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May's memory [fading into grey]
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It is 11th November 1974...
pop rock peace jazz folk antiwar musical war rock opera ww1
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Its just me...with a bit of help from Mr Sequencer
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #188
Peak in subgenre #34
Author
Archer
Uploaded
November 20, 2007
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MP3 3.6 MB • 128 kbps • 3:56
Story behind the song
It is the afternoon of 11/11/74, 60 years after the end of The Great War. May Green sits in her front room knitting, thoughts of past and present become confused in her mind. She imagines she is making some gloves for her fiance Ron who is in the trenches - with these thoughts she drifts off to sleep and dies... Alf is the Vickers Gun number 6 crew man who survived the war and narates the story...
Lyrics
May's memory [fading into grey] Alf: The old lady sits in her rocking chair Thinking about the days when her man was there Raking up the embers of yesterdays dreams Trying to remember how it was when she was young And the photo on the mantleshelf is fading into grey Her tired hands are knitting some gloves for her loving Ron But he was listed missing and he's been gone so long The clock chimes four and her eyes close to rest The gloves slip to the floor she will never care again And the hair upon her tired head is fading into grey
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Brendan Jewell
Apr 18, 2009
Great athmospheric sound to the song .Sweet finger picking with lovely storyline and vocals.
67Cans
Dec 27, 2008
Very deep and Emotional.
Kurt Lewis Neufer
Dec 23, 2008
Hello Neil, I enjoyed this song....excellent vocals and guitar work... Wishing you and yours a Wonderful Christmas, ;) Kurt
song of the soul
May 03, 2008
nice acoustic guitar creates a very sweet melody and your vocals come in just at the same time as the same note is played...your vocals are very heartfelt, and you're a good story teller. love this song, it's gives a mental picture and a texture, even with just a singer/songwriter/guitarist song vs. band. partly because of the cool ring in the production...but lyrics are a bit low, needed to turn up the volume. otherthanthat - i love this story, and how it is being told with your beautiful voice and guitar playing - down to the last harmonics. peace--jd
Lyricist Jillucky
Apr 19, 2008
Very impressive. I really like your style. What a pretty song.... and fantastic lyrics!
Hayley Oliver
Nov 30, 2007
Hi neil, this is a great song, leaving 5 stars. love Hayley
Bill Wright
Nov 27, 2007
Very tranquil song with soothing fingerpicking. Well done.
Michael Duran
Nov 24, 2007
nice melodic narration tops a great intospective guitar line. The sentiment is timeless!