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Song For Orla

from Autumn Song by Roy Smiles

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Written & performed by Roy Smiles. Guitars, keyboards & produced by Simon Walker, at Loophole Studios, Brighton. For Orla Tomschak.

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Song For Orla

You must skip these dirty streets, you must run down lanes
You must laugh & tumble, through sad old London rain
You must bring your sunshine to a city cold & grey
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day.

You must race through puddles, you must play in parks
You must finish puzzles and stay up after dark
You must chase the pigeons until they’ve all flown away
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day.

Fly child be free. Fly child be free. Fly child be free. Fly child be free.

You must sing to Disney songs as you brush your teeth
You must bounce on trampolines & chase the cats beneath
You must laugh at cartoon shows & leave coats as they lay
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day.

You must be a princess & you must take your bows
You must ring your best friend & you must ring her now
You must play a thousand games ‘til the sun has flown away
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day.

Fly child be free. Fly child be free. Fly child be free. Fly child be free.

Although me & your mother sadly had to part
You know you’ll always be part of my heart
Although me & your mother sadly had to part
You know you’ll always be part of my heart.

(Instrumental)

You must catch a butterfly & you must find a star
You must draw some castles, you must count some cars
You must do a million things ‘til sleep gets in the way
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day.

London will be your kingdom and you will be its queen
Every playground honour you, your life a happy dream
And may your joy & laughter blow the dark clouds away
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there’s no end to your day
Orla there’s no end to your day, Orla there‘s no end to your day

Fly child be free. Fly child be free. Fly child be free.

credits

from Autumn Song, released June 2, 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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