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A Long Day

from Strange Time by MF Tomlinson

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A “Long Day” finds Tomlinson pulling from his own experiences of rising early to work in a bakery - “at the end of a long day / it’s just gone lunch,” he opines while Ami Koda’s flute flits all around, but it will strike a chord with anyone who was surprised by how tiring a day of working from home could be.

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At the end of a long day
Begins another day
At the end of a long list
Begins another list
And all the things you said you was gonna do
Just keep on catching up to you
And getting in the way
Of that one thing you really wanna do

I wake with the bakers and go haunting the arches
The ghosts there encounter a struggling artist
Tipping the bums and the pigeons with rye
Cos you can’t take it with you so I wave them goodbye
And I watch them take off
Hope they come down easy

And the angels are already gone
Gone from this place
Driven out of the city
I heard that might be the case
Driven out of the city
Even further than Margate
Driven away

At the end of a long day
It’s just gone lunch
At the edges of a conversation
Your fantasy may be fed
If not the busman could help you beat your escape
Down to Limehouse at a breakneck pace
Slipping through the cracks in the rain

Trying to resist
The unspeakable emptiness
That taps with its bony fingers through its ragged cloak
Tap, tap, tapping on your shoulder
And taunting you to turn around
It’s ready with the net

At the end of a long day
We have each other
At the end of a long winding staircase
There are the covers that cover my body but not my toes
I lie very still
And try not to wriggle

At the end of a long night
I hope everything’s gonna be alright

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from Strange Time, track released March 21, 2021
A Long Day by MF Tomlinson
Produced by MF Tomlinson, Arie van der Poel and Viljam Nybacka
Recorded at Kluster Rooms with Chris Smith, at Ariesound Studios with Arie van der Poel, at home, and at Rainy Studios
Mixed by Arie van der Poel
Mastered by Syd Kemp
Flute by Ami Koda
Drums by Ed Grimshaw
Bass by Viljam Nybacka
Vocals, acoustic guitar, saxophone and synthesizers by MF Tomlinson

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MF Tomlinson London, UK

An eclectic singer/songwriter “who seems to use music as a means to excavate within the soul” - Clash. Primarily a storyteller, MF Tomlinson negotiates styles as varied as acid folk, soul, alt country & chamber pop to create a singular presence. He achieves this genre fluidity with the help of a close-knit group of collaborators he calls “the MFs, because they’re all very talented motherfuckers.” ... more

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