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Father's Song

from Lost Souls by Roy Smiles

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Produced by Simon Walker at Loophole Studios, Brighton.

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Father's Song
I’ve been beaten, broke & broken; sometimes wondered how I ever stayed alive
Been loud, drunk & outspoken but somehow I’ve always survived
All my dreams never happened but my heart never turned to stone
But since my son went to college this seems like any place but home
Yes, since my son went to college this seems like any place but home.

I don’t believe there’s a God in heaven; I don’t believe there’s a place called hell
I just believe in living & treating each & any person well
I’ve been ten kinds of lonely yet with the kid I never felt alone
But since my son went to college this seems like any place but home
Yes, since my son went to college this seems like any place but home.

Chorus
It’s an empty nest when a child has flown & you find yourself all alone
It’s an empty nest when your child has flown
It’s an empty nest when a child flown & you find yourself all alone
It’s an empty nest when your child has flown.

He grew up in love & laughter; he never knew a bitter day
So it was hard as hell to say goodbye on the day he drove away
I loved being a father, lord, I never walked alone
But since my son went to college this seems like any place but home
Yes, since my son went to college this seems like any place but home.

Chorus

(Instrumental)

It’s a Sunday morning feeling waking in a house without the boy
Though I know he's loving learning and his life is a constant joy
And I'll see him in the holidays and often speak to him on the phone
But since my son went to college this seems like any place but home
Yes, since my son went to college this seems like any place but home
Yes, since my son went to college this seems like any place but home.

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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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