CANDIDE - RORY BUTLER

from David Heavenor - LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CONCERT by David Heavenor

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CANDIDE

The lamplight cut the young girl's face
White of dove and black of ace
The starlight hit her windowpane
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 damp and cold
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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from David Heavenor - LIVE BOOK LAUNCH CONCERT, released May 7, 2023

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

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