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Ballad Of Emily Young

from Tales Of The Oceans by Roy Smiles

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Ballad Of Emily Young

Cancer is a winter: cold & cruel as hell
And just when it is over you can never tell
But you survived your winter with a grace divine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine.

Cancer is a winter: vicious as any snow
And just like any winter it hits you like a blow
But you survived your winter with a grace divine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine.

Cancer is a winter: December is its friend
A never ending winter it never seems to end
But you survived your winter with a grace divine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine.

Chorus
God bless the summer & God bless the sun
God bless the NHS & all that it has done
God bless the doctors who worked to set you free
God bless August & God bless Emily.

Cancer is a winter: it murders almost at will
Bitter is its harvest, it smiles as it kills
But you survived your winter with a grace divine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine.

(Instrumental)

Chorus

Cancer is a winter: its storms will always call
Vicious is its hailstone, harder it will fall
But your survived your winter with a grace divine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine
Emily, you know your sun will shine.

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from Tales Of The Oceans, released July 19, 2000

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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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