October 2010
Words and music by Richard Homer
4/4, 93 bpm Intro G B flat C FG, G B flat C FG
G B flat C G
I wake up from a // post-lunch / kip
G B flat C G
to the hedgerow flowers / beginning / to / whip F
B flat C F
the cement mixer / working out / there F
B flat C F
keeping a rhythm in the / afternoon / air
GFGF
but the light is beginning / to // kow-tow
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
The amplifier / lights are / watching / me
the breeze comes to / wake / up the / tree
picking up with // power / now
I push curtain back, the / rain joins in the / row
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Through the mosquito / netting / I / peer
at the rain now getting / into / high / gear
one empty lorry / bangs like a giant / wok
the workmen, no doubt, / watching the / clock
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
the rain in / full-flow / now
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
In my mind, you’re on your / way / back to / me
with the rain, the kampung / roof, the / coconut / tree
the time is coming when I’ll / get away from / here
back home again but I / know you won’t be / near
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening / air
the rain in / full-flow / now
you have a new one touching / your / hair
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
In the wet lane, a / truck / goes / by,
on the tarmac, the // tyres / cry
I take your hand / by the harbour / quay
you touch my hair, / then kiss / me
but the light is beginning to // kow-tow
a half-light in the // thickening /air
the rain in / full-flow / now
you have a new one touching / your / hair
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Ch
B flat E flat
The rain has gone away, the / wind too
A flat C#
as if it they ran off to / be with you
B flat E flat
I’ll have lamb and potatoes / for my tea
A flat C#
thinking when you / were with me
GFGF
but now, / you’re not / here
GFGF
you, like the rain, / now are / gone
GFGF
I wait and think of when / you were / near
GFG
in an hour or two, the night / will come / on
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
Ending
GFGF
but now, / you’re not / here
GFGF
you, like the rain, / now are / gone
GFGF
I wait and think of when / you were / near
GFG
in an hour or two, the night / will come / on
FG, FG, FG, FG
// ooh, // ooh, // ooh
