A80something

by ciar nixon

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up the A80-something
past the gun emplacement
built for the war
but never fired in anger
abandoned in the 50s
like the rest of its kind
a monument in concrete
watch the lights of glasgow slowly fade

i guess what you took
didn’t come with advice
about operating machinery
or driving at night
you were a deer in your own headlights
your walls were closing in
a reflection of what you could’ve been
shattered with your windscreen on the road

so let’s pretend we were the lucky ones
pretend we’re still friends
keep pretending that i never left
we’re seventeen again
and with the end of all the old songs
still ringing in my ears
like the stars over the water i’ll
watch the lights of glasgow slowly fade

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released November 24, 2023
ciar nixon - vocals and instruments except;
duncan cooper - fiddle

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ciar nixon Glasgow, UK

GLASGOW // TRAILS // BEANS // TUNES

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