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Charlie is My Darling

from Pretty Bird by Cosy Sheridan

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Inspired by Charlie on the MTA, Freight Train and my sweetie, Charlie, coming home exhausted after teaching tennis all day in the summer.

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Charlie is my Darling

One day Charlie went to work
And he was not seen again
He was replaced by a series of empty men
Who came back to the house
Sat in his chair
Some of us noticed
Charlie wasn’t there

Charlie is my darling
He shines in the night
The empty men they carry no such light
Charlie has a voice
Like a strong man would speak
The empty men: their voices are weak

CHORUS
Charlie you’re my darling
Wherever you may
Charlie you’re my darling
Come back to me
Don’t leave me here all alone
Charlie you’re my darling
Come home

The god of the job
Stole him away
Took all his life by the end of the day
I sat down by his chair
I said here’s what we’ll do
You hold on to me
And I’ll hold on to you.

CHORUS
Charlie you’re my darling
Wherever you may
Charlie you’re my darling
Come back to me
Don’t leave me here all alone
Charlie you’re my darling
Come home

Bridge:
We all go to work
And then we come home again
We all have our days of the empty men
But love is kind
If it’s any kind of love at all

© Cosy Sheridan, Cosyng Music 2013 BMI

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from Pretty Bird, released February 14, 2014

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Cosy Sheridan Harrisville, New Hampshire

Cosy Sheridan has been called “one of the era’s finest and most thoughtful songwriters.” Her CD "My Fence & My Neighbor" was in the Top 10 of 2018 on folk radio. "Pretty Bird" was listed among Sing Out Magazine’s Great CDs of 2014. “You can't make it into double digits, and continue touring for twenty or so years, unless you know what you're doing, and do it well,” - The Chicago Examiner. ... more

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