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Donovans Doorway

from Latin Quarter Revisited by Steve Skaith Band

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DONOVAN’S DOORWAY
( S k a i t h / J o n e s )

There is a stray dog lapping by a kerbside pool
Hear the tap, tap tapping from a tap dance school
The teacher keeps the beat to the old sheet music
They keep in the piano stool

And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
To keep us from playing the fool
And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
And he’s just applying the rules
in Donovan’s doorway

There’s a fi ne rain falling past a tall fl oodlight
for some fi ne footballing on a weekday night
The players all drive up in limousines
To pull on the red and the white

And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
He’s watching from his left to his right
And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
keeping us well in his sights

And we could walk this road all night
Could talk it out till the very fi rst light
start from the slightest suggestion
But the odds are against us
Making much progress
Because it’s not just this night that’s in question
in Donovan’s doorway

And there’s a church converted to a hardware store
There’s no one on this street who don’t know the score
Two hearts entwined Mick and Caroline
On a poster that says 'Help the Poor'

And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
He asks me what i’m looking for
And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
He’s just upholding the law
And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
He asks me what i’m looking for
And in Donovan’s doorway
There’s a man with a night stick
And he’s just upholding the law
He asks me what i’m looking for
He asks me what i’m looking for

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from Latin Quarter Revisited, released January 22, 2010
Siobhan Culhane | accordion
Ricardo Serrano | drums
Steve Skaith | guitar and vocals
James Ahwai | bass guitar
Catherine Burke | fl ute, backing vocals

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Latin Quarter are celebrating the 40th anniverary of their 'Modern Times'-album this year. They first burst onto the scene with their singles "Radio Africa" and "New Millionaires" – songs that stayed for months in the German single charts in the 80s. The band split up in 1998. In 2011 five of the original musicians got together again. 7 new albums released after this reunion. . ... more

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