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1.
The dirt on the windshield's got an ocean from the rain outside, as I drive east, farther east than I could fathom. Try to stay alive. Lonely drive. To the city, where I made you cry. To the city, where you don't ask why. To the city, where I'm going to die. I'm just a flash in the pan. I'm as dashing as a flash in the pan. I'm just a flash in the pan. My brain's in a fuzzy little coating of alcohol and lies. No goodbyes. I dream I'm careening down the freeway to your naked eyes, past the lies Of that evening, when I made you cry. All those evenings, when we didn't ask why. To that evening, when I'm going to die. I'm just a flash in the pan. I'm as dashing as a flash in the pan. …as empty …as honest
2.
Blue 02:45
If you remember me tomorrow, don’t go asking where I am. I’ll be lodging with my sorrow with a bottle in my hand just outside the city limits where the stars and lights compete. Don’t go looking for your answers in a soul that’s incomplete. Please don’t go to so much trouble. There is nothing you can do. Don’t you know I’ll simply make you blue?
3.
Papillon 02:24
quand j’étais un papillon je volais dans le ciel je cherchais mon p’tit amour parmi les fleurs et leur miel quand j’étais un papillon je cherchais parmi et dans dans les yeux des étrangers dan leur tristesse insondable dan les vie des p’tites oiseux et leur chansons inconsolable quand j’étais un papillon je cherchais parmi et dans
4.
45 03:06
They got me on the front in 45 ’cause I didn’t have the strength to stay alive. You know I did the best I could. Mama I was good and then I died. Oh lord in 45. They get you when you’re young and ill prepared, when the beauty of the world has got you scared. Now I don’t know what’s right, but I know I lost the fight and that ain’t fair. No lord that ain’t fair. I didn’t get a chance to see the end, but I heard somebody say it would be grand with confetti in the street and the dancing and the beat of marching bands. Oh lord that’d be grand. Oh lord that’d be grand.
5.
Tennessee 01:41
Last night, I’ll admit I was lonely and feeling blue. I thought about all the things that you told me that we would do, like driving down to Tennessee: a pretty dream it was, just a beautiful dream, I know.
6.
The Decline 02:47
If I’m going down, I guess I’ll try to have a good time. If I’ve got to hit the ground, I guess I’ll try to have a good time in the decline…

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“Papillonette has a rich, folksy blend of Olenka and the Autumn Lovers' French, Polish and Canadian roots” - The Gauntlet

“The Papillonette EP forges a different path than the LP. It's a more rootsy affair, tapping into traditional America and folk. The band is often stripped down to just a voice and a folk guitar in places, or tastefully adding a touch of lap steel guitar…”!earshot

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released November 1, 2008

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Song credits | Flash in the Pan

engineered and mixed by Dan Toews
assisted by Christopher Ellis
mastered by Tim Glasgow

musicians:
Olenka Krakus | classical guitar, harmonica, vocals
Christopher Ellis | upright bass
Adam Horn | piano
Mike Komaszczuk | pedal steel
Dan Toews | drums
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Song credits | remaining songs

engineered and mixed by Gareth Auden-Hole at OIART
assisted by Simon Larochette
mastered by Tim Glasgow

musicians:
Olenka Krakus | classical guitar, harmonica, vocals
Kevin Brasier | upright bass
Sara Froese | violin, backing vocals
Paterson Hodgson | cello, backing vocals
Simon Larochette | trumpet
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artwork and design by Paterson Hodgson

produced by Olenka Krakus
all songs written by Olenka Krakus
arranged by O&AL

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Olenka and the Autumn Lovers Montreal, Québec

Olenka's music is enigmatic: never fully committed to one genre. It has been labeled folk, but moves across times, places, and moods. Olenka mixes classical and jazz arrangements with complex finger-picking patterns, irregular time signatures, and pop melodies. The band's diverse instruments provide a distinctive backdrop to Olenka's provocative lyrics. ... more

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