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A friend offered us a job as night watchmen in an old barracks calling it Castlecliff Workshops next to the Castle in Edinburgh in exchange for a cheap rent. He was creating skills workshops for young kids as part of a government scheme. Great time of life . One year we had a dance company stay with us - Cycles Dance Co performing on the Fringe.
Falling for the girl mid-twenties but it wasn't going to work out in that way for us, so a song of lament to appreciate the brief moment of love and friendship, also recognising a private personal loss she had unrelated to me. A friendship which remains to this day...

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LINGER AND GO


Remember we talked while the day came awake
I felt surprised to be close to you, it felt like a mistake
You're a woman of distance, but a girl with a smile
Life's not a distraction to get lost watching the miles

But go, linger and go

Do you stand clear and open, do you stand up proud?
Can you be enraged at the darkness enough to cry out loud?
I'm going to stand back here, I'll wait here so long
Guard the soul and the destiny that makes me give you this song.

Who knows, not me, all alone again to watch and see
Who comes, who goes
Who takes the time to search and know?

Can we share love together? Can you risk your lone heart?
There’s more that binds us together than keeps us apart
So take these words to you, reject every lie
That says we don’t walk the same island, we don’t share the same sky.

Will your powers awake you or leave you cold?
Will your weaknesses break you and turn you bitter and old?
It's so easy to write with you here so alive
It's the world of our mourning that's so hard to describe

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from David Heavenor - LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CONCERT, released May 7, 2023

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

I'm Watching Rosanna. ' An insightful song....beautifully written and observed. Iain Anderson. BBC Radio

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