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CANDIDE

by David Heavenor

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For all those kids who have a tough start in life. Ricky Ross has a song called 'A Week in Politics' on his first solo record and it conjured up a scene for me which informed this song - a dark dockside scene and desperate people. It was also influenced by a couple I saw late one night in Cardiff where the guy leaned back and hit his partner square in the face and stumbled off leaving her crying in the street. I wondered what story lay behind that rage and horror and if there was a child involved. I also didn't realise till recently that Candide in French means the innocent one .. However I don't really know where this song came from. It was more visitation...

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CANDIDE


The lamplight cut the young girl's face
White of dove and black of ace
The starlight hit her window pane
Cascaded on the streets again
The wind brushed the dust between the folds of lace
A record was sticking like an anxious face


Her doorway was cracked and bare
No colour anywhere
The stairwell was black and gold
Twisting like a sinner's soul
And the church on the corner cast an awful shape
The priest lit a candle, made a quick escape


No matter what they say
I'll throw my arms around you one day
Candide, Candide
Not like the boys in town
They only want to mess around
Candide, Candide
For they won't let you dance away
Dance away your tears
They won't let you wash away
The stained and frozen years
They won't let you dance away, dance away your tears


Two shadows jumped from a car
Pinned the girl against the wall
The papers said a down-town fight
Mixed blood within the black blaze night
And the face at the window no longer turned and went
To the young baby crying in the stale tenement

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released October 11, 2009
Voice and Guitar David Heavenor
Drum sample Electric Guitar Simon Jaquet

From the album ANOTHER EDEN

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David Heavenor is a Scottish singer songwriter based in Edinburgh Scotland. He has produced 8 albums plus 3 EP's.

I'm Watching Rosanna. ' An insightful song....beautifully written and observed. Iain Anderson. BBC Radio

'Jenny & the Cold Caller. One of the best songs ever written...' Ricky Ross
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