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Fable of the Wings

He wore a suit of morning grey, not a thought did he betray
And he moved inside the human tide at the end of his working day

Off the train and up the road, stepping through the door
To find his wife staring at him from across the floor

She said a stranger came today, opened up a silver tray
And he gave me pills to cure all ills, said I’d see things a different way

Now my throat is tight, my heart’s a pounding and my limbs are weak
Voices come from so far away that I can barely speak

Well that night she dreamed strange things as her thoughts they turned in rings
And to the dawn’s sky she gave a cry to discover she had grown wings

Shocked she stared into the mirror in the morning gloom
Stretched and watched the white wonder fill the tiny room

Well she got up from her bed raised her wings above her head
And red with shame she cried in vain “Oh I wish that I was dead”

What will all the neighbours say the gossip that they speak
And what will my children think when they see I am a freak

And so soon there came the day for the last act of the play
And the surgeon’s eyes still held some surprise at the job that before him lay

Behind a mask someone looked at them and they gave sigh
Wondered what it must be like to have the power to fly

He wore a suit of morning grey not a thought did he betray
And he moved inside the human tide at the end of his working day

But for those trip and those who have to fall
They find however many walls they build they offer no shelter at all

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from Fable of the Wings (Full Album), released January 13, 2021

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In a career spanning over 50 years Keith has recorded multiple albums, played acoustic guitar on Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ album, appeared at the first Glastonbury Festival in 1970 and gigged solo all over the UK and Europe.
A legendary live performer he has had a resurgence in popularity since ‘Crazy Dancing Days’ was released in December 2016 and ‘Life,Life’ in 2019 ... more

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