the apprentice

from Leitmotif by The Ant Farm Collective

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lyrics

he was just doing his job
minding his own business unless they gave
up their history of loves conquered
and all the dreams that they had lost and of better days

he never asked for much in the way of companionship
yet always offered an easy smile
to both the midday drunkard
and the mother trudging past towing a child

he was apprenticed to the barber at the corner of the street
where the new and the old meet

his teachers remembered him as a shadow
at the edge of the classroom
easily drifting to a place where his daydreams soared
above mundane and stale afternoons

he was apprenticed to the barber …etc

and some days he’d just stand like a secret
kept too long and waiting to be told
nobody could ever guess where he’d rather be
but knew he’d go there alone

he was apprenticed to the barber …etc

he was quiet in his ways
some thought him shy though they’d all say he was kind
nobody noticed him ‘til he left one day
and emptiness rushed into the hole in their lives

he was apprenticed to the barber …etc

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from Leitmotif, released December 10, 2015
written by tim o’connor

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018- ... more

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