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Cecil
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Rock
Cecil was released on April 22, 2011 by Fgl3 Music as a part of the album Nashville
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Release DateApril 22, 2011
LabelFgl3 Music
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM109

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Freddie Long
Freddie Long
Performer
Christopher Bell
Christopher Bell
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Frederick Granville Long
Frederick Granville Long
Songwriter

Lyrics

Cecil looks in the mirror
Makeup running from his eyes
The silly clothes that he's wearing
Are so far from what he ever had in mind
Well he puts on his face
He puts himself away
And he goes and he puts on a show
But there's so much music inside of him
That these folks will never ever know
Well he puts on his hat
Yeah he puts on his shoes
Forty years of motions he's been going through
And he says
I wanna be a poet
I wanna live by the sea
You know I've always been a dreamer
But this life has made a jester of me
I walk into the bar on a Sunday
A quarter past ten
It's just me and the barman
And a fella in the front
Sitting there hanging his head
Over an empty glass of whiskey
And a half lit Parliament cigarette
I said never sit down
I will buy you a round
And you can tell me where you've been
He said the women and the whiskey
Never give him no peace
From being everywhere
Except where he needs to be
And he says
I wanna be a poet
I wanna live by the sea
You know I've always been a dreamer
But this life has made a jester of me
Last week I think it was a Wednesday
I went into town
Walked out of that corner store
Saw Cecil sitting on a Greyhound
Well he grinned when he turned and he saw me
And I will never forget his glow
He got up from his seat to say goodbye to me
But it was already time to go
He stuck his head out the window as he rolled away
Some nights I still hear him say
He said
I'm gonna be a poet
I'm gonna live by the sea
You know I've always been a dreamer
And this life ain't gonna make no jester of me
He said
I'm gonna be a poet
I'm gonna live by the sea
You know I've always been a dreamer
And this life ain't gonna make no
Make no
Make no
Jester of me
Written by: Frederick Granville Long
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