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totally curtains

from a conversation with fate by Vincent Burke

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This wasn't going to be on the Album so thanks to J. Buckley for making me record it - now here it is :-)
I'm trying to speak honestly and directly, like a real person talking does.

lyrics

is it too late,
to dodge my fate?
bring me my glass of wine,
I want more summertime.

..tell you the truth,
I lack some proof,
am I the leading man,,
or just an also-ran?
can this be what I am,
somebody pulled the curtain on me.

I got the silver
but not the gold,
my school reunion
locked out in the cold.

I shook the anchor,
I sailed the seas,
I saw the mermaids
oh beckoning me,
beckoning me,
..further out to sea.

so hear my song,
or move along.
assess the pedigree,
of this lost symphony.
it's my last shot,
my dot-dash-dot,
all signals went astray,
for this poor cast away,
just as I hit the stage,
somebody pulled the curtain on me
somebody pulled the curtain on me
somebody pulled the curtain on me

(Instrumental)

I got the silver
but not the gold,
my school reunion
locked out in the cold.
with flights of fancy,
and feet of clay,
I saw the tall ships,
oh sailing away
sailing away...
here I am today.

I part my hair,
like Fred Astaire.
bring me my cup of tea,
I like the company.
spell out my name,
forget my train..
my leaves are swept away,
it's like a holiday,
cancel the cabaret,
somebody pulled the curtain on me
somebody pulled the curtain on me
somebody pulled the curtain on me

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from a conversation with fate, released November 10, 2021

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“So beautifully original..stunning songs” -Tom Robinson BBC6Music

‘‘You think how come everyone hasn’t heard this?” - Max Reinhardt Late Junction Radio 3

"Wonderful and dark…just as i like em!” - Chris Difford. Squeeze

"it jumps out of the speakers for sheer quality and sincerity’’ - Tom Robinson ... more

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