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Lily Avenue

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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2009. From the album My Mischievous Muse 2017.

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Primrose Hill and Alum Chine poetry in a name,
More than just a label for the place from which they came;
Of Adelstrop and Turnham Green the same is also true
As it is of Jesmond Dene and Lily Avenue.

Your landlady’s a decent sort but tenants all beware,
Her property portfolio must stay in good repair;
Deposit paid in full up front now it’s up to you
To make sure there’s no damage done to Lily Avenue.

We got you a nice new desk flat-pack off the shelf,
The co-producing customer does half the work himself;
Batik from Kenya on the wall antique mirror too,
Moroccan rug roll on the floor in Lily Avenue.

Not for you the fate of which another Lily sung,
Life already over and still so very young;
At twenty, going on twenty one still so much to do
And the best is yet to come in Lily Avenue.

You love your Lily Avenue but now it’s understood,
A transient population can transform a neighbourhood;
Gardens which nobody cares to maintain or renew,
From such degradation spare Lily Avenue.

Let’s go dancing in the Dene and dream along the Quay,
Semi-independent you and reminiscing me;
Addresses in my younger days I had quite a few
But none of them so sweet to say as Lily Avenue.

©Dave Atkinson 2009.

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from Autobisongraphy, released November 19, 2021

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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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