its the first day back at

school
at college
at summer camp

its a dozen good mates you haven't seen for a year
its one after the other
after the other
its almost too much
its good good fun but it doesn't half do your head in

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...

jonno
claire
daniel
richard h
ray
susan
laura
sterling
jonny p
chris caswell

some you know very well from the tour
some you half know
and loads of them
and more to come

ken
jonah
chris bange
rob
cara
fugitives
celeste
hannah
chris kauffman
richard
shelby
ruth
randy

and some you just said bye to a couple weeks or days ago

rob
jayson
megan
jeff
martin
yenomi
paul

and then all the fringe people

chuck
hugh
kari

and volunteers
you see every year
and the ones where you haven't forgotten the name
because you never knew it
even though you've been occasionally chatting for years...
...

...
...
its winnipeg
its tuesday
and the excitement is building
...
...
start tomorrow
show a day for eleven days
normally i do just great
and that's exactly how i want to do again
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...
certainly is
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