Long Overdue

from “I will miss the trumpets and the drums” (2010)

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break the skin
medicine
fill this fever dream with hope
steel the blood
make it good
keep a reason clear to cope
it is long overdue
it is long overdue

pack your books
meet the train
you are gonna have to run
there’s a shadow
on your face
your eyelids crave the sun
It is long overdue
it is long overdue

between breaths
you will forget
this is how you’re supposed to live
wait a minute
don’t you panic
there is time now to forgive
it is long overdue
it is long overdue

Steve Dawson: guitars, voices

written in March, 2008 while in Austin, TX for South by Southwest.
This song came quickly, beginning with the fingerpicked guitar part. -SD