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Lyr Req: If I'd Stayed Around (Rab Noakes)

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GUEST,Dave 18 Jul 07 - 08:48 AM
Joe Offer 19 Jul 07 - 01:21 AM
Peace 19 Jul 07 - 01:39 AM
Davie_ 19 Jul 07 - 05:22 AM
Peace 19 Jul 07 - 12:46 PM
GUEST,Dave 19 Feb 08 - 11:14 AM
Jim Dixon 20 Feb 08 - 11:30 PM
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Subject: Lyr Req: IF I`D STAYED AROUND BY RAB NOAKES
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 18 Jul 07 - 08:48 AM

Cant seem to trace the words of this Rab Noakes song, What would have happened if I`d stayed around....


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I'd Stayed Around (by Rab Noakes)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 01:21 AM

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Subject: Lyr Req: IF I'D STAYED AROUND (Rab Noakes)
From: Peace
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 01:39 AM

"IF I'D STAYED AROUND" written by Rab Noakes

Every road I stand upon
Every new place that I find
Loving someone, remembering more
Always something takes my time

CHORUS: What would have happened if I'd stayed around
Would I have been with you?
What would have happened if I'd stayed around
Would I have been with you?

The sun sets on singers on the sands out of sight
Walking their weary ways back home
My head is not heavy but my eyes and arms are full
One thought's lingering to roam. CHORUS

Girls in their forties and girls in their teens
Girls with their husbands far from home
Some with their hair down and some with their eyes closed
All with their ribbons well undone. CHORUS

Man by a roadside and in a factory
Drivers on wagons going north
Friends in a public bar with the dart-board as their guard
Never turn to ask me what I'm worth. CHORUS

Buying a present for a newborn child
Drowning in whisky and gin
Watching a girl child cry to my face
With her mother asking where I've been. CHORUS

It was a bugger getting to it. Found the lyrics at www.barbaradickson.net/thro_the_recent_years.html


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I'd Stayed Around (by Rab Noakes)
From: Davie_
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 05:22 AM

Cheers Peace,

I had spent some time trying to find them...all the best.


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: If I'd Stayed Around (by Rab Noakes)
From: Peace
Date: 19 Jul 07 - 12:46 PM

My pleasure, Davie. Sometimes the things get tucked away in places and are darned near impossible to find. I just got lucky. Thank you for asking after this song. I've never heard/seen it before.


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Subject: Lyr Req: Rab Noakes Stayed Around
From: GUEST,Dave
Date: 19 Feb 08 - 11:14 AM

I have lost my notes on Rab Noakes What would have happened if i`d stayed around.
Anyone with the words please, thanks in anticipation.


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Subject: Lyr Add: IF I'D STAYED AROUND (Rab Noakes)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Feb 08 - 11:30 PM

Copied from Barbara Dickson's web site:

IF I'D STAYED AROUND
(Rab Noakes)

Every road I stand upon,
Every new place that I find,
Loving someone, remembering more,
Always something takes my time.

CHORUS: What would have happened if I'd stayed around?
Would I have been with you?
What would have happened if I'd stayed around?
Would I have been with you?

The sun sets on singers on the sands out of sight,
Walking their weary ways back home.
My head is not heavy but my eyes and arms are full.
One thought's lingering to roam. CHORUS

Girls in their forties and girls in their teens,
Girls with their husbands far from home,
Some with their hair down and some with their eyes closed,
All with their ribbons well undone. CHORUS

Man by a roadside and in a factory,
Drivers on wagons going north,
Friends in a public bar with the dartboard as their guard
Never turn to ask me what I'm worth. CHORUS

Buying a present for a newborn child,
Drowning in whisky and gin,
Watching a girl child cry to my face,
With her mother asking where I've been. CHORUS


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