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When I Was Away

from January EP by The Great Park

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WHEN I WAS AWAY

WHEN I WAS AWAY THEY CLOSED DOWN THE POST THE TELEGRAM THE WIRE WHEN I WAS AWAY ALL THE MONEY CHANGED COLOUR IVE NO IDEA WHAT ITS WORTH WHEN I WAS AWAY MY FRIENDS DELIVERED LETTERS AND ASKED WHERE I WAS WHEN I WAS AWAY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU WHEN I WAS AWAY I DRANK IRISH WHISKEY I STOLE FROM YOUR FATHER WHEN I WAS AWAY I WANDERED AROUND NOT LOOKING FOR WORK WHEN I WAS AWAY THE TRAINS ONLY STOPPED WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF DIESEL WHEN I WAS AWAY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU WHEN I WAS AWAY MY FRIENDS GOT OVER ME AND MARRIED EACH OTHER WHEN I WAS AWAY THEY SAY THEY STILL MISS ME I ONLY THINK OF THEM NOW WHEN I WAS AWAY I SHAVED MY FACE SO NO ONE WOULD NOTICE WHEN I WAS AWAY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU WHEN I WAS AWAY MY MOTHER SOLD THE FARM AND LEFT THE GREEN COUNTRY WHEN I WAS AWAY MY BROTHER HAD A SON AND HE'S WALKING BY NOW WHEN I WAS AWAY THE CHURCH WHERE HE WAS CHRISTENED COLLAPSED IN THE WINTER WHEN I WAS AWAY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU WHEN I WAS AWAY THEY TOLD US TO STAY INSIDE BUT I DIDNT HEAR THEM WHEN I WAS AWAY WE WERE WARNED OF THE WATER BUT I DIDNT KNOW WHEN I WAS AWAY MY WIFE GOT SICK AND SHE'S GROWING WEAKER WHEN I WAS AWAY WHEN I WAS WITH YOU

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from January EP, released February 1, 2013

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Stephen Burch. Problem folk, songs with words.

"Ein Singer-Songwriter ist immer auch Poet. Und Burch ist ein ganz besonderer." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

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