(Broadcast on the BBC Symonds on Sunday programme on 9th February 1969.)


SHATTERING LIFE EXPERIENCE
(Simon Nicol)

Evening's dawning, missed the morning,
Slept the afternoon.
Half the day's gone, still I laze on,
Got no silver spoon.

But there's someone out there somewhere,
Some girl with my other side.
She won't know me, but she'll show me
How to treat another heart.

Life is bedlam if you let them
Kick and put you down.
They will race you, beat, disgrace you,
Push your face into the ground.

But you can get out of there somehow,
She will show you how it's done.
She's no lady, but she made me
Feel that I need a crown.

I'll repay her and convey her
my realities.
She'll respond with, condescend with
trivialities.

For she doesn't have to think of
For too long to read my mind.
She's a winner, no beginner,
She's a friend of mine.

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The following information was with the lyrics:

Type:Live
Artists:Fairport Convention
Lyrics:Simon Nicol
Music:Simon Nicol

Released:01 September 1987 (USA)
Recorded: 4th February 1969
BBC, London
Length:3:16
Label:Universal Island Records Ltd.
Publisher:Warlock Music Ltd.

Musicians:
Sandy Denny -
backing vocals
Richard Thompson -
electric guitar
Simon Nicol -
electric guitar
Ashley Hutchings -
bass
Iain Matthews -
vocals
Martin Lamble -
drums

Song first appeared on:
Heyday (HNCD 1329)

This version appears on:
Heyday (HNCD 1329)
Heyday (HNBL 1329)


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