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Time's Moving On

by Roy Smiles

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1.
Lorna Doone 03:34
Lorna Doone Woman be happy, woman be splendid Woman may you know peace all your days Woman be gracious, adored & befriended Woman may you know love in a thousand ways. Woman be tender, woman be knowing Woman be righteous, all of your days Woman be faithful, woman be growing Woman be exalted this much I pray. Chorus Hair tawny as autumn; eyes bright as the moon I shall love you forever my own Lorna Doone Hair tawny as autumn; eyes bright as the moon I shall love you forever my own Lorna Doone. Woman be merry, woman be contented Woman may your skies never be grey Woman be married, be my intended Woman may laughter fill all your days. Chorus (Instrumental) Shine like the sun, shine like the sun Shine like the sun, shine like the sun. Chorus Woman be wondrous, woman be glowing Woman be elated all your days Woman be mighty, woman be flowing Woman may you know love in a thousand ways. Chorus My own Lorna Doone, my own Lorna Doone, my own Lorna Doone.
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Time’s Moving On No nursery rhymes can help me now I’ve grown up, supposed to be a man No poems for me, written on playground swings No mumbling choirboys in church halls sing Time’s moving on. No Chopper bikes, no climbing trees No playful fights in fallen leaves I’m a grown up man in a grown up world Of angry looks and broken words Time’s moving on. Chorus Fly away Wendy, fly away Paul It doesn’t matter, not at all Just close your eyes and fly away To the land where lost children play. No Airfix kits, no Hornby trains No holding hands down Lovers Lanes No Tommy Gun, no Flashing Blade’s Just silent tears at the lives we’ve made Time’s moving on. Instrumental. Chorus No Rubber Souls, no Apollo flights No jumper goals, no bonfire nights Just broken hearts and red, red wine Not cowboy books but passing time Time’s moving on Time’s moving on Time’s moving on.
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Loving You All My Days And she wakes up And she makes up And she says I think its time to break up And she sighs now And smiles goodbye now And then she says I think its time to cry now And then she walks away And there's only thing to say: Chorus I'll be loving you all my days I'll be loving you in a thousand ways I'll be loving you all my days This my love I pray. And the days pass And the tears pass And the years and all the beers pass And I sigh now Sometimes I cry now And I wonder every night just why now I dream of when she walked away And there's only one thing to say: Chorus The clock will turn and the candle will burn And the torch grow cold, as the heart grows old. (Instrumental) And she's gone now And it's all wrong now Lord I just have to be strong now I won't forget her Always regret her And I know I'll never meet a better I remember when she went away When the only thing that I could say: Chorus This my love I pray This my love I pray.
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A Better Land Riding the Underground with a thousand strangers On a train that's crowded, cold and grey Wondering about the lives of all the strangers Day dreaming the endless winter away. London can be hard & unforgiving But my days of self destructions are long gone Since I've met you, girl, I believe in living You're my truth in a world gone wrong. Chorus Woman, you and I can make a stand; together we can find a better land Woman, we can fly just take my hand; together we can find a better land. Depressions & recessions come like seasons And banks are thieves who'd even steal the sun But these bitter times will never kill my reason 'Cause you've shown me there's a better world to come. Chorus My dreams were left were dead in another lifetime And I've spent too many years living in that past But girl, with you I can live another lifetime With you, girl, I'll build a better life to last. Chorus England was haunting me, England was haunting me England was driving me down England was haunting me, England was haunting me England was driving me down. Chorus London sometimes drowns you in its sorrows But with you, girl, I know I can be strong We'll face each & every grey tomorrow Now that love not hate is my song.
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Go Gently 04:13
Go Gently If she is tired then go gently If she is weary do the same All these things are elementary After all, love is not a game. If she is crying then be tender For her days can be hard You must have sympathy to render Times you need to let down your guard. If she is angry bring her laughter If she is bitter ease her pain It may be tenderness she’s after For when her life is constant rain. Chorus And if you build this house she will come And if you build this house she will be the one And if you build this house she will come If you build this house her love will be won. If she is broken try to mend her If she is lost then guide her home Sometimes the message you must send her Is that she will never ever walk alone. If she trembles you must hold her Let her know she has your heart No matter what words you have told her Tell me again you shall never ever part. (Instrumental) Chorus If she is tired then go gently, if she is tired then go gently, if she is tired then go gently.
