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lyrics

I’ll read you a poem that’s written by Shakespeare for you,
I’ll read it out loud if that’s what you want me to do,
He wrote it one morning while walking through Stratford,
The road to the market, then out of the blue,
He must have been psychic to know everything about you.

You’re one of the muses or John Lennon’s Lucy are you,
He wrote out a note when he looked in the sky and saw you,
He followed you down to a bridge by a fountain,
While floating downstream in a boat he was out in,
But try as he might his pen couldn’t do justice to you.

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And where you out walking down by the lakeside
As Wordsworth was sitting that day,
And as you looked up to his place on the hillside,
He lost what he wanted to say.

You’re Scarlett O’Hara, and maybe tomorrow you’ll be the queen of the may,
You drank cider with Rosie alongside a young Laurie Lee,
And when Thomas Hardy said the village party
Put on each year by all the local gentry,
You were the prettiest there as far as he could see.

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from Carnival Of Fools, released September 8, 2017
Written and Performed by Phil Matthews

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The Village is a magical place for outsiders and oddballs.
Phil has built up a following around the Midlands and South East winning hearts and minds with his performances.
Phil has written and performed with many bands over the years and the Village is his latest alter ego, with his music played on hundreds of radio stations worldwide and his album music streamed and downloaded thousands of times. ... more

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