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From: "Bad Dreams At Night"

The Longest Day

The longest day was spent
Letting coffee grow cold on the mantle-shelf
Beside the letter, written
But never stamped or sent

And as the darkened sky grew light
And filled our faces, filled our eyes
You sneezed and said
The pollen count must be high


The longest day was spent
Pulling tangles from your hair
And smelling shampoo scent the sweetness
Of the heaven of a mess

And on the lawn, the matting torn,
The rug would wrap itself around our arms
And though it wasn't cold
It kept us warm


And you showed me something better,
Sweeter than I'd known
And you showed me what happiness can be
If we dwell upon this moment that we stole


The longest day took pains
To still its winds and hold its tender rains
And the longest day was proud
And knew no shame

And in the light of day you'd smile
And kiss my cheek and kiss my eyes
And still the way I felt
Is some surprise

The longest day. We'd drink a while.
I'd walk you home. You'd sigh
Oh, you're so very quiet,
What's on your mind?

And half way up the garden path
I'd turn and say if this is not what you want
Please turn back
While we've done no harm

And our promises -
We said keep your promises to yourself
And our promises -
Were promised all to someone else
And our promises -
To keep us both from getting carried away
And our promises -
Fell to waste on that longest day


The longest day was spent
Sneaking quietly through the old park fence
And our footprints through the dew
Marked where we went

And broken daisies in our wake,
And I as I hauled you over the locked iron gate
You kissed my flustered cheek
And mouthed my name




Tracks available for download
From Pop Happenings Vol 4
1. Lying on the Phone
2. Wupping
3. Mirrorball
4. A Good Year
5. A Matter of Time
6. Vultures
7. My Darling
8. Hurt Another Day
9. Separate Beds
10. Left Me To Die
11. Porch
Bits and Pieces
How To Build An Empire
Lonely Business
Nuts and Sluts

Crawfish's first album
Pop Happenings Vol 4

is available by emailing
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A Quick Word with
a Rock and Roll Late Starter

was published by The Rue Bella in February 2003
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Super-8

was published by
Kennedy and Boyd
in March 2005
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This week, I have been listening to:

Smithylad
is Crawfish
is Craig Smith

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Hyde Park Irregulars

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was taken from Michael Mann's
design for my CD cover

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