©2002 by Steve Macdonald
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| Time, time passes so long When you’re far away Time, time passes so long When friends are far away… |
The opening and closing refer to that feeling between cons- sometimes referred to as con-blues |
| Planes land, cars drive up Trains pull through the station Summer, Winter, Spring, and Autumn too; Another weekend’s begun |
While planes and cars are used to get to cons in North America; trains are also used quite a bit in the UK and Germany. |
| And we’ll sing on through the night And we’ll hold each other tight Yes we’ll sing on through the night |
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| Soft shoe tap dance, New Year’s toast Ties and tails all around All those who bring us here each year Even Mad Hatters abound |
FilkCONtinental, GaFilk, FKO, and OVFF opening ceremonies. |
| And we’ll sing on through the night And we’ll hold each other tight Yes we’ll sing on through the night |
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| What a year, oh, what a year! All those many voices raised as one, together What a year, oh, what a year! To stand and join the song- |
A gentle reference to Many Hearts, One Voice |
| Bardic circles give us each a turn Cat’s cradle, puzzle, buckyball Yet Chaos abounds all over the world It’s to our hearts the songs call |
Different types of filk circles: Cat’s Cradle uses a ball of yarn to track followers, Puzzle was the FilkCONtinental Friday circle, and is a form of Poker Chip Bardic. BuckyBall Bardic uses a rubber ball; the player tosses the ball to the next player. |
| And we’ll sing on through the night And we’ll hold each other tight Yes we’ll sing on through the night |
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| What a year, oh, what a year! All those many voices raised as one, together What a year, oh, what a year! To stand and join the song- |
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| Pegasus flies, SAM holds his pose More Fame in the Hall Contests, parodies, a golden Kazoo New music enriches us all |
Pegasus Awards: OVFF, SAMs: UK Filk cons Filk Hall of Fame: FKO Kazoo Awards: ConChord Songwriting contests at most cons |
| And we’ll sing on through the night And we’ll hold each other tight Yes we’ll sing on through the night |
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| What a year, oh, what a year! All those many voices raised as one, together What a year, oh, what a year! To stand and join the song- |
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| Planes landed, cars drove up Trains pulled through on their way Wherever you were, all over the world The feeling was the same |
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| And we sang on through the night No noise limiter in sight Yes we’ll sing on through the night Emotions higher than a kite Sing on As One All One Sing on |
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| Time, time passes so long When friends are far away Time, time passes so long When you’re far away… |