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This Summer's Haze Golden the sunshine is golden The sun almost swollen as it conquers the sky; as it conquers the sky The ocean, the glittering ocean Hardly in motion, so still it could die; so still it could die So touch me, I want you to touch me And tell me you love me, in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze Need me, tell me you need me That you'll never leave me; in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze. Chorus Are you a dream sent by the summer? A ghost of my gaze, haunting my days? Are you a dream sent by the summer? Soon blown away with these summer days? The beach is, as far as it reaches Burning & churning, as white as a lie; as white as lie The sighing of sea birds flying As it were crying tears for the sky; tears for the sky So touch me, I want you to touch me And tell me you love me, in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze Need me, tell me you need me That you'll never leave me; in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze. Chorus (Instrumental) Ships sail as silent as rainbows Into the sun's glow, their bows proudly high; their bows proudly high The wind's still like a bride waiting Anticipating the wild autumn sky; the wild autumn sky So touch me, I want you to touch me And tell me you love me, in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze Need me, tell me you need me That you'll never leave me; in the dream of a daze of this summer's haze Of this summer's haze, of this summer's haze, of this summer's haze.
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All I Really Care About (Is You) I know one day the world will stop its turning I know the seas won’t stay forever blue I know the cities may somehow keep on burning But all I really care about is you; yes, all I really care about is you. I know the leaves won’t be forever falling I know this planet’s future could be through I know that war will always come calling But all I really care about it you, yes, all I really care about is you. Chorus Let the world end what care I? Let the world end what care I? Let the world end what care I? As long as there is you and I (x2). I know one day the sun will stop its dawning I know there’ll be an end to all things new I know that the earth will cry in mourning But all I really care about is you; yes, all I really care about it you. Marchers march and drummers drum while hating Cursing gods of other men above Let them march: you will not find me hating Not while I believe in you and love. I know that every mountain may well crumble I know but there is nothing I can do I know that nations may someday tumble But all I really care about it you; yes, all I really care about is you. (Instrumental) Chorus I know that mighty kingdoms might fall crashing I know that Noah’s flood might just come true What care I for all of the rain lashing? When all I really care about is you; when all I really care about is you? When all I really care about is you; when all I really care about is you?
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The Sidewalks & The Subways Girl, I know that London’s for the leaving Girl, I know you really had to go But girl it would be pointless & deceiving To say it didn't hit me like a blow. The Thames has turned to grey as if in mourning London Bridge has hung its head in shame Cathedral bells toll out a muffled warning The statues cry after the bitter rain. Chorus And the subways and the sidewalks call your name But I know I'll never see your face again And the sidewalks and the subways call your name But I know I'll never see your face again. Girl, I know these streets started to haunt you Girl, I know that sadness gripped your soul Girl, I know that life began to taunt you In a city where no love can match the dole. Chorus Instrumental Chorus Girl, I know that London’s not for dreaming Girl, I know you needed to be free Girl, I hope you find life of some meaning Girl, won’t you sometimes think of me. Chorus (X2) Your face again, your face again, your face again.
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Clancy 04:02
Clancy I know your world has stopped its turning Now the woman you loved has walked away But all your boats are not for burning Clancy don’t grieve your heart away Clancy don’t grieve your heart away. I know you’ll spend your days regretting All the things you somehow did not say And I know you’ll never start forgetting Clancy don’t long your heart away Clancy don’t long your heart away. You know she never meant to hurt you As you know there were reasons she couldn’t stay And though it pains you that she’d desert you Clancy don’t cry your heart away Clancy don’t cry your heart away. Chorus There’s are cruel lessons for the learning And life can sometimes tear you down But when your woman’s not for turning You either live or else you drown. You know there are things she’ll never tell you Like why your love had to end its days Maybe it’s the bad times that befell you Clancy don’t mourn your heart away. Clancy don’t mourn your heart away. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus I know your heart is beyond its hurting And self hating is always your normal way But love is not a thing for deserting Clancy don’t grieve your heart away Clancy don’t grieve your heart away Clancy don’t grieve your heart away.
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Girls Of Summer Leaves will fall, sure as love will fail The broken rain, is beyond the pale August passed, as the year got stale And the girls of Summer have gone. Brown and gold are September's days The sun will shine, only yesterday The wind will blow, all your dreams away And the girls of Summer have gone. Chorus Calling from your memory Whispering from your past Wondering if suddenly The love you knew’s your last (last). October comes, the trees will bare November's storms disturb the air Autumn dies; she's still not there And the girls of Summer have gone. Chorus Snow will blind; the cold will rack December's dark, its nights are black Winter's cruel; she's not coming back And the girls of Summer have gone. (Instrumental) Chorus Snow will blind; the cold will rack December's dark, its nights are black Winter's cruel; she's not coming back And the girls of Summer have gone Gone, gone; and the girls of Summer have gone.
