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After You Left
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After you left
the girl you had chosen,
the guy you had chosen,
the fantasy you dabbled,
looked to where you had been
and you were gone
After you had left
the record exec
found the pen
to write yr number down
After you left the
drinks were sweeter,
the P.A. was crisper
and Dylan came in
After you left the joint really started jumping
All colors were brighter and the fire door
flew open to reveal we had landed
on a planet of pleasure
After you left we played naked Jello twister
We smoked bongs made of mahogany and
filled with Italian burgundy
Yes, after you left there was the time of your life
There was a group song about Vanilla Ice
The Humans dressed in drag, the cat was let out of the bag,
The Novellas got three encores,
Mr.Scarecrow did a tap dance, Jen's Revenge got married
to a pair of triplets,
George Moore sang Philadelphia Freedom in Latin,
the tip jar turned into a bird,
and flew around the room screaming
"Free the Fast Folk Five!"
After you left it pains me to say,
the t.v. came on
and a newscast did play
It showed you at home turning small into dreams
getting up early and like a slow movie scream
you went into the dull routine
of a life that you
had never
left
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Lach Edinburgh, UK
Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach
Chronicles.
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