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ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS

from KNICKERBOCKER GLORY by JOHN MOORE

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The romantic recidivist's deathbed lament.

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ANNE OF A THOUSAND DAYS

I carried on with Anna in a suicidal manner
For a thousand days, a thousand ways of self-destruction
And when it was all over I was looking so much older
Than my tender age, my life was saved by another

A real Florence Nightingale who fed me up and fattened me
To twice my size, with apple pies
And the milk of human kindness
So imagine what a shock I got when things turned out to be Not quite as they’d first seemed
She only wanted me for the pot

And father, if you knew why didn’t you tell me?
Why did you let me fall into those traps?
‘Cause still, I’m not any wiser
And as soon as I get out of here I’m going straight back!

Back to being a single man with single thoughts
And single plans, and single friends
And lonely nights that never end
Back to all those single’s bars with lustful thoughts
And lonely hearts and desperate dates
She’s three hours late, but maybe she’ll still come

But father, if you knew, why didn’t you tell me?
How could you let me get into this state?
When just a private word could have set me straight
But oh no! and now it’s much too late

I’m going out to find a light
Who won’t burn down the house tonight, a gentle flame
Not another stick of dynamite
A little Roman candle’s about all that I can handle
If she’s safe to hold, and she won’t explode in my face

And father, if you knew why didn’t you tell me?
Why did you let me fall into those traps?
Cause still, I’m not any wiser
And as soon as I get out of here I’m going straight back

© John Moore 2018

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from KNICKERBOCKER GLORY, released February 2, 2018

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