The Angels Took His Soul

from Ersatzreal by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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THE ANGELS TOOK HIS SOUL
Well she stayed with him till daybreak,
When the birds began to sing
Then came the sound of voices,
Of tables and chairs moving
And the voices carried up to her
And a knock came at the door
And she hoped it was the doctor
She could not take it anymore
She’d sat with him sipping champagne,
His body on the bed
Thinking of all the little things,
That would now remain unsaid
And he looked a lot more healthy,
In death than he had in life
And she knew more than anyone,
Thirty years she’d been his wife
And she thought of all they’d done,
Throughout those thirty years
All the things they’d never talked about
And all her unseen tears
Now she wept this time before him,
As he lay upon the bed
She felt her life was wasted,
And he just lay there dead
One life is all you get, one life is what you take
One life is what you make,
One life is almost gone, One life is all you get, One life, it’s not over yet
And the angels took his soul,
And put a smile upon her face

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from Ersatzreal, released October 8, 2007

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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