Down by the docks (listening to rhythm and blues)

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Jenny was seventeen when I first met her
Must have had an evening job after school
Shy eyes, beneath a fringe, behind a counter
Where I filled my first car with fuel
I only stopped to buy petrol
When I saw her scooter there
But I thought she was a girl for nightclubs and discos
when I was down by the docks, listening to rhythm and blues.

Jenny was eighteen when I next met her
Worked in an office, close to mine
Sometimes ran into her buying a sandwich
When we ate lunch at the same time
When it rained I sometimes offered
To drive her home in my first car
But I thought she was a girl for nightclubs and discos
I was down by the docks, listening to rhythm and blues.

Jenny was nineteen when I first kissed her
At a party off the Cheltenham Road
We laughed and we danced together
I should have offered to take her home
But she had a thing about a guy she worked with
And I had a woman waiting in her home alone
And I thought she was a girl for nightclubs and discos
When I was down by the docks, listening to rhythm and blues.

Jenny was twenty when I last saw her,
near the docks, where I saw bands
It was New Year's Eve and I was leaving
When she arrived with a bunch of friends
She hung back and we kissed in the shadows
'Til that guy came out, looking for her
It was too late, I'd already left Gloucester
When she was down by the docks listening to rhythm and blues
Yes she was down by the docks, listening to rhythm and blues.

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released September 30, 2020

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Postindustrial Poets Luxembourg

The Postindustrial Poets started recording in Luxembourg in 2019 - and now spend their time between Luxembourg, Paris and London. The Poets' songs tell stories and the music? Imagine guys who love to mess around with guitars. amps and pedals, love indie bands but spent years listening to soul and blues too... ... more

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