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Thousand Miles

from Two Senses by Julia & Chris Simmance

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Thousand Miles

We started on the motorway
Heading South, it was a brand new day
The rain beat on the windscreen
We were happy and on the road again
Elation came when the sun broke through
The rain-clouds we were passing through
The motorway broke into narrow roads
As creative as road building goes

Castles hanging over rocks
Seeet lavender fields, sheep in flocks
Cathedrals, oh so very old
And then there came the olive groves
Stop we did to eat and drink
Change drivers and to shake our feet
Gaze and gasp at the beauty around us
At the snow-capped hills and floral aboundness

It was slowly clear to him and me
Our only aim was to reach the sea!

Maybe I said, „It’s very nice here
Could imagine one day, perhaps next year
To stop at this place and give it some time
With its hills and gorges and plentiful wine
But shall I drive now before it gets dark
There’s a way to go, no place to park?“
He said to me, „No, I’m okay
You’ve been driving almost all the day“

I have not my forefather’s brave
To build a boat and cross the waves
Where is home, where can it be
Is it when we reach the sea
The world is split up into two
The stay-at-homes and me and you

The place we found was almost rough
A spot to park, get water and stuff
Gravel ground, no villas in sight
Bamboo bushes and the stars at night
The sound of the sea was in our ears
We lit a fire and drank our beer
In the morning when the sun came out
Then we knew what it was all about –

To see the mountains across the bay
And smell the mock orange, anyway
We’d a thousand miles just him and me
And now, at last, we’d reached the sea!

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from Two Senses, released November 1, 2010

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Julia & Chris Simmance Aix En Provence, France

Dear Music-Friends,
We are happy to tell you, that we are out there again, on the streets of South of France !
Hopefully rather sooner than later we will also add some new recordings on our site here.
Greetings and till then,
Julia and Chris ... more

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