Girl from the Library

from All of the Above (Album 2020) by Hightown Pirates

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She was the best librarian they’d ever had, her speed came in a rizla, her breakfast in a can. She had all the books in order, by author A-Z, there’s no noise in the library, there’s plenty in her head.
She said, ‘I’m lonely’ I said, ‘How so?’
‘Like waves that fell on distant shores, a thousand years ago’
She reads all the broadsheets, no-one steals them anymore, on her lunchbreak with a roll-up, outside the library door. Sees the kids on the street, going out of their minds, chasing ‘likes’ on social media as they die some more inside.
She said, ‘I’m lonely’ I said, ‘How so?’
‘Like waves that fell on distant shores, a thousand years ago’
She said, ‘You’re distant!’ I said, ‘I know’
‘I’ve walked that shore you spoke about, barefoot in the snow’
The old man in the library, comes here every day, I asked him what he does on Sundays, but he wouldn’t say.
He borrowed a Beatles album, a Coltrane CD too, returned them with a note that said, ‘I prefer Kind of Blue, don’t you? Don’t you?’
You say you’re lonely I say, ‘How so?’
‘Like waves that fell on distant shores, a thousand years ago’
She said, ‘You’re distant!’ I said, ‘I know’
‘I’ve walked that shore you spoke about, barefoot in the snow’
She said, ‘I’m lonely’ I said, ‘I know, but feelings are like waves, they come and then they go’. She said, ‘you’re distant,’ I said, ‘I know, I’ve walked that shore you spoke about, barefoot in the snow’.
You see the gods of war, making their plans, as us mere mortals, draw lines in the sand, but not here man, this is holy land, where silence will bring wisdom, so let wisdom command.
She said, ‘I’m lonely’ I said, ‘How so?’
‘Like waves that fell on distant shores, a thousand years ago’
She said, ‘You’re distant!’ I said, ‘I know’
‘I’ve walked that shore you spoke about, barefoot in the snow’
She said, ‘I’m lonely’ I said, ‘I know, but feelings are like waves, they come and then they go’. She said, ‘you’re distant,’ I said, ‘I know, I’ve walked that shore you spoke about, barefoot in the snow’.

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from All of the Above (Album 2020), released May 1, 2020

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