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If you suffer from the Circular Bend of fear that air and road travel can
trigger, there’s always the train...!? The famous Raurimu Spiral, hailed an ‘engineering triumph’, allows trains on the North Island’s main trunk line to cross steep terrain.

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Circular Bend
© Helen Dorothy (2010)

I used to like flying to take me on a high
Bursting through the atmosphere with the storm clouds drifting by
A lightning crack could send me back to earth and I know why
I have this fear to fly

Sailing on the ocean to get to somewhere new
I’d find me in a lumpy swell and there was not much I could do
Except hold on tight, white-knuckle fright, and I’d be thinking about you
As we go down, down into the blue

Here we go now…
Round and round and round—round the bend
Waiting—to get back on track again
And it’s anyone’s guess when the spiral will end
Until then, I’ll keep on heading round the circular bend

Strap me in a car seat and take me for a drive
Give me absolutely no control and see if I survive
I’ve got sweaty palms and twitchy feet and a will to stay alive
But I’ve lost, lost the will to drive

If I have the option then I’d rather go by track
Though the Eurostar in winter might be hard for me to hack
And crossing a river canyon, well I’d have to just sit back…

Here we go now…
Round and round and round—round the bend
Waiting—to get back on track again
And it’s anyone’s guess when the spiral will end
Until then, I’ll keep on heading round the circular bend
Round and round and round the circular bend

Air, sea, rail and road
We use it without a care like it’s something that we’re owed
I’m not singing this song like it’s some kind of campaign
But the next time you’re heading away, I recommend the train!

Round and round and round—round the bend
Waiting—to get back on track again
And it’s anyone’s guess when the spiral will end
Until then, I’ll keep on heading round the circular bend
Round and round and round the circular bend

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from Watching Ghosts​.​.​.​and Other Songs, track released September 16, 2013
Helen Dorothy - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Fiona Smythe - violin
Richard Prowse - double bass

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Helen Dorothy is “an acoustic folk artist in an honest sense” (NZ Musician, 2009). She writes "beautifully-crafted, intelligent songs rich in memorable imagery" (fRoots Magazine, Jan 2014).

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