Thanks for voting guys please don't stop - I'm not really one for these kind of competitions but reading your comments and knowing that some of you take something away from what I do means the world to me.

I'm sorry for the bad sound quality (and me standing up - I was gigging this evening and felt in the zone but it's too late to play in the back room) - my computer was making terrible whirring noises which completely ruined the one from my dictaphone.

I know the chat at the beginning is a bit long but if you like the song you can listen to a self-produced version of it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdy9JCAzat0

and if you want a copy of the mp3 just leave a comment and I'll private message you the download link :)

long-distance love:

letter to my love
written by my hand
tongue to seal the back
and to set the stamp
i finish with a kiss
send it on it's way
yeah i don't get to see you smile
but i think it's worth the wait

oh the postman knows
of the highs and the lows
of a long-distance love

i wake up on saturday
i pick up the telephone
i know it's late for you but you're not at home
then my head starts a wandering where could you be?
i hope that you're true cuz my heart is only for you
in this long-distance love

it seems that these days always ends in a sigh
a dialtone replacing goodbye
but when there's a pause instead of "baby i'm yours"
i think that we ought to call time on this long-distance love

yeah there was a time
when my heart was involved in a long-distance love