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The Lights Go Out

from This House In Amber by Roy Weard

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  • The Way To(o) Weard - By Roy Weard

    This is Roy's autobiography. 476 pages with many pictures, mostly taken by him, on tour or by fans of his various bands. He toured with Manfred Mann, Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel, Eric Burdon, Donovan, Roger Chapman and many more. Backstage stories - a life on the road.

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lyrics

The Lights Go out

And so the action makes the day
You crash on through to night
Light squandered on another play
Life cheapened, made so slight
And, breathing in, and breathing out
We circulate the air about
All that pose and pantomime
Is another stupid waste of time
One decision plots a path
Your map, redrawn again
A signature, an autograph
Patina on your brain
Sometimes we look but fail to see
Put all our trust in destiny
As if a book, chapter and verse
Instructions for you universe
When we all go
And fade away
Nothing to know
And less to say
The spirit fades
The eyes just glaze
The Lights Go Out

And so reaction fades away
We settle into sleep
Pull up the covers, softly say
‘Goodnight’, sink to the deep
And we breathe out and don’t breathe in
Close fast the eyes and slack the chin
Count virtues, vices, history
In life’s eternal obituary
When we all go
And fade away
Nothing to know
And less to say
The spirit fades
The eyes just glaze
The lights go out

credits

from This House In Amber, released April 12, 2017
The Lights Go Out (Weard)

Roy Weard – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Pixie Tonks Dhel – vocals
Cliff Dowding – keyboards
Andy Power – bass guitar
Joe Colburn – electric lead guitar
Simon Young – drums

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Roy Weard Brighton, UK

Roy Weard was the lead vocalist and songwriter for Wooden Lion - a band that played many of the free festivals in the 70s. He went on to write for and front cult bands Dogwatch and Roy Weard and Last Post before getting involved in doing crew / sound / tour managing duties for people like Donovan, Roger Chapman, Manfred Mann, and Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel.
He returned to performing in 2007.
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