The Days of Pearly Spencer
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About The Days of Pearly Spencer
“Days of Pearly Spencer” by Irish singer/songwriter David McWilliams was released in 1967. The song features a sweeping orchestral arrangement by Mike Leander, while the lyrics were inspired by the fate of a homeless man McWilliams encountered in Ballymena. Massive exposure on Radio Caroline and advertising in the UK music press in the summer of 1967 helped generate interest and sales throughout continental Europe. The record topped the charts in France and The Netherlands, and ultimately sold a million copies worldwide. .
The Days of Pearly Spencer Lyrics
[00:16.32] A tenderment, a dirty street
[00:17.49] Walked and worn by shoeless feet
[00:18.93] Inside it's long and so complete
[00:20.82] Watch by shivering sun
[00:25.87] Old eyes in a small child's face
[00:27.19] Watching as the shadows race
[00:28.80] Through walls and cracks and leave no trace
[00:31.11] Daylight's brightness shuns
[00:35.03] The days of pearly spencer
[00:41.12] The race is almost run
[00:52.00] Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
[00:55.29] Gazing as the swollen mass
[00:57.66] On concrete fields where grows no grass
[00:59.46] Stumbles blindly on
[01:04.04] Iron trees smother the air
[01:05.41] But withering they stand and stare
[01:07.47] Through eyes that neither know nor care
[01:09.51] Where the grass is gone
[01:14.82] The days of pearly spencer
[01:20.74] The race is almost run
[01:29.04] Pearly where's your milk white skin?
[01:34.31] What that stubble on your chin?
[01:36.35] It's buried in the rot gut gin
[01:38.48] You played and lost not won't
[01:41.63] You played a house that can't be beat
[01:45.06] Now look your head's bowed in defeat
[01:46.15] You walked too far along the street
[01:48.49] Where only rats can run
[01:51.62] The days of pearly spencer
[01:58.86] The race is almost run
[02:17.98] The days of pearly spencer
[02:18.85] The race is almost run
[02:31.96]
[00:17.49] Walked and worn by shoeless feet
[00:18.93] Inside it's long and so complete
[00:20.82] Watch by shivering sun
[00:25.87] Old eyes in a small child's face
[00:27.19] Watching as the shadows race
[00:28.80] Through walls and cracks and leave no trace
[00:31.11] Daylight's brightness shuns
[00:35.03] The days of pearly spencer
[00:41.12] The race is almost run
[00:52.00] Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
[00:55.29] Gazing as the swollen mass
[00:57.66] On concrete fields where grows no grass
[00:59.46] Stumbles blindly on
[01:04.04] Iron trees smother the air
[01:05.41] But withering they stand and stare
[01:07.47] Through eyes that neither know nor care
[01:09.51] Where the grass is gone
[01:14.82] The days of pearly spencer
[01:20.74] The race is almost run
[01:29.04] Pearly where's your milk white skin?
[01:34.31] What that stubble on your chin?
[01:36.35] It's buried in the rot gut gin
[01:38.48] You played and lost not won't
[01:41.63] You played a house that can't be beat
[01:45.06] Now look your head's bowed in defeat
[01:46.15] You walked too far along the street
[01:48.49] Where only rats can run
[01:51.62] The days of pearly spencer
[01:58.86] The race is almost run
[02:17.98] The days of pearly spencer
[02:18.85] The race is almost run
[02:31.96]
From the album: Baroque Pop
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