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Northern Angels
03:25
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The Thames Runs Through It
Old stone bridge I love every inch of you
Old stone bridge I shall always stay true
Old stone bridge you’re my pride & joy
As I shall always be a West London boy.
Chorus
When I think of my life & I review it
When I think of my life the Thames runs through it
Mighty & proud it calls to me
Mighty & proud it comforts me.
Old stone bridge you’re my favourite memory
Old stone bridge that spans the centuries
Old stone bridge with my heart you’ll never toy
As I shall always be a West London boy.
Chorus
Old Embankment I will always believe in you
Old Embankment you’ll never make me blue
Old Embankment you’ll always be my world
For The Embankment was where I met the girl.
Chorus
Cold old city lonely in the crowd
Cold old city where no sunshine is allowed
Cold old city loud as the hoi polloi
As I shall always be a West London boy.
(Instrumental)
Chorus
Sad old river I love every inch of you
Sad old river you know that I’ll stay true
Sad old river you’ll always be my joy
As I shall always be a West London boy.
Chorus
When I think of my life & I review
When I think of my life the Thames runs through it
The Thames runs through it.
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A Little Living/A Little Dying
A little living, a little dying as you face each & every day
A little loving, a little dying now they’ve gone away.
A little living, a little dying as you wonder why your dreams went wrong
A little living, a little dying as you sing your broken songs.
Chorus
I have loved & lost three women; down all my lonely days
Been loved by those three women; been moved & touched, amazed
Known & lost three women; through years of & hurt & pain
Found life & joy in women; but will love ever come again?
A little grieving, a little crying as you search for hope in a box of wine
A little grieving, a little crying as they ignore the words you write on line.
A little sighing, a little denying as their photos stare down from your wall
A little sighing, a little denying hoping they still might one day call.
Chorus
A little knowing, a little growing; weary of the years that you have mourned
A little knowing, a little growing: sick & tired of always being scorned.
A little living, a little dying as you face every same old day
A little living, a little dying as you remember the love that flew away.
Rachel will my sun shine? Sheila will my sun shine?
Vera will my sun shine? Woman will my sun shine?
Chorus
A little living, a little dying as you hope they might recall your name
A little living, a little dying as you carry their love like a sacred flame
As you carry their love like a sacred flame; as you carry their love like a sacred flame.
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Love Will Set Me Free
02:34
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Love Will Set Me Free
I have ridden every sad & lonely highway
Searched for truth but never found the key
Known the rain of dark & empty places
But I still believe that love will set me free.
I've been blinded by the lights of lonesome cities
Been swallowed by the nights I could not see
I have heard the sad farewell of lovers leaving
But I still believe that love will set me free.
I have known the truth that words not stones will hurt me
Been driven by those words down to my knees
Lain awake through aching hours of my hurting
But I still believe that love will set me free.
Chorus
And I believe in god above
As I believe in eternal love
But there's days it takes me all my strength to pray
And I believe in god above
As I believe in eternal love
And I'll find it in this wicked world some day.
I've had my heart beaten blue and broken
Lived inside myself but never found a me
Mourned lovers like another who was grieving
But I still believe that love will set me free.
(Instrumental)
Chorus
I've been saved by saints & sometimes lost to demons
Been the best & worst of men that I could be
I've loved & lost until I'm dazed and bleeding
But I still believe that love will set me free
Yes, I still believe that love will set me free
Yes, I still believe that love will set me free.
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The London Sun
03:36
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The London Sun
I’ve been searching for the London sun
There’s people say its days are done
But I know that it will shine again
For the London sun was once my friend
Yes, the London sun was once my friend.
Chorus
For sunshine & flowers: happy were the golden hours
When we lived & laughed & loved away our golden days
Rain clouds & showers: unhappy were the desperate hours
When our love was lost & you had to walk away
But sunshine or showers: I still believe in the golden hours
As I know love like the sun will warm my days
Warm my days.
London streets are cruel & cold
And winter’s dreams are hard to hold
But spring will come like a forgotten son
And with it will shine my London sun
And with it will shine my London sun.
Chorus
(Instrumental)
So I’ve been hoping for the London sun
In the darkest places where the traffic runs
The rain will fall on these streets & lanes
But my London sun will shine again
Yes, my London sun will shine again.
Chorus
Warm my days, warm my days, warm my days.
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Demelza
02:35
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Demelza
Demelza: auburn as the autumn
Demelza: prouder than a day
Demelza: mother nature’s daughter
Demelza - never fly away.
Demelza: wild as any vixen
Demelza: golden as the dawn
Demelza: pure in your devotion
Demelza: with you I am reborn.
Chorus
The ocean may snatch you but I’ll always catch you
For no ocean is as mighty as the tides of our love
The ocean may snatch you but I’ll always catch you
For no ocean is as mighty as the tides of our love
Run wild Cornish child; run wild Cornish child; run wild Cornish child.
Demelza: loyal as a soldier
Demelza: wise & kind & fair
Demelza: shy but sometimes bolder
Demelza: tawny is your hair.
Demelza: who never carries sorrows
Demelza: who never walks in shame
Demelza: the hope of my tomorrows
Demelza the wind will call your name.
