Laura Elsa

by YASMIN DE LAINE

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Laura Elsa lived a little while down the way
Walked her baby for miles through the heat and through the rain
I watched her struggle and wring the perspiration from her clothes
Bug-eyed and wondering where all her buried resentment goes

Laura Elsa pulls her limping boy to her side
Says he got too brave in the face of some poor sad man’s pride
Yeah, she don’t say much but I saw her jaw get real tight
Once something’s got in deep you can’t pull the wool out of that dye

Called her mama before they came to take her away
Dragged him to that precious truck, carried on and rumbled down the lane
‘Tween grape vines, they’ll find him in a nine-inch grave
“It's done. He’s dead.” She said, hung up and walked away

Small town whispers through leaves and vines and soil
I seen their son with his grey face milling round the hall
News of Laura’s man spread, and once they learned his fate
Townsfolk shrugged their shoulders, better without him anyway

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released March 14, 2023
Music and lyrics by Yasmin de Laine

Yasmin de Laine - vocals, banjo
Anita Quayle - cello
Shane Reilly - pedal steel
Roger Newall - percussion

Recorded, mixed and produced by AJ Bradford at Tender Trap Studios

Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Recordings

Cover photo by Tanya Voltchanskaya

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YASMIN DE LAINE Melbourne, Australia

Yasmin de Laine conjures an eerie mix of swamp-blues and gothic alt-rock, reinvigorating the tradition of murder ballads and taking inspiration from her rural upbringing.

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