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Eastern Windsong

from Halfway To Infinity by Wayne Francis

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There's a place I have been, when the strange flags sailed in
Then to leave with their cargoes in store
And the seagulls converse, while the stevadores curse
Every ship that would leave its home shore
And it's all a surprise unto each young boy's eyes
With the summer vacation near end


And behind the screen door's closing, words of warning trailing through the yard
But the strategies were chosen, it wasn't just a show of disregard
And the eastern windsong rippled, with each day that seemed a year
Throwing stones that never landed, seeing both sides of the mirror

Morning kitchen was a time when wood and coal would crackle at our backs
All the fences could be climbed then, in a world of rusty railroad tracks
And the eastern windsong echoed, calling children by their names
From the swimming holes in morning to the evenng streetlight games

Day long hockey by the trestle, frozen toes each flashing pain in spurts
In the darkness then to nestle, see dance time sisters, crinolines and skirts
And the eastern windsong whispered til I drop off into sleep
Being much too kind to tell me of what I will have to keep


There's a place that I know, where the trains come and go
And the platform with suitcases fill
And I go there at night, when the full moon is bright
And the nighthawks are calling so shrill
And it's all a surprise unto each young boy's eyes
With the summer vacation near end

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from Halfway To Infinity, released October 27, 2022

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Wayne Francis Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Wayne Francis, is an East Coast singer-songwriter who has been active writing, playing and performing music since the 1970’s.

Over the years Wayne has recorded many demos of his original material, the results which have been widely circulated, gaining very positive reviews and generating cover recordings in Canada and the US..
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