Such is life that comedy and tragedy exist in equal measure - quite some time ago I heard a news report about a man who had fallen off a pier into the sea one winter's day, I didn't know the circumstances but made up this story....maybe for some the burden of loneliness is just too much to bear...

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I'M LOOKING ROUND, I'M LOOKING DOWN
IF I DROP INTO THE WATER, I'LL SURELY DROWN
LIFE WAS GOOD WITH YOU AROUND
NOW YOU'RE A MEMORY, AND I'M SINKING DOWN

CHORUS -
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE
BUT NOW I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE HUMAN RACE

WE USED TO LAUGH, I WAS YOUR CLOWN
YOU MADE ME UP, YOU BROUGHT ME DOWN
WE HAD OUR DAYS BESIDE THE SEA
NOW IT'S SO LONELY HERE, NOW THERE'S JUST ME

CHORUS -
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE
BUT NOW I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE HUMAN RACE

WE USED TO DANCE ALONG THE BEACH
NOW I'M ALONE HERE, YOU'RE OUT OF REACH
WE PASSED THE PIER AND CLIMBED THE TOWER
WHEN WE CAME DOWN, WE WERE CAUGHT IN A SHOWER

CHORUS -
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE
BUT NOW I DON'T FEEL PART OF THE HUMAN RACE

CHORUS -
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE
AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT AROUND TO SEE MY FALL FROM GRACE

THE YEARS HAVE PASSED, I'M STILL ALONE
I TURNED TO YOU, BUT YOU WERE GONE
I'M IN THE WATER....I'M SINKING DOWN
IT FEELS SO COLD, I'LL SURELY DROWN

CHORUS -
OH, WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE, JUST TO SEE YOUR FACE
AT LEAST YOU'RE NOT AROUND TO SEE MY FALL FROM GRACE

I'M SINKING DOWN...


Words and music Copyright Steve Trowbridge November 2014.
From forthcoming album "Don't Give Up the Day Job" due out in 2015.

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Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on November 30, 2014 at 9:41pm

thanks mr.Maddog - good pic :-)

Comment by Maddog on November 29, 2014 at 4:48pm

Nice Steve! Great all around!

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on November 24, 2014 at 10:52am

Miaaaoowww Nancy, love the pic! :-)

Comment by Nancy kat on November 24, 2014 at 7:32am

Very very good S~Paw~ST  Lyrics are superb~~~Meeeeeowwww^^

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on November 24, 2014 at 4:43am

thanks UJ!  ...I do like a few seagulls in a song......and Beatles ;-)

Comment by Uncle John on November 24, 2014 at 3:40am

Great lyrics.  Yep, it does have some Pink Floyd in it.  And Beatles.   And Seagulls.

Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on November 23, 2014 at 9:19pm

thanks guys! yes the Floyd influence seems to be all over this, kind of wish you were here, one of my all time faves! :-)

Comment by Ted Hartman on November 23, 2014 at 8:38pm

Steve, This came out Great man!

Comment by c# merle on November 23, 2014 at 8:35pm

excellent steve. you got your mojo working for sure - progrocktastic

Comment by Clock The Wolf on November 23, 2014 at 5:07pm

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