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A Good Man Passing

from Seize The Day by Roy Smiles

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Written & performed by Roy Smiles. Keyboards & produced by Simon Walker. At Loophole Studios, Brighton. From the album 'Seize The Day.'

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A Good Man Passing

I got the call, it came one morning
My oldest friend had passed & gone
My heart is sad but it's not for mourning
As I remember him in this song:

He walked gently in a world not gentle
He was kind in a world turned cruel
His heart was pure, almost elemental
And he was wise in an age of fools.

Chorus
So lift up your heads for a good man passing
Carry him proud & carry him high
After all the soul is everlasting
Smile for him & don't you cry
For don't you know that love can never die?
It goes on forever like the sky
For don't you know that love can never die?
It goes on forever like the sky.

The years fly by, almost like lightning
From school days we became good friends
The speed of time is sometimes frightening
But we kept in touch until the end.

He leaves behind a wife & mother
He leaves behind a grieving son
He loved them both like no other
They were his moon, his stars, his sun.

Chorus

(Instrumental)

Some men live small & some as giants
And his shadow was ten miles high
He faced the world & life defiant
Even when it came to the last goodbye.

Chorus

It goes on forever like the sky, it goes on forever like the sky.

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from Seize The Day, released June 3, 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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