{"id":9,"date":"2016-10-05T12:04:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T11:04:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-11-13T05:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T05:04:17","slug":"its-a-long-hitch-hike-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/its-a-long-hitch-hike-home\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Long Hitch Hike Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nIT\u2019S A LONG HITCH HIKE HOME<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry May 1969<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWell now, at last, the term has ended,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd we\u2019re ready to return.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI say goodbye to all my friends<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFor I have many things to learn,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd ambitions to fulfill.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd I whisper to my friend<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhose mind is still, on the window sill.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus –<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIt\u2019s long hitch hike home<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nSo I give my hair a comb<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nPut my rucksack on my back<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\nAnd proceed down the track.<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019m off to seek my fortune<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut not in pence and pounds.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019m off to seek my fortune<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut not in jewels and crowns.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019m off to seek the truth<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ve been looking for, for years.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019m off to seek a sun,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn a crowded mass of tears.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ve traveled through the glens<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd made many friends<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut as I try to wend my way<\/span><\/div>\n
\nUp the embankment\u2019s slimy clay,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI sometimes slip and fall,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nLike a silver waterfall<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut eventually I\u2019ll climb<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd overcome the slime.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ve travelled many miles,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThrough many empty valleys.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nAnd I\u2019ve had my fair share<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOf the darkness of the alleys.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ve come across folk,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSearching for their yoke.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThey sound their motto wide<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u201cSeek and thou shalt find<\/i>\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nChorus<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nEverybody\u2019s searching –<\/span><\/div>\n
\nFor what? \u2013 They do not know.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGazing from their windows,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThey bow their heads low.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nPeople trying to reach<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWith hands that can not feel.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nPeople trying to speak<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo images unreal\u2026.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n………<\/span>
\nBegan this lyric June 1967,on the coach, waiting to leave the City of Coventry Boarding School, at Cleobury Mortimer and finished in 1969. Probably influenced by Simon and Garfunkel at that stage.<\/span>
\nThe first first reflects leaving school and the imagery, with Glens and embankments, were influenced by the schools Cross Country run. I was in the school team so did a lot of running.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IT\u2019S A LONG HITCH HIKE HOME \u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry May 1969 Well now, at last, the term has ended, And we\u2019re ready to return. I say goodbye to all my friends For I have many things to learn, And ambitions … 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\/9"}],"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=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}