The Day You Went Away

from Deeperdown by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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THE DAY YOU WENT AWAY
Open up your heart cos I find this hard to take
You know I hope that you find what you're looking for
I woke up today just the same as any other day
Now you've gone I find it hard to understand
Day by day, we grew together so symbiotic. Cage in cage, poor psychotic you
One on one, for such a time it was so fantastic
But the only thing you had left was the pain coursing through your veins
It's too hard to laugh for fear of crying
You know there's so little time to live for fear of dying
Look at all we achieved, for so many years
And we had so much still to give, all our hopes and fears
But now I feel I'm in a play, called "The Day You Went Away"
You were the special girl, too large in life to replace so quickly
Across a crowded room, we'll be together soon
And we'll live our lives again at full speed, we'll be really something
All along, we'll live our lives our very own way
I'll give you candy from the sweet shop on the corner
I'll give you flowers from the fruit shop on the corner
I'll give you presents from the gift shop on the corner
I'll give you everything that you have ever longed for

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from Deeperdown, released November 28, 2005

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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