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Bus Journey
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Bus Journey
I didn’t know what to hope for
As the bus rolled along the roadway
Above the curling river
Clattering round that old track
Maybe you’d be polite
Wishing me good morning
Telling me you’d been up for hours
As an apology for yawning
Down the road
On a busy journey
Down the road
Snaking through the trees/pines
I didn’t know what to hope for
And I kept my hopes inside me
As the sun rose through the window
Making soft the seat’s leather
Maybe you would nod
And then turn towards the others
Smiling, give them your news
For they are your brothers
I didn’t know what to hope for
And the passing years lent confusion
For part of me was back there
While the head told/gave a different story
Maybe you would offer
A handshake, as with all of us
Who had made the journey westwards
On trains and then this ancient bus
I didn’t know what to hope for
With the bus on that last crescent
Where your fields and your farm
Lay down the slope beside it
And the old vehicle slowed
We collected our bags as it jolted
Just about keeping our feet
As with a thud it halted
I didn’t know what to hope for
I stepped off and onto the verge
Seeing you, a single figure
Waiting on the rough grass below us
I watched my feet as we descended
My years led me not to take risks
For before there was a boundless world
Now loss lay at my fingertips
(I didn’t know what to hope for
So did not look too closely
At you, waiting on that flood plain
Watching us come towards you
And you strode swiftly towards me
You held me and you hugged me
You kissed me on the lips
You took my hand and led me onwards.
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Breakfast: Kottbusser Damm
Good morning Martin Carpenter
Good morning Angelo
There’s a bitter wind out today
But the city’s alive below
Put on your hats and gloves and scarfs
And let’s get something to eat
There’s a place that does a great breakfast
Just a short walk down the street.
Come on, grab your coats, let’s go
Put down your cigarette, Martin, turn off the radio
It’s been a tough few months for all
But while some have let the germ
Of panic take hold, multiply
We three have held firm
And seized the little that we can
Tiny joys have left us replete
Put on your winter clothes, let’s walk
To the café down the street.
The days’ still short, the night is long
But let’s take in what we can
The lowness of the sun provides
A new perspective, a different scan
Of the buildings that we walk past
And the people who we meet
Will be like silhouettes
On our short walk down the street.
Good morning Martin Carpenter
Good morning Angelo
We are not with the cautious ones
Put on your coats, let’s go
To where cutlery is clanging
Where they’ll be greetings, they’ll be heat
Let’s start this new day with breakfast in
That café down the street.
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Love, Left Behind
03:45
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Another Day Begins
04:09
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Here They Were
03:42
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September Morning
02:33
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Close the Door
04:39
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Sweet River
03:52
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Intimacy
03:13
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The Day Turns
03:23
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Jon Airdrie and the Enablers Newport, UK
The Enablers is a band/project having the central notion of bringing a core number of people together to fashion a collection of songs, and then to record these songs, capturing the mood of the time - the mood both of the compositions themselves and of the band for the project's duration. To date, there have been eight Enablers. ... more
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