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3: Why?

So hot in the sun; yet I’m on my own again; I sit on my doorstep with a bottle of wine
Watching the world passing by on the street; watching the air as it shimmers in the heat
Everyone’s smiling; sounds so beguiling but no!
Friday last week on my way home again; I never suspected there was anything wrong
The chill in the air when I opened the door; the note on the table I still wasn’t sure
Till I read in your letter you thought we’d be better apart

So tell me why did you do it? Why did you go? Why did you leave without letting me know?
Why when my face is on fire in the sun is the ice in my heart just starting to burn?
Tell me why, oh yeah; just tell me why, oh yeah

I know you’re never going to change your mind; I guess I’ll accept it all in time
I don’t know why that I’ve lost you or how I’m to cope
If you’re telling the truth; I’m left with no hope; but still you don’t leave me with a reason why

I’ll sit in the sun, keep living it over again; just me on my doorstep with a bottle of wine
Like a record that’s spinning around in my head, somehow imprinted the words that you said
And I know, and I know they won’t go

(c) Dr Josh P Davis

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from Swinging for England, released January 1, 2012
JD and the Longfellows

Josh P Davis (JD Longfellow): Song-writing, vocals and guitar
Clare Portman: Vocals, guitar, percussion, washboard, keyboards
Gemma Gayner: String arrangements, violin, vocals
Supported by.....
Greg McDonald: Mandolin, harmonica, accordion, vocals
James Boston: Piano, keyboards
Harry Perry: Bass
Nathan Persad: Drums and vocals

Recorded at the Music Complex, Deptford
Engineered: Chris Mansell
Producers: Josh Davis, Chris Mansell
Artwork: Ann-Marie Mullarkey

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JD and the Longfellows UK

From SE London, JD and the Longfellows perform a cocktail of original dynamic musical folk theatre - Oscar and Hammerstein meets Johnny Cash. They have released 3 albums, played over 200 gigs sometimes as an acoustic trio (violin, guitar, percussion and 3 vocals) or as a full band with up to 8 members and harmonies, while they “sweep the place with joy, with their off-the-dial feel-good factor". ... more

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