"Twilight" genre: Folk Rock
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	Nostalgia incarnate. Old friends and discovery, growing up, growing old -- remembering. Very folksy rocky -- a little bluesy -- deceptive in it's "sing-song" quality -- rather like Theatre of the Absurd on acoustic guitar.
	CD: Ganymede   Label: NMA Credits: (c) 2003 D. Byron Patterson. All Rights Reserved.
	Story Behind the Song This is about my growing up -- it's a coming of age kinda thing, I suppose. I will not reveal the secret behind the song here, although it is rather amusing. Guess you'll have to ask me in person, huh? Lyrics Twilight My family moved in '79 I left 7 years of my life behind me A brand new house, a neighborhood Concrete driveway lying Where the streetlamp stood Suburban children greetin' me -- Derek, Jimmy, Larry, And his little chubby brother -- His name was Dusty That was when my life had begun Six years of playing Like birds in the sun -- Dusty was a Weeble, but he'd always fall down Jimmy and Derek were laughers -- Larry was the clown Hurricane David, swimmin' pools Playing hide-n-seek at midnight When we had no rules Baseball cards and cigarettes -- Walkin' through empty gardens -- Huh, no fruit yet Climbing trees with everyone -- We sang together Like birds in the sun -- You know we'll always have fun Saturday afternoon was the same Running through the forest behind the houses Playing new games Like jump the river, Let's live in a tree We didn't notice anybody was laggin' behind Where was Dusty? Where he went we'll never know But it was suppertime callin' us So we had to go Twilight's blanket made us run -- We flocked together Like birds in the sun -- You know we'll always have fun Stickball Sunday, pickin' fights -- Larry came to tell us that His brother had been missin' since last night Search parties, telephone call You gotta realize that when the bough breaks The cradle will fall Rainy days with Dusty gone -- We huddled together Like birds in the sun Teacher teach us to behave Strangers greet us, so we run into our cave Tender years have slipped away Sleep tonight and never see the day It's been ten years since Dusty's death Out, out brief candle -- But you got no breath Larry and his family moved away Derek got married last year, And hell if I'd stay Macho men in Tuffskin jeans We were never sheltered From what could have been Now in my memory, We still have fun And I'll always remember the days when I was A bird in the sun -- You know we'll always have fun

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