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Eulogy For Vernon

from November's Child by Roy Smiles

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Produced by Simon Walker at Loophole Studios, Brighton.

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Eulogy For Vernon

Go tell all the Spartans, go tell all the Greeks
The drunks & the dreamers who roam Brighton streets
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the church-bells - my best friend is gone.

Go tell sea less sailors, go tell stoney shores
All the Brighton junkies, the beach bums & bores
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the trumpets - my best friend is gone.

Chorus
Vernon when young: we could tear down the sun
Vernon you & I: we could conquer the sky
Vrnon when young: we could tear down the sun
Vernon you & I: we could conquer the sky.

Go tell Kemp Town lonely, old folks on the pier
All the sea-front zeroes, drinking away their years
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the drumbeats - my best friend is gone.

Go tell the pavement prophets, go tell the phony priests
The punks & drunks & losers you always would meet
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the bagpipes - my best friend is gone.

Chorus

(Instrumental)

Chorus

Go tell the shabby night-clubs, go tell the sleazy squares
All cheating lovers, lost in affairs
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the cannon - my best friend is gone.

Go tell streets of Brighton, the roads we once knew
Ghosts & ghouls of West Street, the mods who stayed true
Cancer is a cruel mistress: vicious its song
Muffle the trumpets - my best friend is gone
Muffle the trumpets - my best friend is gone
Muffle the trumpets - my best friend is gone.

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from November's Child, released May 2, 2002

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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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