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I wrote the verses of this song after waking up to a beautiful view on a balcony in Cordova, Andalucia. We were busking in Spain trying to imitate Laurie Lee and to escape the winter. The Chorus I wrote when back home and sums up how I feel every time I come home from travelling.

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It's so damn bright and hot today
And those old rainclouds have blown off far away
and i know back home it's like as not rainy and grey
and i'm glad i'm here and getting sorely tempted just to stay

I know i'm going to have to return
I've got friends unfinished business and lessons unlearned
but there's also jobs and rent and, money to earn
i treat responsibility like i do being burned

and i know i'll be back in a few weeks time
telling everyone my stories and hanging up my hitching signs
it'll be cold outside and wet all day, I'll lament and wish i stayed
and start counting down the days until the next time we go away

I'm tired but I'm happy on the road
my mind and soul unburdened makes up for my heavy load
at night i'll sleep undeer the stars the wasteland my abode
a lullaby of birdsong and the constant rivers flow

There's so much more of this continent to see
but right now i can't think of anywhere i would rather be
don't remember the last time that i felt this happy
did i really have to travel such a long way to feel free?

And when i'm sat at home, my mind is on the road
my heart is yet to find a place to call it's own
so i'll keep moving on until i find
a place where i belong

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from Climb Trees Every Day, released June 22, 2014

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Dan Kemp Reading, UK

Dan is a folk singer and fiddle player from Reading, UK. He accompanies lively, anarchic folk songs with guitar and fiddle and has a particular passion for ancient songs that are still relevant today in their depiction of social struggles and call for a better world. ... more

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