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from Northland by Bob Speers

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You leave the town, let lovers sleep
Down the alley, up the street
Cross the footpath where the wine ran out
Let stray dogs dream
You leave the concrete road behind
You take the path that might be kind
Vagabonds on the park bench sleep
And the milkman's song

Sunrise catching shades of green
Morning breaking over lane and stream
White mist clears as the sun comes up
It's morning time
Lush grass growing cannot wait
Wet feet climbing up the railway gate
Cross the river with the dragon fly
Now all the sun you take a shortcut home

And somebody says in a ween o'miles
I'm going to Larne and then Carlisle
Down to Dover and on to France
Do you want a lift by any chance
You say "Aye! Aye, OK! It's a nice day!"
You spend a year in Amsterdam
Playing whistle in a four-piece band
You meet a girl with Spanish eyes
She says she's yours

She held your eyes while you're keeping time
Until your worlds fell outta rhyme
You hitched a lift down to Ostend
Then England bound
You long for the craic as you read the map
In the all night cafe at the Watford Gap
As the morning dawns it's Gretna Green
And then the boat back

And somebody says now "Where you been?
Your face for a while I haven't seen"
And as I throw my bag in the back of his van
He reaches out and takes my hand
I say "Aye. I was just out, I was just out for a loaf of bread!”

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from Northland, released June 1, 1996
Words & music by Bob Speers

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Bob Speers Northern Ireland, UK

Bob Speers is a former recipient of the Northern Lights Award. This honour was for his contribution to artistic life in his beloved Co. Antrim. His crafts his songs with lyrics which have a deceptive simplicity. The resulting music is profound as well as poetic. ... more

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