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Live for Evermore

by Martin Cassini

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A cheery rail against mortality. Revised version of Salad Days (/Daze)

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Never … want to close the door!
Never want to close the door!

Once I was a young man, in a kaftan
Had a run of golden years
Now an old critter, sweet and sour and bitter
Bursting into laughter or tears
It’s a marker of the age that wisdom is ignored
Youth above experience, go fall upon your sword!

Wide awake in the middle of the night
I wish that time would just stand still
Every single day another trip of wonder
Even if you're over the hill
Time is long but life is short so seize the day today
Climb that mountain, ford that stream, keep tedium at bay!

True the climate’s changing … and the sea is rising
But let’s go for a drive
Now’s the time for laughter, no happy ever after
No second time alive
I don't wanna die, I want to live for evermore
Life is such a gas, I never want to close the door
Never never want to close the door!
Never never want to close the door!

As a man gets older, doesn't he get bolder? Not necessarily
Never had to choose 'em, now afraid to lose 'em - friends and family
Years go by, stack up high, there's much less time to go
Life is such a drag, it always ends in death, you know
Always ends in death you know!

But I don't wanna die, I want to live for evermore
Life is such a gas, I never want to close the door
Never never never never want to close the door!
Never never never never want to close the door!

PRS tunecode (for Salad Daze) 215799FW

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released September 28, 2023
Written in 2015. PRS tunecode 215799FW
Words, music, guitar, vocal: Martin Cassini
Bass guitar, fills, recording, mix: Sam Dowden

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Martin Cassini UK

Since discovering Bob Dylan (met in 1988), I've often thought that by combining words and music, songwriting is the supreme art form. Among my favourite songs: Chimes of Freedom (Dylan), If you Leave Me Now (Brel), You Never Give me your Money (McCartney), Young Hearts Run Free (Crawford), Chattanoogo Choo Choo (Warren/ Gordon) ... too many to mention. These are a few minor efforts of my own ... more

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