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Daffodil Days

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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1980. From the album Leavings 2016; the only time I accompany myself on the piano.

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As I stepped out in the morning
To take without trouble my ease,
The sun dancing over the rooftops
Blossom blessing the breeze;
The town around was a-waking
From a night of wintery ways,
The birds on the branches were praising
The dawn of daffodil days.

These, these, these, these are daffodil days,
It’s time to get some blossoming done before you begin to fade;
We're always up late working, why don’t you come out to play?
These are daffodil days, these are daffodil days.

On a dusty old shelf in the corner
A milk bottle did as a vase,
You could see the daffodils thinking
‘Who does he think we are?’
I thought of my own condition
In this little bed-sitting room,
I didn't want to be here
But what could I do but bloom?

The tight little buds would not open,
They did not look happy at all,
I know how bad it can feel when
You feel you are facing a fall;
When you don’t know where you are headed
But already you’re well on your way
And can't get back where you started
These are daffodil days.

The joys of true love are fleeting,
In heartbreak long is the hour,
Our lives have only one springtime,
What can we do but flower?
Sure enough the next morning
My dusty old shelf was ablaze,
Their daffodil voices were singing
‘These are daffodil days’.

©Dave Atkinson 1980

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from Autobisongraphy, released November 19, 2021
Katie Atkinson, vocals.

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Dave Atkinson Chester, UK

I have been writing songs since 1967 when I was 17 and since I have accumulated over 440. Early influences were Dylan, Cohen, Jackson Browne Joni Mitchell, Kristofferson. Though never 'successful' in any conventional sense, my songs and guitar have led many sing-rounds and a couple of 1970's albums sell for £100s as 'rare vinyl'. Above all, it has been a happy adventure. www.atkinsongs.co.uk ... more

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