Tim J Spencer

Lyrics

BRADLEY :
IT WAS LATE SEPTEMBER BACK IN FORTY-NINE
I WAS YOUNG AND IN LOVE AND READY FOR LIFE
DRIVING THROUGH THE AUTUMN/FALL WITH THE RUSH OF BLOOD INSIDE
GRANVILLE HAD DIED BACK IN MARCH OF THAT YEAR
THE COLLEGE PAWED ROUND IN DEPRESSION AND TEARS
CELEBRATE THE MEMORY THAT CARVED A THOUSAND MINDS
BUT I KNEW A DIFFERENT STORY
NOT FILLED WITH GRACE OR GLORY
THERE’S ONLY SO MUCH TRUTH YOU NEED TO FIND

BILLY AND I KNEW THE SORDID TALE
OF HOW HE’S PURSUED THE LOVE I REGAILED
BACK WHEN THE FAMILY WAS ALIVE AND WELL AND FREE
HOW HER FATHER WAS CALLED TO PREVENT THE MAN’S PLIGHT
JUST TO LEAVE HER ALONE SHE WAS SCARED OF GRANVILLE’S FIGHT
SHE DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW HIM AND HER FATHER BADE HIM LEAVE
BUT HE WOULDN’T LISTEN TO THE DAD
AND HOUNDED SOPHIE, MADE HER MAD
EVEN BUILT THE COLLEGE ON HER GRAVE
JUST TO BE NEAR HER

OH HOW SHE ASKED, OH HOW SHE PRAYED
BEGGED THE MAN TO PLEASE BEHAVE
BUT OH HOW SHE WISHED THE MAN WOULD JUST GO AWAY
ALL HER REQUESTS NEVER WERE HEARD
HE NEVER LISTENED TO A WORD
THE LEGEND THAT THE LEGEND MADE

GRANVILLE WAS CREMATED JUST BEFORE I CAME HERE
AND HIS ASHES WERE HELD IN THE COLLEGE OVER THERE
IT SEEMED LIKE SHE’D BE HAUNTED BY HIS MEMORY FOR ALL TIME
WELL I COULDN’T BARE TO SEE THAT SO I HATCHED A PLAN
BILLY AND I STOLE HIS ASHES AND RAN
SPRINKLED THE ASHES WHERE NO-ONE WOULD EVER FIND
THEN RETURNED WITH GRACE AND GLORY
IT WAS QUITE THE REBEL’S STORY
AND SOPHIE FINALLY HAD THAT PEACE OF MIND
JUST TO BE NEAR HER

OH HOW SHE LAUGHED, OH HOW SHE PRAYED
WE MADE THE OLD MAN GO AWAY
AND FOR A SHORT WHILE SOPHIE AND I WERE FREE
HOW THE TIME WENT, HOW THE TIME FLEW
WE LIVED FOR LIFE AND LIFE WAS TRUE
THE LEGEND OF SOPHIE AND ME

FOR A YEAR WE SAW THE STARS
EACH AND EVERY NIGHT
THEN I STARTED WONDERING
IF SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT
FINALLY DECIDED THAT I HAD TO FACE THE TRUTH
I BROKE HER HEART AND LEFT HER LIKE I HAD TO LEAVE MY YOUTH

AND OH HOW SHE CRIED, OH HOW SHE PRAYED
BEGGED ME NOT TO GO AWAY
I HAD TO MOVE ON, AND LEFT THE POOR GIRL BEHIND
FIVE YEARS WENT PAST, I CAME BACK TO TOWN
TOOK THIS JOB AND SETTLED DOWN
BUT MY CHOICE HAD BEEN MADE
I’LL LOVE HER TO MY GRAVE
THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I’VE EVER MADE