STRANGE
APPOINTMENTS
CHORUS
Strange appointments every day
The strangest people every day
Playin’ on the street
The only way to meet
The strangest people every day
Playin’ on the street
“Come to dinner” the man said
“Come meet my wife and family”
Come talk about life and death with me
Come marry me – I love you already
CHORUS
Man in the distance behind the small crowd
“Come live with me and keep my life afloat”
But who says I’m not sinking?
Who says I’m
not sinking?
Playin’ on the street
CHORUS
(1982)
Commentary
Late in 1981 I returned to Kibbutz Gevim to work as a
volunteer. There I met Hiske – I heard her singing through the wall. She was
staying in the next room in the volunteers’ quarters. We soon started singing
together – firstly in The Irrigation Band (true!) – and then busking as a duo
on the streets of Israel and Holland. Busking for a living was an extraordinary
experience. You become public property and get exposed to the weird, wonderful and
extremely vulnerable who all want to be your instant friend. (And at last I was lonely no more!)
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