Name: Late Long Day
Duration: P00H04M43S
Description: I always wanted to write a 'bedsit' song; a slice of life, like Dylan's 'Fourth Time Around'. This story is a combination of something that really happened, amplified into a fictional relationship. The people and the situation are real, the relationships are fictional.

Late Long Day

from Waterside [full album] by Traditional Graffiti

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I always wanted to write a 'bedsit' song; a slice of life, like Dylan's 'Fourth Time Around'. This story is a combination of something that really happened, amplified into a fictional relationship. The people and the situation are real, the relationships are fictional.

lyrics

LATE LONG DAY

BLACK IS THE COLOUR OF MY TRUE LOVE’S HAIR
HER VOICE IS LIKE THE CALL TO PRAYER
WHERE SHE WALKS PEOPLE STOP AND STARE
ALL ON A LATE LONG DAY

ONE MORNING AS I LAY ON THE FLOOR
I HEARD HER KNOCKING UPON MY DOOR
I DID NOT KNOW WHAT SHE CAME HERE FOR
ALL ON ETC.

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I LOOKED IN HER EYES AND THOUGHT OF SIN
BEHIND HER THE SEAGULLS WHEEL AND SPIN
SHE STANDS AT MY DOOR BUT SHE WON’T COME IN
ALL ON ETC.

WE STOOD AND WE LAUGHED AND WE TALKED A WHILE
I SAW A SHADOW BEHIND HER SMILE
SHE TOLD ME OF HER ANGRY CHILD
ALL ON ETC.

THEN WITHOUT WARNING SHE SAID GOODBYE
I SAW A TEAR FALLING FROM HER EYE
A SILVER PEARL IN A STORMY SKY
ALL ON ETC.

AT NIGHT MY TRUE LOVE LAYS TO REST
A GOLDEN BAND CLUTCHES TO HER BREAST
A CRESCENT MOON IS SINKING IN THE WEST
ALL ON ETC.

AT NIGHT AS I LAY ON MY BED
JERSEY THURSDAY INSIDE MY HEAD
I CAN RECALL EVERY WORD WE SAID
ALL ON ETC.

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from Waterside [full album], track released January 7, 2014
Ian 'the Pump' Macintosh - guitar, vocals.
Marcus Holden - Fiddle, vocals

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Traditional Graffiti Sydney, Australia

Formally performing as the Wheeze & Suck Band,
Ian 'The Pump' Macintosh, Johnny 'Red Tips' Milce, and Nigel 'Muddy' Walters formed the Traditional Graffiti Band in 2018 to continue and expand upon the Wheezer's music and performance style. ... more

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