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These Finite Days

Time will wait for no one, though we plead.
These finite days are what it gives, no more.
No plea, no tears will get it to concede
One minute past the closing of the door.

And though we’ve blessed, and loved each cherished friend;
There is no get-out clause, no late reprieve;
From those sudden moments that announce the end —
The sigh that says, I know, it’s time to leave.

Chorus
What was time to us, a moment in the wind
That blew across the page and turned it then,
The story cut — the dimming of the mind —
Sad memories that turn that page again.

And all we’ve done, accomplished, makes our name:
The little, or the much we had to share;
Time takes no regard, each one’s the same,
It does not judge, nor question, nor compare.

Chorus
What was time to us, a moment in the wind,
That blew across the page and turned it then;
The story cut — the dimming of the mind —
Sad memories that turn that page again.

So we say goodbye! So long, adieu!
For no one knows the destiny, the place?
We cherish still the loved ones that we knew,
Remember still the features of each face.

— © Frank Callery,

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from Songs from a Life — Dear Dirty Dublin, track released February 22, 2022
Lyrics and Melody: written by Frank Callery.
Vocals: Frank Callery.
Guitars and Keyboards: Paul Grant.
Mandolins and Mandola: Martin Murray.

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Frank Callery Kilkenny, Ireland

Frank Callery is an award-winning songwriter, poet, editor, journalist and historian, who revels in the words and music of his heritage and tradition. A Dubliner, he has lived in Co. Kilkenny for the past 25 years.
I have written hundreds of songs and arranged song settings of the works of W.B. Yeats, Winnifred Mary Letts, John M. Synge, Robin Flower (Bláithín), Eva Gore-Booth and Moira O'Neill. ... more

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