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Vagabond Child

from Neronia by Ulysses

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lyrics

VAGABOND CHILD

He had hidden so much within his heart
yes, so much behind a smiling exterior
the other kids never knew
they didn’t have to
his mummy loved him
she said so, most nights
before she put to bed.

He left her home to walk the streets
he saw the whores and all the thieves
he saw the death
in the gutters and streets
it showed him his way.
He fought with dogs an slept with rats
the only friends he had in this world
he sold his arse to pump his veins
the only way.

Memories they took him back
but he could drag himself away
he found a home,
and family and friends
they showed the way.

They don’t want me, I don’t want me
thought it would come so easily
it was never you, ‘twas me.

Hello mum, thanks for living
and giving me this chance of life
but I’ve got my own ideas
you got to let me live my life
the best way I know how.

Hello mum, thanks for giving
and I must thank my dead father, too
this troubled child
never knew what life was
until it had him down
and kicked him in the teeth.

In the parks I saw the children play
it brought a smile, but so many tears
I turned away but it wouldn’t stop
I saw your smile
and felt all my fears

oh my mama
you gave me this sweet life
you gave me a smile
but so many tears
I turned away
but that was not enough
it’s all too much for me
so many fears...

credits

from Neronia, released November 10, 1993
Music written and arranged by Ulysses
Lyrics by Gerard Hynes

Gerard Hynes - Vocals
Mirko Rudnik - Guitars
Thomas Diehl - Keyboards
Ender Kilic - Bass
Robert Zoom - Drums

Produced and engineered by Clive Nolan & Karl Groom
Additional engineering by Steve Rispin
Recorded at Thin Ice Studios, London, England. January and April 1993

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Ulysses Germany

Progressive rock music project by the founding members of German prog rockers Ulysses.
Their debut album Neronia, produced by Karl Groom (Threshold) and Clive Nolan (Arena), and the subsequent European tour with Pendragon propelled them immediately into the premier league of European prog rock bands.
Freshly reunited, they are ready to resurrect the great legacy they left behind.
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