This was a song about the fickle nature of the human heart; or why I don't do what I want to do... It borrows the imagery suggested by Jesus' comment about a person not being fit for the kingdom if he keeps looking back (Luke 9:62).
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'The Straight Furrow' by Martin Day You moved in, and then I moved away. We started work, I went on holiday. I missed you when we were apart, I wish I'd made a better start. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go. You can't plough a straight furrow looking back, How can you sleep insomniac? How can you dream, torn between? My building blocks are what I touch and see, But you work in a human tapestry. I rejected worldliness, clinging to all I poses. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go. You gave light, I soaked up the rays. You showed me how, and I walked in your ways. I needed your security, but couldn't face your purity. Will I ever learn, the love you gave, I can never earn; never earn; never earn. © M Day 15-Jan-1991
You moved in, and then I moved away. We started work, I went on holiday. I missed you when we were apart, I wish I'd made a better start. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go. You can't plough a straight furrow looking back, How can you sleep insomniac? How can you dream, torn between? My building blocks are what I touch and see, But you work in a human tapestry. I rejected worldliness, clinging to all I poses. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go. You gave light, I soaked up the rays. You showed me how, and I walked in your ways. I needed your security, but couldn't face your purity. Will I ever learn, the love you gave, I can never earn; never earn; never earn.
You moved in, and then I moved away. We started work, I went on holiday. I missed you when we were apart, I wish I'd made a better start. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go.
You can't plough a straight furrow looking back, How can you sleep insomniac? How can you dream, torn between?
My building blocks are what I touch and see, But you work in a human tapestry. I rejected worldliness, clinging to all I poses. Will I ever know, holding on's about letting go; letting go; letting go.
You gave light, I soaked up the rays. You showed me how, and I walked in your ways. I needed your security, but couldn't face your purity. Will I ever learn, the love you gave, I can never earn; never earn; never earn.
© M Day 15-Jan-1991
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