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Copyrighted. Replicated with the kind permission of Peter Hammill (http://www.sofasound.com).) 文件柜 North was somewhere years ago and cold:文件柜 Ice locked the people's hearts and made them old. South was birth to pleasant lands, but dry... I walked the waters' depths and played my mind. 文件柜 East was dawn, coming alive in the golden sun:文件柜 the winds came gently, several heads became one in the summertime, though august people sneered; we were at peace, and we cheered.

We wal文件柜ked along, sometimes hand in hand, between the thin lines marking sea and sand; smiling ve文件柜y peacefully, we began to notice that we could be free, and w文件柜e moved together to the West.

We文件柜t is where all days will someday end, where the colours turn from grey to gold, and you can be with the friends. And light flakes the golden clouds above; Wes文件柜t is Mike and Susie, West is where I love.

There we shall spend our final days of our lives, tell the same old stories... yeah well, at least we tried. So into the West, smiles on our faces, we'll go; oh, yes, and our apologies to those who'll never really know the way.

We're refugees, walking away from the life that we've known and loved; nothing to do nor say, nowhere to stay; now we are alone. We're refugees, carrying all we own in brown bags, tied up with string; nothing to think, it doesn't mean a thing, but we can be happy on our own. West is Mike and Susie, West is Mike and Susie. West is where I love, West is refugees' home.

[edit]Facts Mike and Susie are old friends of Peter Hammill, he used to live with. Susie is the actress Susan Penhaligon and Mike is Mike McLeod, her (former?) boyfriend. Mike and Susie will later return in Easy to Slip Away.

[edit]References [edit]Opinions [edit]Trivia Once upon a time the phrase "Whats the Mike and Susie ?" was much used by a group of us to mean "Whats the point ?". The derivation of this was the line "West is Mike and Susie" but for some reason West Point Military Academy was in the news and some how or another this got twisted via West Point -> Whats the Point -> Whats the Mike & Susie.

Yes I know utter rubbish but it made sense then !!!

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