The long nights without you
If music drew you back to me
You'd be here with me right now
I play our favourite songs all day
I've worn the needle out
The phonograph had played its last
'Til a workshop fixed the bass
It cost me all the dough I had
But it was worth it just in case
The tone arm slid across the disc
The motor rumbled on
The belt had stretched beyond its grip
The speaker cone had gone
Once the pride of EMI
The joy of all our dreams
We'd kiss and cuddle all night long
To Bobby Vee and Jerry Lee
The good news is it's OK now
I've just played Troy Shondell
This Time (we're really breaking up)
Perhaps I'd best play something else
The bad news is you've not come back
But our records have their use
They help me get through lonely days
And the long nights without you
©Joseph G Dawson
12/08/2016
