Festival Lights

Composed by Nick Keir

Folks out here are kind, let me sleep all day
They don't seem to mind, I'm dreaming my life away
There's traffic jams near the Hague, we'll have to leave here soon
Sing our songs and go, to the light of a lowland moon

And it seems like I'll miss, autumn in Edinburgh
That's the one I should have spent with you
With the rain lashing down, a fog on the Meadows
As the festival lights, as the festival lights go dim

Been wondering around this town, trying to pass some time
It seem I know these streets, as well as I know mine
The clock has turned to five, perhaps you'll soon be home
I'll call and say "I'm missing you", and then hang up the phone

And it seems like I'll miss, autumn in Edinburgh
That's the one I should have spent with you
With the rain lashing down, a fog on the Meadows
As the festival lights, as the festival lights go dim

And everybody's written a song - it says:
"You've been on the road, been on the road so long"

Folks out here are kind, let me sleep all day
They don't seem to mind, I'm dreaming my life away
There's traffic jams near the Hague, we'll have to leave here soon
Sing our song and go, to the light of a lowland moon

And it seems like I'll miss, autumn in Edinburgh
That's the one I should have spent with you
With the rain lashing down, a fog on the Meadows
As the festival lights, as the festival lights go dim

And everybody's written a song - it says:
"You've been on the road, been on the road so long"
As the festival lights, as the festival lights go dim


Nick Keir wrote this song of homesickness whilst touring Holland during the International Festival in Edinburgh. It's been recorded by Nick's band "The McCalmans".