SONG FOR PHIL
(Richard Nardin)

I was all alone when I first heard the news,
You surely took me by surprise.
Though I never walked a mile in your shoes,
Did a lot of looking through your eyes.

Chorus
And oh it's been a long long time,
Since you sang our trouble out in rhyme,
But I for one, won't soon forget,
The day those troubles became mine.

I tuned my guitar to an angry chord,
A heart song born to our time.
While a generation was gambled in vain,
And the dream turned bitter in the night.

Chorus

And so it's come to this, there'll be no more songs.
Down in the early morning light.
Their faces have long since left you alone,
The tears long have dried from their eyes.

Chorus

No I for one , won't soon forget,
The day those troubles became mine.

This song appeared on 'The Pencil Line' (Adirondack Records AR1009) released in 1983.
RP jul08