Chorus
(Instrumental)
Chorus
Demelza: wanton as the weather
Demelza: owner of my heart
Demelza: my love, my life, my pleasure
Demelza: never will we part
Demelza never will we part
Demelza never will we part.
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7. |
Child Of Two Rivers
03:26
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Sarah Again
03:03
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Sarah Again
When the sky is kissed by the morning
When the wind blows soft but but free
When clouds are too warm for forming
And the rivers just yearn for the sea.
When the sun beats down like a demon
I find that I must drift away
Back through the passing of seasons
To long forgotten summer days.
I’ll see her touched by the sun’s rays
I’ll hear her moved by the rain
I’ll see her sigh through the long days
And I’ll know Sarah again.
Chorus
And I’ll remember Sarah & London in the sun
As she walked away & left me for all the things I’d done
And I’ll remember Sarah & London in the sun
As she walked away & left me for all the things I’d done
For all the things I’d done.
When the stars are dazed by the moonshine
When the rain’s too shy for the sky
When the shadows are dazzled by the sunshine
And movement is too hard to try.
I’ll see her walk through the evenings
I’ll hear her voice as it called
I’ll see her as she was leaving
I’ll hear her laugh through the walls.
Chorus
(Instrumental)
As wise men once said upon another day:
‘Summer hath all too short a lease, nothing gold can stay.’
When the sun’s a blazing battalion
When the light must blind tired eyes
And the heat is a white charging stallion
And the streets so fierce they could fry.
I’ll hear her heartbreak & last tears
That drown the man I’ve become
I’ll remember her smile down the lost years
And I’ll know Sarah in the sun
And I’ll know Sarah in the sun
And I’ll know Sarah in the sun.
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Oslo (Through Her Eyes)
04:02
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Oslo (Through Her Eyes)
The winter sea will crash, the ocean it will moan
As I’m guided by the stars and set the sails for home
My woman waits for me so it comes as no surprise:
Until we reach the shore I’ll see Oslo through her eyes.
The skies turn dark & black; the waves do rage and swell
A thousand leagues from home, a voyage that’s close to hell
But my woman waits for me, so I know I can surmise:
Until we reach the shore I’ll see Oslo through her eyes.
Chorus
And her eyes are as tender as the morning
And her heart contains the warmth of the sun
And I’ll never leave her on any other morning
Once this voyage is done, once this voyage is done.
My homeland calls to me like a long lost sailor’s song
The storms of northern seas can do me no more wrong
For my woman waits for me, while ragged seabirds cry
So until we reach the shore I’ll see Oslo through her eyes.
Long I have been gone for desperate was my desire
In search of glory’s gold my greed was like a fire
But now my woman waits with love until I die
Until we reach the shore I’ll see Oslo through her eyes.
Chorus
(Instrumental)
Chorus
So thunder, lighting, rain; unleash all heavens’ tears
I’ll never quit my quest until her heart is near
For my woman waits for me there’ll be no more sad goodbyes
And until we reach the shore I’ll see Oslo through her eyes
I’ll see Oslo through her eyes; I’ll see Oslo through her eyes.
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10. |
God Help The Down & Out
02:27
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Nawal's Song
02:44
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12. |
An Unrequited Love
02:57
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An Unrequited Love
Should I guard myself in sleep? Should I through my own life creep?
Should I hide my feelings deep? For an unrequited love?
Should I hide my love away? Should I fake all of my days?
Should I keep my heart at bay? For an unrequited love?
We walk through the streets my landlord & me
We talk of our lives & how they might be
Will we ever find love or will heartbreak last?
All that we know is we can’t live in the past.
Should I pretend that I am not? Should I give up the dreams I’ve got?
Should I live life as if been shot? For an unrequited love?
Must I lose myself to fear? Must I drown in my own tears?
Must I fake a lecher’s leer? For an unrequited love?
We walk though the streets my landlord & I
He says times are bad but we must not cry
One of these nights we’ll pull down the sky
For the day you lose hope is the day that you die.
Must I live life drown in wine? Must my heart be froze in time?
Must I build a pointless shrine? For an unrequited love?
Must I lie through sleepless nights? Must my mind be lost in spite?
Must I face darkness with no light? For an unrequited love?
We walk though the streets my landlord & me
We laugh at the world, we yell at the trees
We only know love will one day set us free
But until then: what men shall we be?
Must my hours be touched by pain? Must I dream of her in vain?
Must my soul be always stained? For an unrequited love?
Must I live like I am dead? Must I face the world in dread?
Must every night be a lonely bed? For an unrequited love?
For an unrequited love? For an unrequited love?
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13. |
No God Owns The Sea
03:36
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14. |
Until Winter's Done
07:01
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Roy Smiles London, UK
Roy Smiles has recorded ten albums:
'Drunks & Dreamers' (2011), 'Time's Moving On' (2012),'Seize The Day' (2013),
'Autumn Song' (2014), 'Bremen' (2014), 'The Trains & The Rain' (2015), 'Northern Angels'.(2018), 'Lost Souls' (2020), 'November's Child' (2023) & 'Tales Of The Ocean' (2023).
All available on Bandcamp.
Contact: roy.smiles@aol.co.uk.
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