City Of Love

from Lost Souls by Roy Smiles

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City Of Love

I journeyed through deserts a man with no name
A thousand cold places but every land was the same
Through valleys of darkness & the mountains above
'Til I came to a city & that city was love.

I rode desperate oceans, I sailed vicious seas
A soul more than lonely, a slave never free
Cool waters below me, black storm clouds above
'Til I came to a city & that city was love.

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A city of sunshine, of wondrous skies
A city I found in the love in your eyes
A city of sunshine, of wondrous skies
A city I found in the love in your eyes.

I wandered through bad lands down highways of dread
Through desolate places with hearts left for dead
I knew no redemption nor god up above
'Til I came to a city & that city was love.

Past towns of no pity & streets close to hell
Where good men were broken & all angels fell
Past lands of battle lost to the dove
'Til I came to a city & that city was love.

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Through jungles of people harsh, bitter or lame
And ghettos of sorrow where hate was the game
Where anger & darkness fit like a glove
'Til I came to a city & that city was love
'Til I came to a city & that city was love
'Til I came to a city & that city was love.

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from Lost Souls, released January 25, 2007

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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. ... more

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