It's been a hard twelve months. Johnny Collins, Fred Wedlock, and now Diz. All unique, all loveable, all missed. FADING VOICES FADING VOICES ALL AROUND STILL I HEAR THEIR JOYFUL SOUND ONCE THEY STOOD BESIDE ME WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND SINGING THEN SONGS THAT CAME LIKE SHOOTING STARS TO SHINE THEIR LIGHT ON OUR GUITARS WORDS THAT SET OUR SOULS AFLAME THINKING ALL OUR LIVES A GAME FADING VOICES ALL AROUND STILL I HEAR THEIR JOYFUL SOUND THE ROAD, THE GIRLS, THE SUN AT DAWN THE TUNES THAT IN THAT HOUR WERE BORN SIDE BY SIDE WE TOOK THE STAGE AND NEVER THOUGHT WE'D REACH THIS AGE SOME JUST GAVE IT ALL AWAY AND LET THE BOTTLE WIN THE DAY SOME JUST WATCHED THEIR SPOTLIGHT DIE TILL DARKNESS TOOK THEM FROM OUR EYE FADING VOICES ALL AROUND STILL I HEAR THEIR JOYFUL SOUND OLD SOLDIERS NOW AS YOUNG ONES COME NEW TALES TO TELL NEW CHORDS TO STRUM NAMES THAT ONCE WE HELD SO DEAR ARE UNKNOWN TO THE YOUNG ONES HERE BUT FADING VOICES ALL AROUND STILL I HEAR THEIR JOYFUL SOUND ONCE THEY STOOD BESIDE ME WHEN WE WERE YOUNG AND SINGING THEN OLD SOLDIERS NOW, OUR TORCHES BURN, STILL BRIGHT, BUT TAKE THEM IT'S YOUR TURN
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