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Pastimes : Calling all SI Poets
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To: jpmac who wrote (1208)2/26/1998 10:30:00 PM
From: Tom Kiesel  Read Replies (1) of 2095
 
I've read over that post several times now, wondering what song to post in response. We'll just have to see how this goes.

I've bought some of Genesis' older stuff. This is from their third album, "Nursery Cryme" circa 1971. The song lasts less than two minutes, but I like it.

"For Absent Friends"
*simple vocal over two delicate acoustic guitar parts*

Sunday at six when they close both the gates
a widowed pair,
still sitting there,
Wonder if they're late for church
and it's cold, so they fasten their coats
and cross the grass,
they're always last.

Passing by the padlocked swings,
the roundabout still turning,
ahead they see a small girl
on her way home with a pram.

Inside the archway,
the priest greets them with a courteous nod.
He's close to God.
Looking back at days of four instead of two.
Years seem so few.
Heads bent in prayer
for friends not there.

Leaving twopence on the plate,
they hurry down the path and through the gate
and wait to board the bus
that ambles down the street.

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