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Blue Eyed Girl in Belsize Park

from The Travels of Janus by Firefay & Alison O'Donnell

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Sylvia Keogh is the blue-eyed girl. Ted Carroll is the mentor.

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When I could climb the highest rocks and iron my flowing hair
You had an infant on your hip while we breathed the London air
A boy with magic fingers is playing all the hours
His quest for perfection very similar to ours
We went back to our rented rooms with walls of every hue
Orange and a khaki green and the sheets were far from new

The kitchen was a cavern in a house in Belsize Park
You never knew who might be making toast there in the dark
On the smutty ceiling the grease of many fries
Cigarettes and other things burning up our eyes
Him and her were squealing like pigs within a pen
So I crept upstairs and stared at those confusing walls again

We talked of the inspiring sounds we recently had heard
Who had a brilliant record sleeve and who wrote a clever word
That world was full of shapely clouds in a sky that was benign
Our old mugs of steaming tea, too skint for drinking wine
We’ve been to too many wakes in the intervening years
But you still sparkle and survive despite the usual fears

credits

from The Travels of Janus, released February 5, 2021
Album musicians:
Alison O’Donnell: vocals/omnichord
Adam Bulewski: guitars/percussion/FX
Trumpet: Dawid Frydryk
Cello: Fraser Parry
Bass: Ronnie Maxwell
Sax: Sue Lynch
Drums: Neil Huxtable
Drums: James Connor
Drums/percussion: Michael Ofiri

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Alison O'Donnell Dublin, Ireland

Singer, musician, writer of songs & soundscapes. Collaborator in a number of bands across folk, trad, alternative & cross genres. Long career going back to Mellow Candle as a teenager. Student of United Bible Studies. Songs are meaningful and frequently pastoral and poetic, sung with passion and heart.
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