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The coastal road is long
I never made it to Bognor Regis
Kicking pebbles on the beach
It’s so easy not to leave here

Can’t remember all the places I’ve stayed
Can’t forget all the mistakes I’ve made

I met you in Paris
You were just nineteen
Walking along the Left Bank baby
I thought you looked like a queen

I never thought I’d miss you when you’d gone
Never thought that I could get it so wrong

I can’t remember who left who at the altar
Guess I took the blame and I probably ought to
You probably hate me and I couldn’t really blame you
But where I was coming from, there was Nothing else to do

Now you’ve got a family to care for
I haven’t got one shirt that’s clean
If I look a little bit jaded
It’s ‘cos I’ve run away from everything

Can’t remember all the journeys I’ve taken
Can’t remember all the lines I’ve been fakin’

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from Harry Smith was my father, released January 23, 2009

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Hiawatha Telephone Company Brighton, UK

A singer-songwriter sort-of-thing, named after a t-shirt and never intended as a viable commercial proposition HTC was a vehicle for some excellent songs.

2009 album 'Harry Smith was my Father' is described as "immaculate, the acme of intimacy in music" (Common Folk Meadow). A second album 'Passengers Greatest Hits' followed in 2014.

HTC now records and releases music as 'The Family Grave'.
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