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A very special song for me, for my beautiful dog who was my best friend as a teenager. He died in my arms nearly three years ago now. It's for anyone who's lost a dog too.

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Thought I heard the chattering
patter of your feet outside my doorway, today.

I hear dogs barking down the street,
I see the empty couch where you used to lay -

and I keep thinking, you’re coming home.
I’ll wake one morning, and find the nightmare’s flown -
but I wake up, every morning, alone.

It’s quiet without you.
It’s cold at night, without you by my side –
and it hurts to let sleeping dogs lie.

We both drift, like ghosts
through this house, through this town
that we used to own.

I see you around,
and hear your sounds
in the shadows where the melaleuca
and wax trees grow.

Falling apart.
Staying strong.
Heaving heart.
Steady song.

What’s the difference
when either way, you’re gone?

It’s quiet without you.
It’s cold at night
without you, by my side.

It’s quiet without you.
I miss you, little Child In The Sky -
and it hurts, so much, to let
sleeping dogs lie.

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from On Blue Days - the demo tapes, released July 9, 2021
Darcy Hay - guitar, vocals, lyrics

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Darcy Hay Geraldton, Australia

Folk, country and blues singer-songwriter from the Midwest of Western Australia with a penchant for political and poetic lyricism, energetic guitar playing, authentic vocals and deft harmonica work

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