{"id":21,"date":"2016-10-05T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T05:04:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T05:04:18","slug":"like-a-hairpin-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/like-a-hairpin-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"Like a Hairpin Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nLIKE A HAIRPIN BEND<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel May 1970 Coventry<\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSometimes the road\u2019s so dark and lonely,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nShaded by the overhanging trees.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSometimes the roads so long and winding<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGuided by a violent breeze.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd sometimes my road\u2019s lined with forests<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd confusion breathes.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSometimes the fords are deeper than my motor car.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span>
\nBridge<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut when I get to thinking<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nThat my seas are raging torrents<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nThe wind it seems to change direction<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nAnd blow the other way.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nLike a hairpin bend.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nLike a hairpin bend<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nAnd things start happening<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nAs directions change<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nLike a hairpin bend<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nLike a hairpin bend<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nSometimes the paths I wander bear no fruits of life<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSometimes the patterns I encounter <\/span>
\nAre painted <\/span>by the brush of strife.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd sometimes my mind is lined with sadness<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd reason squirms beneath<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd sometimes the cauldrons seem more real<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThan just figments of my mind.<\/span>
\n
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\n……..<\/span>
\n
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\nWrote this during a union meeting at GEC Stoke works in Coventry. Pete Waterman was my shop steward, odd as it may seem to people outside Coventry and announced that we would be laid off during the summer of 1970 owing to a strike in another department. That suited me, I worked at the Coventry Arts Umbrella Club during that summer, letting in the bands to practice and officiating. During Pete’s meeting I wrote this lyric as he was talking! The Long and Winding Road was being played on a radio nearby and Neil Young. They probably hand an influence on the song.<\/span>
\n
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\nThis is a writing demo done in the 70’s on a cassette so sound quality is a bit rough but gives an idea of the music.<\/span>
\n
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n
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LIKE A HAIRPIN BEND \u00a9Trev Teasdel May 1970 Coventry Sometimes the road\u2019s so dark and lonely, Shaded by the overhanging trees. Sometimes the roads so long and winding Guided by a violent breeze. And sometimes my road\u2019s lined with forests … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}