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Written & performed by Roy Smiles. Keyboards, guitar & produced by Simon Walker, at Loophole Studios, Brighton.For my grandmother Maggie Smiles.
lyrics
Spanish City
The world was another place, the sky had a different face
My grandmother and me, we rode to the sea
We took the train to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
The North was another town, the sun was like half a crown
A city in grey, was left for the day
We took the train to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, to Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
Chorus
A thousand miles from Barcelona, a thousand miles from Madrid
A thousand miles from Pamplona, a thousand miles from Cadiz
A thousand miles from Barcelona, a thousand miles from Madrid
A thousand miles from Bilbao, a thousand miles from Cadiz.
The days were in black & white, life was a hard day’s night
A cold Geordie shore, an ocean that roared
We took the train, to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
The summers were longer then, the accents were stronger then
There was Jean, there was Paul; my father would call
As we took the train, to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
Chorus
(Instrumental)
There were aunties & uncles then, cousins, a hundred friends
There was Wendy & John, we laughed like a song
As we rode the train, to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
Those days were another time, my life took a different line
But I still recall, the memories stand tall
Of when we took the train, to Spanish City in the rain
Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain, Spanish City in the rain.
Chorus.
A thousand miles from Cadiz, a thousand miles from Cadiz.
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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