Longing for the day ...

I Long for the Day

I started writing this song for a bet in 1996. At the time I'd just had *another* band fall apart through no fault of mine and had move in with my then-girlfriend (now wife), Angie, quit my comfortable public service job and gone back to Uni to study journalism.

Angie asked me why I didn't just give up the whole music thing, and I explained that I couldn't. She wondered why, and I explained that it was just sort of in me and wouldn't go away (I'd tried before). She said if it was in me, I had better prove it - could I write something right now?

I started stuffing about with a Bluesy thing in A and had written the three verses by that night. The middle 8 took another couple of years (I'm still not happy with it - ideas, anyone?).

LONG FOR THE DAY
Huge

A
I get up. I see my day unfolding before me.
E
I feel down when I think about a nine-to-five grind.
A
Well I don't need to feed my ego with money.
E
So I try to look around:

E+m7+m10
Try to find reason,
I'm waiting for the season,
E D A
I'll finally reap what I have sown.

Got a girl who thinks there's something special about me.
We get down and forget about the nine-to-five grind.
Got some friends who like a song to brighten the night-time.
So I sing the blues,
Playing my guitar,
Singing and old song,
Paying my dues.
E D C
And I long for the day when that's all I have to do.

[this part being re-written]
D
Don't work your life away
C
Make time for living, too
You're better off that way.

Don't waste your life away
Go out and get some, too
Come on, we're off to play,
D C
It's up to you, but I long for the day, when that's all I have to do.

Got a dream that some day I'll be somebody special.
I got a plan. I'm getting closer every day.
But it's hard trying to put the day job behind me,
So we all play along,
Laughing and writing,
Loving and fighting,
Singing our songs,
And I long for the day when that's all I have to do.

Intro/Chorus x 4

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