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The Night Time Gate

from Sinatra's Bones (album, 2014) by Floyd Thursby

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I don’t know when it all began
The hungry chance, the faded plan
I know that I was once a man
Of flesh and blood, and circumstance
But I paid my toll like anybody else

I had a dream I met my fate
She was walking by at half past eight
And she opened up the night time gate
Said, ‘once for love, and twice for hate’
And number three I knew was meant for me

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And if once is for love and if twice is for hate
Well I know I did wrong and I carry that weight
And my eyes remain open, I’m standing up straight
But all I can see is the shadow of the night time gate

They say that hope from hardship springs
But I’d fly away on evening’s wings
I’d take the silence night can bring
To lose that drunken moment’s sting
For I loved a girl, but once I was a fool

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I met my dream at half past eight
And I loved her by the night time gate
But all she said was ‘twice for hate’
And I knew that I must wait alone

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from Sinatra's Bones (album, 2014), released March 1, 2014

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"Floyd Thursby has a fascinating voice. But of course, all that would be insignificant without great songs as vehicles for that voice. Thursby has armfuls of them." (Rhythms magazine)

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