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The Trains & The Rain

by Roy Smiles

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The Trains & The Rain 03:36
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The Trains & The Rain London can be as lonely as a mountain Since you went away it’s lost its soul London rents are mighty & keep mounting And these buildings seem to take a bloody toll. Since you went away my heart is grieving Since you went away my world is wrong Love is nothing more than a heart wanting: That life should be more than a lonesome song. Chorus So I sit in the gloom of this shabby London room As the shadows on the walls whisper your name So I sit in the gloom of this lonely London room Writing songs about the trains & the rain Writing songs about the trains & the rain. Once upon a time we talked of weddings I dreamt I’d be a father to your child Guess I didn’t know where we were heading Guess that our love had me beguiled. We were going to live & learn together We were going to somehow grow & grow I suppose I thought out love would be forever So why you walked away I’ll never know. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus May your days always bring you sunshine May your child forever find her smile May your life be joyous as a fine wine May your days flow softly as the Nile. Chorus Writing songs about the trains & the rain.
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Girls Who Ride On Trains 02:48
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The Girls Who Rise On Trains I shall not love the models of modern Rome Or the movie s who call L.A. their home Not the rich young things or the sad girls on the game I shall love forever the girls who ride on trains. I don't know where they're going; I don't know what they've been I don't know what they're knowing or the many things they've seen Though they may be strangers and I'll never know their names I shall love forever the girls who ride on trains. Chorus Lonely is the rider of a distant rail When every jolt reminds him - love has failed Lonely is the rider, warm a woman's eyes And every station passed a sad long A sad long - a sad long . I'll ride the rails to Scotland; I'll ride the rails to home Rushing in search of something, a place to call my own Sad when I have reached there, 'cause everything's the same Wishing I could return to the girls who ride on trains. Chorus Some may call me dreamer: maybe that I am Life has not been lucky, I'm a disappointed man But God will never spite me nor make me blind in shame And I shall love forever the girls who ride on trains And I shall love forever the girls who ride on trains And I shall love forever the girls who ride on trains.
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Somewhere Like Elba 02:32
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Dublin Girl 02:22
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Dublin Girl Dublin girl: smile for me Every hour with you is a joy to me There’s so much life for us to see I love you Dublin girl. Dublin girl: share my heart Promise me we shall never part We can make a brand new start I love you Dublin girl. Dublin girl: I have to say I adore you more with each passing day You turn the skies from blue from grey I love you Dublin girl. Chorus And the streets of this city will know your name And the flowers & the towers sing of your fame And the people in their cafes, clubs & cars Will hear me shout my love for you to the stars. Dublin girl: the sun won’t set On our love so never fret My love for you’ll not regret I love you Dublin girl. Dublin girl: hold me tight Everything will be alright Angels will guide us home tonight I love you Dublin girl. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Dublin girl: won’t you smile? Kiss my lips once in a while You every look has me beguiled I love you Dublin girl Dublin girl can’t you see? You made me the man I ought to be? Your ever word has set me free I love you Dublin girl. I love you Dublin girl. I love you Dublin girl.
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Happy (Clare's Song) 03:37
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Happy (Clare’s Song) Woke up this morning feeling happy Guess I’ll feel happy tomorrow too Can’t think why I should be happy ‘Cept I’m waking up next to you. Never thought that I could be happy Not after all my family’s pain But here I am kind of happy Just hearing you whisper my name. Chorus Run for a coffee, run for a bus Run for a taxi, the two of us Going to a café, drinking some wine Who’d have thought I’d be ever doing fine? Walked the streets feeling happy Riding to Camden on a train Knowing with you I can be happy You have made me whole again. (Instrumental) Chorus Don’t know if I’ll be forever happy But with you I just might be For every day with you makes me happy And every hour with you sets me free Chorus Woke up this morning feeling happy Guess I’ll feel happy tomorrow too Can’t think why I should be happy ‘Cept I’m waking up next to you ‘Cept I’m waking up next to you ‘Cept I’m waking up next to you.
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Raven's Sad Goodbye 02:56
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Clean For A Day 02:35
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Clean For A Day They call her a slut, they call her a whore They call her a skank, a junkie and more Let them say what they will, Sweet Jesus I pray I just dream she might be: clean for a day. Born in the gutter; made to take pay From dirt-bags and drunkards; in bedrooms she lay She shoots to the sun to numb nights away But the dream she still dreams: is to clean for a day. Chorus With lust in their eyes men have laid her Mistaking their lust for love With lust in their eyes men have paid her Mistaking their hate for love With hate in their eyes men have used her Mistaking addiction for love With hate in their eyes men abused her Mistaking oblivion for love Mistaking oblivion for love. Yes, they call her a junkie, they call her a whore Beaten & battered & busted by law For each night a fix, for each fix a lay Yet still the girl dreams: she’ll be clean for a day. (Instrumental) Chorus One of these nights, I’ll snatch her back From days on the streets & nights on her back Give me this hope, Sweet Jesus I pray So the woman might live: to be clean for a day So the woman might live to be clean for a day So the woman might live to be clean for a day.
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Love Knows My Name 03:14
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Love Knows My Name Though I walk as if in mourning For the girl I loved in vain I know there’ll be a brand new morning For love knows my name, for love knows my name. Though it seems my heart is aching For the love my lover’s slain I know this heart is not for breaking For love knows my name, for love knows my name. Though it feels my hope has ended And my skies are constant rain I know that love must be defended For love knows my name, for love knows my name. Chorus For as oceans flow & rivers run I know that tomorrow I’ll find the sun For as oceans flow & rivers run I know that tomorrow new love will come. Though I know I feel forsaken And my soul is touched by pain I know this heart will not be shaken For love knows my name, for love knows my name. Though each day’s a gloomy Sunday A broken land where hurt remains I will find my joyful Monday For love knows my name, for love knows my name. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Though I know I walk forgotten By the girl who became my bane I won’t believe this heart’s ill gotten For love knows my name, for love knows my name For love knows my name.
