Heard this lovely sentimental song recently, and have remembered lyrics as best I can: I heard it may have been written by Mick McConnell, but it doesn't seem to me to fit with the 'Smokie' image, so am not so sure. Can anyone shed some light on it for me please? (Have the Kleenex tissues ready) SUPERMARKET WINE (Mickey MacConnell) You'd insist we shared the driving As we left the city lights In a clapped out Morris Minor Heading west on Friday night And the heater wasn't working And we never had a spare But we called the old car "Flattery" 'Cos she got us everywhere And when we stopped to pitch the tent It always seemed to rain And it's then that I'd discover You'd forgotten the pegs again And I couldn't get the campfire lit Now matter how I tried But you'll remember… The roadside stops for bread and cheese And supermarket wine When the world was ours And I was yours And I thought you were mine You'll remember the Galway Races And the man in the Harris Tweed Just because he knew your father He would do us a great deed And the horse we bet our money on O, I swear it's running still We were staying in a boarding house And we couldn't pay the bill But you laughed when I went overboard And you told me not to swear Saying "The town is full of Yankees "We'll go busking in the square" When the sun set on Galway Bay For the eighty-second time The world was ours And I was yours And I thought you were mine Then you called me from the station Just before you caught the train To tell me you were leaving And that I was not to blame But you said that we'd no longer fight And we could still be friends But I knew by what you said that night That we'd never meet again And I must confess that it hurt like hell And that I miss you yet For you are not the kind of girl That's easy to forget And sometimes, some half-forgotten fragment Of you crosses my mind And I remember… The roadside stops for bread and cheese And supermarket wine When the world was ours And I was yours And I thought you were mine
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