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Desk Dweller Blues

from City Synchronicity by Julia Turner

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Written on a hang-over at an office temp job. Writing haiku while on hold on the phones was the only way to keep my brain alive.
more info at: buskersblog.com/the-desk-dweller-blues/

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Driving to the desk
Endless phone calls wait for me
I’ll be there all day

Yesterday was warm
Outside in the sunlit streets
Now I’m stuck inside

Stuck inside with the desk dweller blues
Spinning haiku
I’ve only been here three days but I’ve got ‘em bad
I’ve got the desk dweller blues

Northern winds catch dust
Lift it to my window pane
Inside it is still

Repetition bores
One call ends, another looms
Sick of this same line

I’ve got the desk dweller blues
Spinning haiku
I’ve only been here three days but I’ve got ‘em bad
I’ve got the desk dweller blues

Feel like a zombie
Always staring at this screen
Makes my vision blur

Ringtones intersperse
Fairground music, put on hold
It’s driving me mad

Going mad with these desk dweller blues
Spinning haiku
I’ve only been here three days but I’ve got ‘em bad
I’ve got the desk dweller blues

Leaving there in haste
With relief I reach the door
Out in the fresh air

My head starts to clear
As I walk along Southbank
The sun is shining

As I walk away those desk dweller blues
All day long I’ve been spinning haiku
Counting syllables keeps me sane
When I’ve got the desk dweller blues.

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from City Synchronicity, released December 13, 2012
Composed and sung by Julia Turner
Guitar: Sam Lemann
Double bass: Leigh Barker
Drums: Sam Young
Recorded and mastered by Pikkle Henning

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City Synchronicity is a collection of songs inspired by a year lived 10,000 miles from home, busking and blogging in Melbourne.

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