ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Hi all, this is one of my song lyrics. Close enough to a poem to be posted... I hope. It doesn't stick consistently to the syllable/stress requirements of the bush ballad, the chorus doesn't even try to, but that's ok. It was written to be sung not recited. I used the title as my author name when I first began posting. Wish I hadn't.

A Long Time Gone

I left the bush in search of fame and fortune;
the city lights a beacon burning bright.
But now I’ve tasted all they’ve got to give me.
And it pales beside an outback sky at night.

So I go to sleep pretending that I’m back where
I can reach right up, and almost touch the sky.
I feel the night caress me oh so lightly.
And I dream that soon beneath its stars I’ll lie.

And country roads – keep - calling me.
Reminding me - that - I’m far away from home.
Those star lit skies - keep - haunting me
and I know - - I’ve been a long time gone.

Your river gums and sandy creek beds beckon.
And your distant mountain ridges call my name.
I long to climb again those dappled hill sides;
that caress the wide brown land from whence I came.

For country roads – keep - calling me.
Reminding me - that - I’m far away from home.
Those star lit skies - keep - haunting me
and I know - - I’ve been a long time gone.

I embrace you in ev'ry lonely moment.
And I think of you each time I breathe your name.
I search for you where twilight shadows gather.
And I hear your voice in ev’ry song’s refrain. (Sorry, but ev-e-ry just doesn't make it)

Yes country roads – keep - calling me.
Reminding me - that - I’m far away from home.
Those star lit skies - keep - haunting me
and I know - - I’ve been a long time gone.



And ... I'd like to know your thoughts about words such as every as used above.

Thank you ... Wazza

Well done Wazza if i might offer this I would stick to the pattern of two verses then the chorus and lose the second last chorus .


Cheers Bob

Absolutely you can offer it Bob. And on further consideration, I agree. Happy to get anyone's thoughts and opinions any time.
Cheers ... Wazza

Cheers mate for some reason I get the tune to


I'm not sure about the song


They don't smoke marijuana in west cogie ???
They don't get their trips on LSD

Not even sure how they spell it or if those are the words LOL


Bob

Merle Haggard - The Okie from Muskogee is what you are thinking of Bob I think Can't be bad to be compared to him Wazza

No Maureen I'd settle for that every day. One of my favourite Merle Haggard songs is
"A Better Love Next Time". A great late night lonely listening number. I'm not sure if he wrote it.
Have a listen.
http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_5535/me ... px_7772639

Cheers Bob and Maureen ...Wazza