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Fourteen Days

by Stylusboy

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Fourteen Days 04:14
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It’s nearly time to head for home Cockpits dark I see the lights Pilot radios words that we don’t want to hear There’s an enemy stuck on our rear Parachute on my back Time to abandon this craft Pull the chord and cross my fingers and toes Jump out into the cold unknown Falling Will I make it out alive? Falling Will I ever be alright? Surely, I’ll make it I’ll make it won’t I? Sit on the muddy ground Distant dog bark welcomes me Walk slowly to the flickering light An old door welcomes me in tonight They change my airman’s jacket So I won’t be recognised The fear is creeping into my mind Good luck now follow the old rail line Walking Will I make it out alive Walking Will I ever be alright? Surely, I’ll make it I’ll make it won’t I? Oh oh oh oh the days rolled into one Oh oh oh oh the lonely nights were so long For 14 days I avoided their gaze For 14 days I’ve made it back to the line Somehow still alive But they didn’t think that I would survive The Caterpillar Club is my prize Oh oh oh oh the days rolled into one Oh oh oh oh the lonely nights were so long For 14 days I avoided their gaze For 14 days
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Fourteen Days (Acoustic Version) 04:14
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This song is inspired by John, an incredible 102-year-old gentleman who I met during a songwriting project with the Coventry-based charity Good Neighbours.

When John was a pilot in WWII, he was shot down behind enemy lines. After parachuting to safety he was taken in by some very kind people and then followed the railway line back to safety. He spent 14 days eating wild fruit and avoiding capture. When he made his back to safety he was nearly shot as they suspected he was a spy!

Good Neighbours support lonely and isolated over 50s around Coventry.

I am very grateful to the National Lottery Community Fund for supporting this songwriting project.

hopecoventry.org.uk/good-neighbours/

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released May 5, 2023

Written by Steve Jones and Rebecca Jones

Steve Jones:
Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Beats, Synths.

Alva Leigh:
Harmonies

Recorded by Steve Jones in The Truffle Room
Mixed and Mastered by David Pollard at The Wood Room

Released by Tortoise Recordings

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