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by Daniel Rachel.
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By the riverbank, by the picture house, by the whorehouse, where the ladies
drink
Where the snow fell hard, then left no doubt, what was there before now
space
On the skating rink, where the children played, to the shouts and screams
because it's holidays
And what split the ice and drew the crowds, to see the river flow and
sweep her away
Shadows and Dust all that's left of our loved ones
For
her birthday, she was a princess in a fairy dress and pigtails
As the candles smoked, she made her wish to the Holy Ghost, keep me happy
like this
They came in white to celebrate and went home in black to pray;
That the river flows, with a gentle hand, to a better place, for our loved
ones
Shadows and Dust all that's left of our loved ones
In
memory, they left a tree, a willow tree, in memory
With a daffodil at its base, for the sun to reach, for the sun to reach
Shadows and Dust all that's left of our loved ones
Musicians
Richard
Batsford - Grand piano
Marc Olivier - String arrangement
Daniel Rachel - Upright piano, vocals
Production
Produced
by Daniel Rachel and Marc Olivier
Recorded at Dust Studios, London and Plastic Studios, France
Mixed by Bartrum at Bob Lamb's Studio, Birmingham
Apparently
Enid Blyton could look up from her typewriter and see an imaginary scene
take place before her- she then just watched and typed. This has worked
for me once. The back drop was heavily influenced by Robert Altman's film
'McCabe and Mrs Miller'.
