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lyrics

In magic, oh magic time,
I suspend!
The only gift I’ve to offer
Is this song

The thread of my blue jeans is wearing thin
And everytime I turn a corner,
I find someone in Depends
I’m dependable, I’m mendable
I’ve bet nothing on the game
Just good feelings of love remain

They called me back from heaven
As I was stewing in the rain
Everyone I went to college with
Are now working for the man

Not me and my darling
We are holed up in the boonies
Turning dreams down the production line
That we have built with our two heads

Flushed out into the canyons
With nowhere to go
The ghosts of my dreams
Have me rolling in the snow
From a sauna to Muskoka,
To Toronto and below
I wear the streets like new demims
And the air as my coat

Take me to the nuthouse
And sing me songs,
Freedoms songs of never knowing
That's how I’d know
That I can make it on my own.

The river beds and soil
Tiny hand prints in the road
Whiskey will never save you
From the earth's romantic glow

Down every road I go
Obstacles like to show
Themselves like the sun in the morning

One day I’ll write my masterpiece
I’ll sing til’ its complete
And when its’ done, I’ll be dead and gone
And it’ll be plastered in the streets

Take me to the nuthouse
And sing me songs,
Freedom songs of never knowing
By then I’d know
That I could make it on my own

Not a dollar to my name
They say I’m drifting through the plains
But I see the flowers between the sidewalks

Life’s a funny, tricky game
Of praise, pause and come-agains,
But peer on beneath the surface
And the magic starts to dance

Take me to the nuthouse
And sing me songs,
Freedom songs of never knowing
And then I’d know
That I have made it on my own

Take me to the nuthouse
And sing me songs,
Freedom songs of never knowing
By then I’d know
That I have made it on my own.

In magic, oh magic time,
I suspend!
The only gift I’ve to offer
Is this song by my pen

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from By The Summertime, released June 9, 2023

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David James Allen Prince Edward, Ontario

David James Allen is a producer, graphic artist, and maker of folk and country songs including those on his new album By The Summertime. He lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.

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