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King And Castle

from Releasing The Sheep by Latin Quarter

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KING & CASTLE
JEFFRIES/CAREWE/MACNEILL

I may not be a king but you can be my castle
We’ll hold hands, now and forever after
I’ll read your letters and you can read mine
And we’ll live again the words that time left behind
As our letters shaped a love as long as the Rhein
I may not be a king but you can be my castle

December 65 at Johannesburg station
The seed of a love in an alien nation,
From South West Africa with a country to see
Where Siggi and Inge, and Lielo made three.

The week’s trip was over and on to Cape Town
Inge left with her mother, Siggi missed her around
So letters were sent, from Jo’burg to a nurse
Love lain dormant, growing through words

After two years of writing, of breweries and clarinet
Siggi returned to the woman he met
A year later they married and then came two sons (pause)
The last signature written, as the letters were done.

And 50 years later, they hold hands in bed
Reliving the lines that they heard in their head
with a voice that’s familiar, heard every day
King and Castle together holding words that say

“Sie ist meine Burg”
(For a certain MKF with thanks.)

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from Releasing The Sheep, released October 29, 2021

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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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