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from Portobello Road by Ryan O'Reilly

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Never Brought To Mind

It's an odd town, it's an old town
And the Town Hall is just being closed down
As the old, hunched men smoke straight at their shoes
And the bookies is warm, even after you lose

It all went too far, outside this new bar
How it got so bad, I'm not even sure
But it's easier to drown your sorrows alone
And shame is an ugly friend to keep dragging home

When the fight broke out, I nearly lost my mind
When that guy went for you, I got there just in time
And you said 'my love, I guess we'd better leave'
You kissed my swollen lip and held my ripped shirt sleeve

Then when we got lost, you swore we'd freeze to death
You tried to flag down the cars that all sped up instead
From the darkness beside me, you sang 'Auld Lang Syne'
I was never more yours, you were never more mine

Victoria Park, In the blistering snow
I made us miss the tube to save that cheap banjo
If you'd had your way we would now be in bed
I put us on the wrong bus the wrong way instead

I said 'I'm sorry' I said 'I love you'
It was true then and it's still true
As it started to rain you started to cry
That we were now lost was hard to deny

You said do something or else we'll both freeze to death
You knocked on every door that just slammed shut instead
And should old acquaintance not be brought to mind
I was once yours and you were once mine

© Ryan O'Reilly

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from Portobello Road, released September 30, 2013
Written by Ryan O'Reilly
Recorded Live at Aunties & Uncles, Toronto - December 2013
Performed by Ryan O'Reilly, Tyler Kyte, David Granshaw, Tom Juhas, Dave Dalrymple & Robin Hatch
Recorded by Mitch Fillion

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