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Kings Cross

from Simple Days by Mike Cavanagh

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Exactly as it happened. I think her name was Amanda. Maybe. Yep, the deepest regrets concern not what we've done, but what we didn't do. I hope she did OK with her life.

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KINGS CROSS

(I was) lost in the winter of ’79,
Staring at the streetlights, as I waited to cross.
Wind whipped down William Street,
shredding yesterday’s news.
Alone on a corner, at home and so lost. At home and so lost.
Kings Cross.

She said behind me, her voice soft and warm,
“Stay a while and talk, it’s a long time ‘till dawn.”
I turned to look, she was dressed all in white,
Strange glimmering angel fallen into the night.

Sad, dark eyes, hollow cheeks and pale skin;
girls who need money, can’t stop to count costs.
Yet, I thought I might know her face,
Maybe a friend of a friend.
but street corner girls, dressed to the nines… they’re a dozen a dime,
in Kings Cross.

Unravelling threads, just to make ends meet
a slow dance to darkness, on a bright busy street.
Just a minute of comfort, just to stand and talk…
Then the lights changed, the traffic stopped…
I walked.

(I was) lost in the winter of ’79,
What was her name still haunts my mind.
She was gone when I went back,
I never saw her again,
just a memory, opportunity lost,
maybe a friend of a friend; maybe not.
Kings Cross.

Unravelling threads, just to make ends meet
a slow dance to darkness, on a bright busy street.
Just a minute of comfort, just to stand and talk…
Then the lights changed, the traffic stopped…

Kings Cross.

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from Simple Days, released October 13, 2016
Base image for track pic c/- Getty Images.

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Mike Cavanagh Catalina, Australia

In my 60s (how the hell did THAT happen!). Married to the love of my life - Jules - for 20 years. Stepdad to three adult 'kids'. Other loves of my life - 1970s Gibson J-200, 1978 Gurian 3M and Maton FG 12 string also 1970s vintage. Don't play nowhere these days, but paid some sort of dues over the years - restaurants, bars, even a few weddings. Motto - find beauty; be still (thanks Mr W.H. Murray) ... more

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