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Five Long Years In May

from Back To My Place by Jim Danby

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Written during Covid lockdown 2020. Imagine a prisoner, about to be released from jail in May 2020, thinking they were finally going to be free after five long years in the hole.

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So you finally served your sentence
Time to leave the jail and go
Back to where your things are waiting
In your little bungalow
You say you really miss the sunshine
And drinking beer with so-and-so
And I can bet you're well excited
But there's something you should know

Though it's been five long years in May
With just an hour outside each day
Well it's all been kind of training in a way

'Cause we're all locked down with nowhere to go
There might as well be fifty feet of snow
It's a lot like what you already know
So come on
Tell us how we cope when the days are long
There's only so much arguing and banging the gong
Yeah we're all locked down
And I'm thinking that you are the one
To help us pull through

Tell me do you have a routine
When they kick you out of bed
Do you sh*t and shave and shower
Say your prayers before you're fed
Do you long to see your loved ones
Do you write to them and phone
Can you remember what they looked like
When you were last allowed to roam

When that big door opens wide
And you take your first free stride
Better get home fast or they'll have you back inside

'Cause we're all locked down with nowhere to go
There might as well be fifty feet of snow
It's a lot like what you already know
So come on
Tell us how we cope when the days are long
There's only so much arguing and banging the gong
Yeah we're all locked down
And I'm thinking that you are the one
To help us pull through

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from Back To My Place, released October 7, 2020
© Jim Danby 2020

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Singer-songwriter, based near Hull.

Influences come from life, love and laughter - sometimes viewed from a jaunty angle.

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