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The last bus to Leeds

from Powder of the stars by John Meed

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The daffodils tumbling
Down the city walls
The sun on the minster
And the market stalls
On the jukebox Roberta was singing
All of our lives with her words
And who would have cared if we missed the last bus to Leeds

So many inns in Otley
But still we did try
That Saturday night to drink
Half of them dry
Still eight miles to go when we heard
The nightingale sing in the reeds
It’s a long walk home when you miss
The last bus to Leeds

We’ve travelled so long
And we’ve travelled so far
And who knows who we then were
Or who we now are
Who cares what’s up and what’s down
What’s black and what’s white
Get me a ticket on that bus tonight

Time has gone faster
Than this National Express
Life’s been a long walk home
Down pathways that I miss
I travel this broken land
And my tired heart that bleeds
And who’s going to meet me tonight, on
The last bus to Leeds.

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from Powder of the stars, released January 12, 2006
John Meed: Guitar and vocals
Lester Lloyd-Reason: Lead guitar

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John Meed Cambridge

John Meed is a singer-songwriter who lives in Cambridge, UK, and writes and performs in the folk and acoustic traditions. His songwriting has been compared to that of Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, Christy Moore, Jacques Brel and Richard Thompson. He has released eight albums and his music has been played on national and local radio. See johnmeed.net. ... more

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