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DOTM 22 Duty Days (2018)

by Keith Christmas

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Download of the Month No 22 March 2022

Duty Days (2008)

I wrote this in 2008 not long before I retired from teaching and the year Sian and I were married. None of it came true in the end, we chased other dreams but it was a nice thought....
Duty Days was one of the tracks on 'Live at the Pump' but I found this later version in the archive files and I was able to remix and remaster it from scratch

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Duty Days

One day I’m going to pack up my stuff
Put it in store and give ‘em enough
To keep it there for a year or two
Head out on the road with you

Buy a little truck with a bed on a rack
Drive down the road and never go back
Head south towards the sun
When my duty days are done


When my duty days are done
When my duty days are done
Head south towards the sun
When my duty days are done


Drive on to the ferry in the middle of the night
City on the water burning bright
Get up on deck to see the sun rise
And the love shine in your eyes

Stop off on the way to see old friends
Time to smile and time to mend
The scars from the wars lost and won
When our duty days are done


When our duty days are done
When our duty days are done
scars from the wars lost and won
When our duty days are done

Buy some land with a valley view
Build a house for me and you
look up at the stars in the warmth of the night
In our eyes, a river of light

Get up in the morning and walk the land
peaceful, silent, hand in hand
Just lie by the river and watch it run
When our duty days are done

When our duty days are done
When our duty days are done
Just lie by the river and watch it run
When our duty days are done

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released February 28, 2022

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In a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ album, appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over the UK and Europe.
A legendary live performer he has had a resurgence in popularity since ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ was released in December 2016 and ‘Life,Life’ in 2019 ... more

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