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This is a song I wrote after a ten day silent retreat. Lori Hirst and Deb Whalen are the featured backing vocalists.

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suitcase in hand, you lock your car
you won't be driving for the next ten days
you introduce yourself, everyone's a stranger
and deep down you know it has to be that way
you've got an aching head and a tiny bed
its so hard to fall asleep away from home
wearing your old Levis you've got butterflies
and the sneaking suspicion you'll always be alone

chorus:
but when you go home your gonna walk
with your head held high
and you'll know
these were the best ten days of your life
what's your secret? they'll all want to know
when you go home

in the next room a girl named Eden
covered head to toe in tattoos
she slams in and slams out all noisy confusion
the only one here more mixed up than you
until you wake up on day six
from a dream in which you found you could fly
above the maple trees and their yellowing leaves
beyond the clouds into the clear blue sky

Chorus:
when you go home your gonna walk
with your head held high
and you'll know
these were the best ten days of your life
what's your secret? they'll all want to know
when you go home

Chorus:
when you go home your gonna walk
with your head held high
you'll know
these were the best ten days of your life
and you'll find out, like I did,
there ain't nothing that you don't already know,
when you go home

credits

from Unbreakable, released April 18, 2013
Produced and engineered by Mitch Girio
Mastered by Richard G. Benoit
Recorded at Slaughterhouse 754, Toronto
Music and lyrics by Melanie Peterson (SOCAN)

Melanie Peterson - vocals, acoustic guitars
Peter Collins - bass, Hammond organ
Pete Lambert - drums
Mitch Girio - electric guitars, shaker
Lori Hirst- backing vocals
Deb Whalen - backing vocals

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Melanie Peterson Toronto, Ontario

This Saskatoon born Toronto-based singer-songwriter has quietly become one of the bright lights on the Toronto folk scene. With her aching vibrato and prairie roots, her work has been consistently praised by listeners and music critics alike. She has been deemed “Mary Poppins with a broken heart” by BBC radio and is also an actress who's most recent role was on the
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