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Troubadour

from The Sad Pursuit by Tommy Keyes

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lyrics

It was another town out on the road
I can’t even think of the name
The memories all fade together
Till everything seems like the same
Up on the stage you’re a king for a while
In a wall of sound world of your own
But where do you turn when it’s over
And nobody’s waiting at home
Sometimes the words I say
Don’t sound the way they should
She didn’t turn away
She smiled like she understood

Troubadour are you lonely, spending your nights alone on the road
Troubadour do you need me, just for a while I’ll lighten your load

Later the house lights were all going down
And we walked through the town for a while
And though all the streets were in darkness
Even now I can still see her smile
Wandering minstrel she said as she laughed
Would you carry your harp to the war
For minstrels must come to our calling, You can’t choose the ones you play for
I said that I would choose
Just where my songs were sung
She smiled as she whispered
Oh but you’re still so young

Troubadour are you lonely, spending your nights alone on the road
Troubadour do you need me, just for a while I’ll lighten your load

Driving away in the dead of the night
And her last words were still on my mind
Someday you’ll be so much older
And looking around you you’ll find
You’ve got the music and you’ve got the words
But there’s someone else calling the tune
They’ll pay you the price of your freedom
They’ll promise to give you the moon
Or maybe you’ll stand alone
Or maybe you’ll try
I’ve seen so many now
I’ve watched them all go by.

credits

from The Sad Pursuit, released July 29, 2016
Tommy Keyes: vocals
Dick Farrelly: guitars
Ellen O’Mahony: backing vocals

Written by Tommy Keyes
Produced by Dick Farrelly
Engineered by Michael Heffernan at Sun Studios, Temple Lane, Dublin 2
Assistant Engineer: Michael Brady

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After an absence of nearly 40 years, Tommy Keyes returns with a stockpile of great songs that defy categorisation. Rock? Pop? “It’s 1970s singer-songwriter music”, he says, “because that’s what I am.”

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