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LINGER AND GO Me For Queen

by David Heavenor

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'A beautiful version of a very fine song, a song which Mary Erskine chose when she picked her Me In Three for us. Like it very much indeed.'

Roddy Hart BBC Radio Scotland

A few years ago I went to see a gig by Al Lewis at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh's Cowgate. Support that night was by Me For Queen aka Mary Erskine and was knocked out. I asked her to do a support slot at The Queen's Hall where I worked for James Yorkston and then later with Joan Osborne. We also did a Songs from a Room headliner in the upper room at the Hall. She attended a songwriting workshop by Gretchen Peters and was featured in the songcircle informal sessions with everyone. People came from Europe, Ireland England and more locally and it was so brilliant working with such an esteemed master of songwriting. Mary also works in a band called Talk in Colour and their track The Cell is my standout track.. Her Me For Queen song White Bike is one I still play a lot . Here she is covering my song Linger and Go which includes for the first time ever another verse which I'd forgotten about but only remembered checking the original lyrics. www.meforqueen.com

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LINGER AND GO

Remember we talked while the day came awake
Felt surprised to be close to you, felt like a mistake
You're a man of distance, but a boy 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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released May 11, 2021

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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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