounding
Free as the wind
Oliver
Remember those cherry blossom mornings
When we would go chasing our dreams?
I believe you were my first four leaf clover find
Now I see them all the time
But I leave them there for someone else
Life remains a funny thing, and I dizzy in the spin
All the places I have been to they keep rushing me around
Oliver
Remember those cherry blossom mornings
When we would go chasing our dreams?
springtime
walking down the lane
hopscotch heartbeat
skipping
tripping
tongue-twist talking
things I say,
or don't say
smaller conversations
Oliver
Remember those cherry blossom mornings?
We were as certain as the sun
Oliver
Remember those cherry blossom mornings
When we were just children in love?