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Dymek was lonely long before lockdown – is there any silver lining to the Covid-19 world?

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At 19 Dymek came to the UK,
Cleaning the streets so he could stay,
Burns to his face from when he was a child,
Making others stay away,

Yes Dymek only wanted
to be lo-o-v-ed oh, oh

When lockdown came, he was still on the streets,
Removing our filth, our secrets, and the wrappers of our treats
For others the lockdown meant relationships by phone,
But for Dymek nothing changed, Like always
He was alone
Three weeks into lockdown, on Valnay Street,
Collecting the bins and filth in the early April heat,
A young woman rushed out, arms raised,
She’d put the wrong bag out in a cabin fever daze,

She called out to Dymek
“Oh please stop”
Young Dymek turned and stared,
At the girl in the street, in dressing gown
Wild and with slick wet hair,
In his hands he held a bag,
The young woman cried, “See you have it there!”
Yes Dymek only wanted
to be lo-o-v-ed oh, oh
The next week in Valnay Street,
He looked up at a window and whose eyes should he meet?
The young woman waved and smiled,
Dymek waved back and lingered a while.
Yes Dymek only wanted
to be lo-o-v-ed oh, oh

For 3 weeks the same happened each time,
A wave and a smile, every time sublime
Then on the fourth week, a letter pinned to the door,
An email address, A contact, A chance,

for the man
who
asked
for
nothing more
Yes Dymek only wanted
to be lo-o-v-ed oh, oh

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from Stories from the Lockdown, released June 16, 2020

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Giles Read London, UK

Giles Read is a solo artist living in South West London. Heavily influenced by the eclectic and masterful sounds of Davy Graham, Nick Drake and Jeff Buckley, Giles tries to push the boundaries of modern folk sounds.

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