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The Sparrows

from Bremen by Roy Smiles

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The Sparrows

What happened to the sparrows who flew my childhood skies?
Did they grow weary of London & just soar off to die?
Did they seek the lonely mountains where only eagles fly?
What happened to the sparrows who flew my childhood skies?

What happened to the sparrows who played on childhood swings?
Did London’s streets defeat them? Were they sad they could not sing?
Did they fly too close to the sun & cruelly lose their wings?
What happened to the sparrows who played on childhood swings?

What happened to the sparrows who played in childhood snow?
Did they lie & die in graveyards where only flowers grow?
Did they leave London knowing something we shall never know?
What happened to the sparrows who played in childhood snow?

Chorus
And the sparrows that flew from the London I knew
Always stayed true
And the sparrows that flew from the London I knew
Always stayed true.

What happened to the woman whose love shone from her eyes?
Who left me London lonely without a single alibi?
Who in leaving left me grieving with just a hard ‘goodbye’?
What happened to the woman whose love shone from her eyes?

What happened to the woman who haunts these London streets?
Like the ghosts of the sparrows I half expect to meet
Who left me more defeated than Bonaparte’s retreat
What happened to the woman who haunts these London streets?

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(Instrumental)

Chorus

What became of the woman who said she’d marry me?
Did she fly off like the sparrows in her need to be free?
Does she even remember or think of how I might be?
What became of the woman who said she’d marry me?
She’s the woman like the sparrows who taunts my memory
She’s the woman like the sparrows who taunts my memory
She’s the woman like the sparrows who taunts my memory.

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from Bremen, released June 1, 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. ... more

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