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by Kirsty Maccoll


17 November 2001 (In memory of Kirsty)


ST SWITHINS DAY by Kirsty MacColl (written by Billy Bragg)

                      
Thinking back now
          				
I suppose you were just stating your views
		    
What was it all for
        			
For the weather or the battle of Agincourt
                                    
And the times that we all hoped would last
 	 			
Like a train they have gone by so fast
                                              
And though we stood together at the edge of the platform
		    	    
We were not moved by them

 		    
With my own hands
    	  		     
As I make love to your memory
		   
It's not the same
				    
I miss the thunder I miss the rain
                                    
And the fact that you don't understand
 	 		
Casts a shadow over this land
                   			
But the sun still shines from behind it


Thanks all the same
But I just can't bring myself to answer your letters
It's not your fault
But your honesty touches me like a fire
The polaroids that keep us together
Will surely fade away
Like the love that we spoke of forever
On St. Swithins Day