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Thursday, 23 November 2023

The Ballad of Eel Pie Island (lyrics)

http://www.eelpie.org/jon_janoff_the_ballad_of_eel_pie_island_(jon_janoff_chris_faiers).mp3

The Ballad of Eel Pie Island

music by Jon Janoff  -  lyrics by Chris Faiers
performed and recorded by Jon Janoff (2004)





In a time long ago
seems just like yesterday
we were travelling in space
and got lost on the way

Chorus:
Down on the Island, Eel Pie Island
down on the island, it's nothing but a figment of your mind
we were hippies and runaways
gurus and thieves
poets and songwriters
all smokers of leaves

Once a playground of power
famous stopover of kings
where Dickens wrote Bleak House and Pickwick Papers
The Stones and The Faces did sing

Chorus:

There will always be an island
it has always been here
if you are so young and lonely
young and lonely and down hearted and lost

Chorus:

Go find your own island
go down and find yourself some new friends
let the spirit flow upwards in your head
down where the great river bends

Chorus:
ends with:
do not ever let it slip your mind

Chorus refrain:


- Chris Faiers (written 2004, transcribed 2023)



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