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In The Days Before The Floods

from Hiraeth by Cosmo

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Oh Wasif, you remember when
One summer on the road again
That señorita sent my heart a-quiver?
You were worried sick about your liver?
Every village opened up its arms?
Guitar and oud our lucky charms?
A smoke, a drink for our renown?
Partying as the sun went down?

Oh Wasif, how the nights were long
Full of love and dance and song
And how we managed to pretend
To ourselves it would never end
In the days before the floods
Broken hearts, so much bad blood
Now we’re wallowing in sweet despair
Like the end of a love affair

The gendarmes had their work cut out
Seeing you and me lolling about
What a crazy situation
Different takes on immigration
But when all the boot boys came
You and I felt exactly the same
We both knew we were in the right
Even though we’re both crap in a fight

Oh Wasif, how the nights were long
Full of love and dance and song
And how we managed to pretend
To ourselves it would never end
In the days before the floods
Broken hearts, so much bad blood
Now we’re wallowing in sweet despair
Like the end of a love affair

Last I heard was you left town
Trying to get to higher ground
Waters rising all about you
What would al-Quds do without you?
Sat on desolation row
Your memories inspire me so
And though the reason’s different here
The rising tides are coming near

Oh Wasif, how the nights were long
Full of love and dance and song
And how we managed to pretend
To ourselves it would never end
In the days before the floods
Broken hearts, so much bad blood
Now we’re wallowing in sweet despair
Like the end of a love affair
It’s the end of a love affair….

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from Hiraeth, released October 19, 2015

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".. a folksinger for our times with a veritable hive of bees in his bonnet..." Rob Adams, Edinburgh Fringe Review.

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