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Thread #40487   Message #2665704
Posted By: Joe Offer
26-Jun-09 - 11:46 PM
Thread Name: ADD: The Gift (Harvey Andrews)
Subject: ADD: The Gift (Harvey Andrews)
I heard this on the radio this afternoon, and I really liked it. It's the title song on the album The Gift. I can't guarantee the quality of the lyrics transcription.

THE GIFT
(Harvey Andrews)

I was clearing out the attic when I found this battered case
With its handle broke, that old word "Folk" still stencilled on its face
Now it´s cobwebbed and it´s dusty but it takes me to the past
And it was 1969 I opened this guitar case last

When they said try your luck in London, that´s where the rainbow ends
But I got lost in lonely London with so many friends
I got lost in lonely London where the rainbow ends

You should have seen the big man Alex
When he sang us up a storm
He had heart and soul and he set the goal
If you wanted to perform
So I bought myself a Gibson,
Just the same as Alex had
And I practised night and day
Until I drove my parents mad

And they said try your luck in London, that´s where the rainbow ends
But I got lost in lonely London with so many friends
I got lost in lonely London where the rainbow ends

I knew every Seeger Ballad
I knew every Campbell Song
And I sang them right, every day and night
`Til I´d been on that road too long
`Cause there were others out there working
Singing choruses galore
But there was only one called Alex
We were all just one clone more

So I climbed up to the attic
With this bent and battered case
Its handle broke, that old word "Folk"
Still stencilled on its face
Now it´s been for too long silent
With its memories of the past
So it´s time it went to someone
Who could make it sing at last

So try your luck in London, that´s where the rainbow ends
But don´t get lost in lonely London with so many friends
Don´t get lost in lonely London where the rainbow ends

Try your luck in London, that´s where the rainbow ends
But don´t get lost in lonely London with so many friends
Don´t get lost in lonely London where the rainbow ends
Where the rainbow ends


Source: http://www3.lyrix.at/en/text_show/4de8b880a2c81402bc1906e4a4eec8ca-Harvey_Andrews_-_Gift_The