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Magpie 03:21
Magpie Magpie: stay away from my window Magpie: stay away from my door Magpie: don’t tell me of your sorrows Magpie: I won’t hear them anymore. Magpie: you won’t kill my laughter Magpie: you won’t spoil my day Magpie: you won’t harm my karma Magpie: why don’t you fly away? Chorus One for sorrow, two for mirth Three for a funeral, four for a birth Five for silver, six for gold Seven for a secret that can never be told Eight’s for heaven, nine's for hell Ten is for a love that treats you well (that treats you well). Magpie: you won’t be my fortune Magpie: you’ll not break my heart Magpie: love will be my tomorrow Magpie: each day a brand new start. Magpie: I know my woman’s waiting Magpie: you’ll not destroy my love Magpie: she will be forever Magpie: the sun will shine above. Chorus (Instrumental) Winter is coming, why don't you fly? Back to the land where dreams go to die? Winter is coming, why don't you fly? Back to the land where dreams go to die? Chorus Magpie: fly away this morning Magpie: don’t haunt my days again Magpie: for better times are coming Magpie: there’ll be no more bitter rain. Magpie: there’ll be no more bitter rain Magpie: there’ll be no more bitter rain.
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El Dorado 03:15
El Dorado I went in search of El Dorado I rode out wild, without a care It was my quest for El Dorado And the fortune & glory that I’d find there. It was in need of El Dorado I left my love so far behind It was my greed for El Dorado That froze my heart & stole my mind. And so I searched for El Dorado Down all the years and through my days But found no sign of El Dorado As the girl I loved slipped far away. Chorus To money we're peasants, to Mammon we're slaves The wage packet our king from the cradle to grave Fortune we worship, to riches we pray But like Judas & silver: it's love we betray. (Instrumental) Middle 8 Over the mountain of the moon Into the valley of shadow I rode & rode in search of gold And that place called El Dorado. Chorus And I came to hate that El Dorado Losing my love in search of fame For in that quest for El Dorado I never saw my love again. So tell the world of El Dorado And let my story be sometimes told No need to seek for El Dorado: For love's that city made of gold For love's that city made of gold For love's that city made of gold.
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Has Anybody Here Seen A Friend? When every dream has been broken When every hope is a lie When every truth stays unspoken But no man alive can tell you why. When every soul has been battered When every heart is afraid When every faith has been shattered And every cause you’ve known has been betrayed. Chorus Has anybody here seen a friend? Has anybody here seen a friend? I’m so beaten and broken: I need a place to mend Has anybody here seen a friend? When every prayer’s left un-Sunshine When every song’s touched by pain When every hate’s almost naked And you’re living just trying to stay sane. When every word’s in desperation When every poem fails to rhyme When every thought is desolation And your days are like doing prison time. Chorus Has anybody here seen a friend? Has anybody here seen a friend? I’m so beaten and broken: I need a place to mend Has anybody here seen a friend? Lord won’t you help me find Lord won’t you help me find Lord won’t you help me find a friend?
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Love Of A Woman Well, I’ve been to heaven and I’ve been to hell But which was which? Well, I never could tell Been beaten by life and kicked as I fell It was the love of a woman that saved me It was the love of a woman that saved me. Been thrown in the gutter and thrown up to the sky Been saved for salvation but knew it a lie Been so forsaken even statues might cry It was the love of a woman that saved me It was the love of a woman that saved me. What made Jack Daniels famous made a loser out of me What gave the south its comfort brought me only misery There was no such thing as drinking responsibly It was the love of a decent woman that finally set me free. Guzzled red wine like a pig at a trough No matter how much it was never enough My liver surrendered but I called its bluff It was the love of a woman that saved me It’s was the love of a woman that saved me. Chorus What shall we do with the drunken sailor, what shall we do with the drunken sailor? What shall we do with the drunken sailor, earl-aye in the morning? Sail away down the High Street, sail away down the High Street Sail away down the High Street, until you drown your dreams. What made Jack Daniels famous made a loser out of me What gave the south its comfort brought me only misery There was no such thing as drinking responsibly It was the love of a decent woman that finally set me free. Instrumental. Chorus The woman stood by me she wouldn't let me hide For the way I was drinking was a slow suicide She gave me back my soul, my future, my pride It was the love of a woman that saved me It was the love of a woman that saved me It was the love of a woman that saved me.

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All songs written by Roy Smiles.
Guitars by David Mayberry.
Keyboards by Simon Walker.
Produced by Simon Walker, at Loophole Studios, Brighton.

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released June 4, 2015

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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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