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Sympathetic Rose

from Einmal Ist Keinmal by Voice Of The Rain

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A rose in summer was a sympathetic
My mask was melting so it didn't change to much
No sense in speaking when a letter does the same
A tear in passing surely gave the game away
Some things they can't begin but friendship comes in time,
I guess we must have met between her tutor group and mine
We never talked we'd sometimes smile I tried to catch her eye
I couldn't sing but played right-wing and sometimes scored a try

One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate
Someday she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake
But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes
Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose
I remember

A Shakespeare play brought on the day that she and I first spoke,
She even laughed at all my daft and not so funny jokes
She had no role and I had two they gave away my part
It may sound trite but it's just right she also took away my heart
I wasn't keen on girls in jeans I really must confess
Sweat, mud and dirt covered my shirt, she'd wear some pretty dress
The times were good I found the mood to take her hand and dance
But I was shy and that is why I never took the chance. If I had one?

One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate
Someday she'll see her time with me was just a bloody waste
But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes
Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose
I remember

We were quite young, a love song sung by someone in the night
And as for me well I was free and everything was right
I asked her out my trump card was a trip we took to Stratford
She turned me down I was renowned for being quite a bastard
I would pretend I was her friend but behind her back I hissed
With one as sensitive as her I really couldn't miss
And I would fight in love not spite my jokers mask pretence
In took exams the ups and downs to make us speak again

One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate
Someday she'll see her time with me was just a bloddy waste
But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes
Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose
I remember

Now she says that in those days that I was strange to talk to
And now I know that pain can show and all she says is true
I loved her still I guess she knew that's why we didn't speak
Though time was spent when we both went to college every week
A rose in summer was a sympathetic touch
This song if nothing else says thank you very much
No sense in saying that my feelings haven't changed
A tear in dreaming surely gave the game away

One day I'll find I'll come to like this place I've come to hate
Someday she'll see her time with me was just a big mistake
But people smile, say it's worth while, 'cause that's the way it goes
Of all that jazz, a jar that has a sympathetic rose
I remember

I remember

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from Einmal Ist Keinmal, released April 7, 2015
Words & Music by Robert Boole & Richard Knowles

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Voice Of The Rain Horsham, UK

Faute de Mieux

1980s, 1990s, 2015.

Mainly of an acoustic bent but known to wind up the distortion on occasion.

The further adventures of one half of the duo are linked to below.
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