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The Time Traveller

from Autobisongraphy by Dave Atkinson

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1974. First appeared on New Soles for Old Shoes, 2017.

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That silver bird is full of people, it sails across the sky,
Five hundred miles an hour it flies, six miles high;
We can fly the whole world over as long as oil flows,
What we do when it's all gone, nobody seems to know.

You are a traveller from another century,
Five hundred years ago you lived and died;
And now you stand beside me on the edge of history
I wonder why you came on such a ride.

Help the hungry cries the poster from its place upon the wall,
There's so much kindness everywhere we just can't use it all,
And there is an old man sleeping on the ground.
From begging and from dustbins was all the food he found.

You are a traveller from another century,
Five hundred years ago you lived and died;
And now you stand beside me at the edge of history
I wonder why you came on such a ride.

Now you turn toward the old man as if you know him well,
I can guess what you are saying but cannot really tell;
A silver bird is roaring as it thunders through the sky,
Your face is filled with sorrow, you bow and say goodbye.

'I am a traveller from another century,
Five hundred years ago I lived and died;
And now I stand beside you on the edge of history
I wonder why I came on such a ride.'

©Dave Atkinson 1974

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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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