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Thread #66214   Message #1096949
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
20-Jan-04 - 07:33 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Time to Ring Some Changes (Thompson)
Subject: Lyr Add: DIMMING OF THE DAY (Richard Thompson)
A lot of mis-heard or poorly revised stuff in the DT.

Lyr. Add: DIMMING OF THE DAY (Thompson)

This old house is falling down around my ears
I'm drowning in the river of my tears
When all my will is gone you hold me sway
I need you at the dimming of the day.

You pulled me like the moon pulls on the tide
You know just where I keep my better side.

What days have come to keep us far apart
A broken promise or a broken heart
Now all the bonny birds have wheeled away
I need you at the dimming of the day.

Come the night you're only what I want
Come the night you could be my confidant.

I see you on the street in company
Why don't you come and ease your mind with me
I'm living for the night we steal away
I need you at the dimming of the day
I need you at the dimming of the day.

On one of Mary Black's cds. Poem above from the Song-o-matic.