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One Long Day
1,832
Rock
One Long Day was released on April 24, 1978 by Cold Chisel as a part of the album Cold Chisel (Remastered)
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Release DateApril 24, 1978
LabelCold Chisel
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM113

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Cold Chisel
Cold Chisel
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Don Walker
Don Walker
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
City life is closin' in on me
The way things go, thirty years
Bus timetable be my elegy
[Verse 2]
Up at seven every workin' day
Pay comes in, pay goes out
It's a week by week charade
[Verse 3]
General panic in the marketplace
Boss found hung in office
Could not stand the pace
[Verse 4]
And as the peak hour traffic jams below
Someone gets the story, someone spreads the rumor
People come and go
[Verse 5]
You gotta move, you gotta go
You gotta be somebody and you've got to roll
You gotta stop, you gotta change
You've got to make a little money and be a little strange
[Verse 6]
I wandered down along the river last night
Call me romantic, I say I couldn't sleep
Till the first light struck me down
[Verse 7]
Heading homeward on the inside lane
Early mornin', freeway's cool and quiet
Dodging rubber stains
[Verse 8]
People talkin' in a seaside bar
I ain't sentimental
But Lord, sometimes I get that gypsy urge to travel far
[Verse 9]
You know I'll disappear some long weekend
Find a mangrove landscape
Stretch out along some busted jetty, forget who I am
[Verse 10]
You gotta move, you gotta go
You gotta be somebody and you've got to roll
You gotta stop, you gotta change
You've got to make a little money and be a little strange
[Verse 11]
One long day is all it takes
To steal her heart away
One long night, it's alright
You've done it again
And soft, low words and slender ladies
Beneath the cafe fans
One long day
[Verse 12]
Laid by dreams and cotton dresses
A Spanish border town
And dreams so far from the subways
The crowds headin' home
And close each day in technicolor
A million miles away
One long night and you're alone
[Verse 13]
Meanwhile, city ways
Life goes creepin' on
Sometimes I get the blues
Lord, I get the blues so bad
[Verse 14]
Meanwhile, city ways
Lord, my life goes creepin' on
Sometimes I get the blues
Lord, I get the blues so bad
Know I get the blues so bad
[Verse 15]
And meanwhile, city ways
Lord, my life goes screamin' on
On and on, on and on, yeah
Sometimes I get the blues
Lord, Lord, I get the blues so bad
So bad, so bad
So bad
Written by: Don Walker
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