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That Man By My Side

from Each Man In His Darkness by elixr

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Alternative name: Randolph's Song

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I was travelling through Europe the summer that picture was taken
I was with a girl from Espana, she was my lover
She guided me through the streets, the cafes, the bars, in Barcelona
Oh that sweet lover, that summer, she was my help in hand

We were together
In Barcelona
There was another
That man by my side

I remember one summer evening I saw with another man in the park
She had found another lover who was stronger, had a bit of a swagger
She told me he was called Pepe he was the man of her dreams
She said sorry to me later as I reflected on the presence of another

She was once my lover
But she'd found another
I was there with the other
That man by my side

Something changed inside me was it envy or something other?
I think it was love and it was for her new lover
Love which have no geography, love which knows no boundaries
As I found myself in love with a man from Barcelona

Oh what a change
I had always been different
I stared at my new lover
With that man by my side

My old lover realised what had changed and why
She told me he weren't my type, her lover
Oh sweet Pepe he was tall, he was strong, he was kind
Oh my former lover I can tell you that he was my kind

But they were lovers
With each other
I'm left with my dreams
Watching, with that man by my side

Then suddenly he realised he saw the glint in my eyes
Oh that other man he knew I loved the other
He was full of anger he couldn't take what I am
I am what I am, there's nothing wrong with me

But he insisted
That I'd never be around
There I saw the truth
Of that man by my side

It was at that moment that I decided what I must do
To keep the sun shining on that everlasting summer in Barcelona
That man was wounded with blood pouring out on the sofa
And there was I standing with a gun in my hand

The other two they left
I was alone with a gun
What I done
To that man by my side?

That man is still smiling always is never stops
His life had been frozen by the sun in Barcelona
I care for him now with some lady back home
Alone in my thoughts my dreams frozen in that picture

I look at it again
That picture of that summer
The four of us together
That man by my side

Smiling, smiling, smiling

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from Each Man In His Darkness, released May 4, 2014

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elixr London, UK

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elixr is the recording and performing project of a young londoner
influences: radiohead, nick drake, fink, bert jansch, mazzy star, sonic youth, patti smith…could go on

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