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Sleep Life Cycle

from Unlocked Songs by Chris Conway

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Sleep Life Cycle ©2021

When I was a child I often said,
“I do not want to go to bed”
“I feel there’s something I might miss”
“Please, oh please just grant me this!”

And round and around go the minutes and hours,
And the days, and months, and years go round.

In my teens I felt the powers,
Of magic in the late night hours.
Imagination's tendrils creep,
And again postpone the time for sleep.

And round and around go the minutes and hours,
And the days, and months, and years go round.

In my twenties, thirties sounds and screens,
Showed me worlds I’d never seen.
Curious minds run long and late,
Sleep could wait, and would always wait.

And round and around go the minutes and hours,
And the days, and months, and years go round.

In middle age my sleep was light,
As stressful dreams would haunt the night,
So to avoid the nightly traps,
I’d procrastinate til I collapsed.

And round and around go the minutes and hours,
And the days, and months, and years go round.

One night, sometime down the line,
Sleep will call for me one last time,
And just this once I’ll reach for its bliss,
Saying, “Please oh please just grant me this”

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from Unlocked Songs, released April 2, 2021
Chris Conway - vocals, Irish tin whistle, zither, kantele, kalimba, tongue drum, keyboards, shaker, chimes
Zorpinda Zorpin - synthesizer drone, chimes

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Think David Crosby on a journey taking in Ireland, a jazz club, and Outer Space.

"Songs of Love & Peace & Outer Space" is his slogan and that sums it up well.

He has toured with ex-Monkees Peter Tork, played with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention as well as Vikki Clayton, Martin Carthy, Sally Barker, Pete Morton, Cathy Lesurf, & Tommy Emmanuel and Talvin Singh. ... more

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