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Janet Kidd/arr. Larry Nickel: Steve Maddock-vocals Charles Hamann-oboe Christopher Millard-bassoon

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At the Arlington

It’s one A.M. at the Arlington
another night lost in the smoky haze
The old man, sitting here
is a friend, fast asleep, with a hand on his beer

“Listen, my girl”, he would say
in the days when his memory was clear
“Don’t let it all slip away,
there’s something that you’ve gotta hear.”

If I had danced instead of dragging feet of clay,
If I had said the love there was to say,
If I had followed where my dreams had led the way,
I’d be a different man today.

It’s getting late at the Arlington
Crazy Anne sachets across the floor
Helps him to his feet
As she has done a hundred times before

“Here is a man”, she says
“in the days when his memory was clear:
Could have made it big”, she says
“and there’s something that you’ve gotta hear”.

If he had danced instead of dragging feet of clay,
If he had said the love there was to say,
If he had followed where his dreams had shown the way,
He’d be a different man t’day.

Getting old at the Arlington,
What an I doing here?
Slippin’ away at the Arlington,
There’s somethin’ I finally hear;

Maybe I’ll dance instead of dragging feet of clay
Tomorrow I’ll say the love there is to say
And I will follow where my dreams have shown the way
it’s gonna be different
And I will follow where my dreams have shown the way
it’ll be different from today.

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