Last Of The Northern Kings

from November's Child by Roy Smiles

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Produced by Simon Walker at Loophole Studios, Brighton.
Wrriten & sung by Roy Smiles.

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Last Of The Northern Kings

Wearing Doc Martens he floats down the High Street
His home is a Crombie & it’s never frayed
Weller’s his god & mod his religion
He has no regrets for the life he has made.

Soul music his faith, soundtrack & salvation
A badge is a target, the rain is his friend
He smiles as he talks & rides down the High Street
He says what he means & he never pretends.

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He’s no need for chains or bling he’s the last of the Northern Kings
He’s no need for rings or things he’s the last of the Northern Kings
The last of the Northern Kings.

The Tyne is his river, his city his heartbeat
Northumbrian noble, winter his song
Forever Labour, his housing is Council
The pavement his kingdom, his faith never wrong.

He’s working class but never Plebeian
He’s politically angry but never with hate
Marvin Gaye is his own personal Jesus
He’s an Aragorn for a Welfare State.

Chorus

(Instrumental)

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He lives for the 60’s and all that it stands for
His soul is northern, he knows how to glide
His heroes are Bevan & Atlee & Orwell
He’s a Union man he knows his side.

Chorus

Yes, he’s the last of the Northern Kings.

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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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