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Long way home

from Unlucky For Some by Jim Pearson

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Long way home

When I beheld my lucky charm watching at the village dance
I knew I had to take her arm before I joined the boys in France

I believe some things are meant to be
When I needed her my darling came to me

I told her I was scared to death and didn’t want to be alone
She whispered with an angel’s breath “Walk with me the long way home”

I believe some things are meant to be
When I needed her my darling came to me

But I’ve been changed by the mud and bloody gore
I doubt she’d even recognise the boy I was before

The silence of the day’s first light is weighing heavy on our bones
With every muscle pulling tight it’s time to walk the long way home

I believe she was with me when I fell
She led me from the gaping jaws of hell

And I believe she lay down next to me
She kept me warm until I fell asleep

When I awoke from her gentle lullaby
I was in a field of poppies there was nothing left to die

She walked with me the long way home

©Jim Pearson 2008

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from Unlucky For Some, released January 6, 2008

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Jim Pearson UK

"You never can be sure what kind of project Jim will come up with next, but you can always be sure it's gonna be pretty darn good." Tom Robinson BBC 6 Music.

Jim's songs range from the whimsical to some of the most bitter and somber themes, yet always with a paradoxical childlike spirit that meets them head-on – wide-eyed and full of hopeful energy.
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