The Iron Blinds

from Darcy Hay by Darcy Hay

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One of my saddest songs, about drinking to relieve the loneliness of living alone in a town with no friends, and going to work every day in Carnarvon, seeing the big iron shutters close at the end of every working day

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The lights have gone. The cars have gone,
the streets are quiet. Everyone's alone.
Another day, old lullabies drone,
"It's sleeping time".

Another beer. The crickets sigh.
They light youthful lanterns for me outside.
I close the door and step inside
for sleeping time.

Stabbing screen. Twisted mouth.
Fighting eyelids. Time dries out.
In a restless brain, wrinkles grow -
and it's sleeping time.

Daylight kills endless dreams
of sleeping 'til fortune intervenes.
The working day starts the ritual scream
of panting for sleeping time.

Zigzag smiles wash on melting lime.
Shackled money trashes the freedom chimes.
My family fears the crush-backed pantomime
of business time.

Late sun rots in the window-sill.
Late chatter threshes the gossip mill.
The wheel grinds on, until
down come the Iron Blinds.

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from Darcy Hay, released January 3, 2016
Darcy Hay - guitar, harmonica, vocals, lyrics
Aaron Willcox/Epic Studios - recording, production, mastering

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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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