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Tricklin’ Down
© Penelope Swales 1989

Oh the round-trip was a long one and I find
I’m a stranger in my own town
What you might call my hometown
That’s the way it goes
The streets are all the same
But the faces are strange
There’s no money in my pocket
And things have changed

I somehow thought in the back of my mind
That coming home meant going back
To the same way of living
To my own kind
To the same place
To wake up in the morning to the same sweet face
But my friends have all be scattered
And I’ve only dog-eared dreams to chase
And this fear tricklin’ down, tricklin down
And this fear tricklin’ down

I smile when they tell me I’m too young
They don’t have a clue about the things I’ve done
Oh, but please don’t laugh if I say
I’ve never felt so old before
It’s just tiredness evening up the score
And that deep-worn ache telling me
I’m about to break
And this fear tricklin’ down, tricklin’ down

It seems to me my clock must move twice as fast as yours
These past 5 years have aged me 10
Though you look just the same as you did back then
That first year was filled with fear and sweetness
You took me off the street and bought me pizzas
And my days were as filled with treats as they were with confusion
Filled with fear tricklin’ down, tricklin’ down

And sometimes I catch a glimpse of someone like myself
Who hates to be told they’re just a kid
They don’t have a clue about the things you did
There’s no way of telling them
That you’ve seen things they’ve only dreamt
And it doesn’t matter how old you are
When your time’s all been spent
Livin’ in fear tricklin’ down, tricklin’ down
And you live with that fear tricklin’ down

Smile if they tell you you’re too young
(I try to push it out of my mind)
Remember, they’ve got no way of judgin’ what you have or haven’t done
(Too scared to look in my head for fear of what I might find)
Oh, but you know that I wouldn’t laugh if you said
You’d never felt so old before
It’s just tiredness evening up the score
And that deep-worn ache telling you
You’re finally about to break
And you live with that fear tricklin’ down
You live with that fear tricklin’ down

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from Archive Vol. 2: Songs from the Borderline 1989​-​1992, released July 1, 2005
Vocals, backing vocals, guitar - Penelope Swales
Drums, backing vocals - Rowan Brown
Bass - Holger Schnabel

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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