Travelling Blues
Leslie Low
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It really wasn't time to go But I'd already packed my bags Train's pulling up the tracks Heaving from the weight of the load Waiting to take me very far away Been travelling like a ghost To every new city I'm lost To every new tongue I'm tied To every new scene I'm left behind Waiting to leave when I can hardly stay So sullen with the sun in my eyes Just half the way from here to home Down here just to stretch my legs Just a transient waiting to go Four more hours before it's time to show Now we're here to just make sure That we're going to sound alright But the engineer's half-awake Still tired from the night before Everyone's tired but the show must go on Once soundcheck's over and done There's still some hours to kill So you head back to the hotel Catch a power nap and then some food And maybe a glimpse of another neighbourhood Soon we're backstage getting the nerves My mind's in a travelling fog Avoiding everybody's gaze Avoiding any small talk Five minutes more to curtain call And the sets they go down well So high I can hardly tell From the lights and their dizzying spell From the applause, my nerves were quelled Then it's down to the booth, there's merch to sell And the audience is made up of friends of friends Just waiting to be seen at the show Most of them are friends of the other bands And they're not really there to see you And they don't really dig your music too Because lip service is the thing to do The food's now tasting the same It's a blur all these faces and names Maybe I'm at the end of my game Maybe I just want to go home So tired but I can't sleep so soon Lying awake A stranger in a strange room So I'm up at four a.m. I slept for just an hour or two It really wasn't time to go But it's a good time to hit the road So pack it in the van the tour must go on We're here just to peddle our wares An excuse to travel and tour Such a privileged thing to do Selling you miracles Who do we fool? When we still have bills to pay back home Woe to my travelling blues Woe to my travelling blues Woe
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