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Carnival Of Clowns 03:01
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Carnival Of Clowns Days of hope & days of glory Days of hate & days of dole Days of light & ‘hunky dory’ Days a dark night of the soul. Days of miracle & wonder Days of doldrums & despair Days of storms & violent thunder Days of suns that kissed the air. Chorus This is a life with all its faults the circus is in town Won’t you join the madman waltz of a carnival of clowns? This is a life with all its faults the circus is in town Won’t you join the madman waltz of a carnival of clowns? Days of honesty & caring Days of cowardice & lies Days of heartbreak & soul-baring Days of women and goodbyes. Times of majesty & money Times of down & out & poor Times of life loud & funny Times of sorrows at your door. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Days of peace & of wars raging Days of kestrels and of knaves Days of battles well worth waging Days of cradles & of graves. Years of tragedy & triumph Years of mothers, brothers, sons Years of families & their silence Years of love & years of none Years of love & years of none Years of love & years of none.
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Desperation AM 03:09
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Desperation A.M Woke up this morning: Desperation AM Wondering how this day will end If a shattered heart could ever mend As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation AM. A broken coffee, a sour day I wonder why she went away Knowing there were no words to say As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation A.M. I sit at work; a silent scream My life it seems is a bloodied dream With hurt and pain its constant theme As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation A.M. (Instrumental) Chorus The girl had green eyes, she made the world new She taught me more of truth, than I ever knew The girl had green eyes, what more can I say? I fell from grace with God, when she walked away. After work - drinks with the guys They tell their jokes, I tell my lies When you grieve inside time never flies As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation P.M. I go to bed, she’s still not there I lie alone as streetlights glare I always knew love, will lead to despair As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation A.M. As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation A.M. As the clock on the wall reads: Desperation A.M.
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Ahab's Song 03:00
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Ahab’s Song For many years you’ve roamed lost and far from home Ahab don’t go back to the sea Too many years you’ve roamed with a heart like stone Ahab don’t go back to the sea. For many years you’ve sailed in search of the whale Ahab let your passions be Too many years you’ve failed in your quest for that whale Ahab set your spirit free. You left this land like a sailor damned Ahab don’t go back to the sea While the years slip by like grains of sand Ahab don’t go back to the sea. Chorus And like Ahab I’ve been searching Save that love has been my goal And like Ahab I’ll keep on searching For only love can save my soul. Ishmael don’t follow that mad old man You’ll never return from the sea Ishmael don’t sail with that damned old man You’ll never come home from the sea. Ishmael a whale is a child of god Mighty and noble and free If you sail you’ll be damned by god Ishmael don’t go down to the sea. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Ahab you have a wife and child You must let your hatred be The ocean’s a thing too cruel and wild Ahab don’t go back to the sea. Love is an ocean left untamed But I’ll sail in search of my quest ‘Til I find the woman who calls my name And this heart will find some rest And this heart will find some rest And this heart will find some rest.
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Lonely Of London 03:00
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Lonely Of London Lonely of London can you hear me grieving? The woman who loved me now has another man Lonely of London I’ve been numb since her leaving But while you walk beside me I know I can stand. Lonely of London I was lost to my sorrow But I believe in tomorrow more than yesterday Lonely of London my sad heart I will follow For its stored some love for another day. Chorus Love is inclement say the bells of St Clements It’s not worth two farthings say the bells of St Martins I know that it saved me say the bells of Old Bailey It hurts like a bitch say the bells of Shoreditch When will new love be say the bells of Stepney When she comes you will know says the great bell of Bow. Lonely of London since she has departed I’ve been broken hearted & barely alive Lonely of London I sail grief unchartered But while I walk with you I know I will survive. Lonely of London she still lives close by me There’s a deep hurt inside me when I see her drive by Lonely of London you know you must free me For while you can guide me I know love can’t die. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Lonely of London my lover loves another Though I may never recover: still I can feel Lonely of London my friends, sisters & brothers Won’t you walk beside me ‘til this heart heals? Won’t you walk beside me ‘til this heart heals? Won’t you walk beside me ‘til this heart heals?
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The Scarecrow 02:40
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The Scarecrow Cruel is the winter Empty the hearth Barren the fields Dark is the path Long is the evening Cruel is the bed Bleak is the land Where a woman has fled. Chorus You can ask the farmer But the scarecrow he knows It’s an unkindness of ravens But a murder of crows You can ask the farmer But the scarecrow he knows Broken’s the harvest When love fails to grow. Mean is the stable Savage the wind Sour the earth Where she once sinned Brooding the forest Bare are the trees Vicious the woman Deaf to your pleas. Chorus (Instrumental) Chorus Grim is the future Dour the snow Desert the soil Mocking the crow Broken the farmer Betrayed by a wife Bloody the heart That’s cut like a knife. Chorus
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Easy On The Eye 03:31
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All songs written by Roy Smiles.
Guitars by Dave Mayberry.
Keyboards by Simon Walker.
Produced by Simon Walker at Loophole Studios, Brighton. .

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released May 30, 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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