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Oxford Town

from Watching Wildlife by The Moonbeams

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Oxford Town (Summertime in England)

I’m on fire feeling good feeling free
Breezing through this May country
To the sound of the cuckoo echoing across the green
And the sunlight dancing off the water and the trees
And it’s bringing back those boyhood memories
And it’s Summertime in England if you know what I mean

I’m going down,
I’m going down
I’m going down to Oxford Town

My consciousness flows through the locks and the streams
Washed with the fragments of last nights dreams
Floating through the ether, catching colours and it seems
To be taking me back to similar summer scenes
Feel the sense of wonder at these endless summer nights
When the day’s not over and the new morning’s in sight
And we’re smoking in the clearing with mugs of ruby wine
Swaying by the fire with the willow trees in time
Breaking up, breaking down, on our hands and our knees
But then I’ve no recollection, no more memories
And I apologise in case I’m not the man I might have been
But it’s summertime in England if you know what I mean


Oxford Town Oxford Town,
No need here for heads bowed down
The sun is up high, it’s way up off the ground
This is a different time this is a different town
No guns no clubs no tear gas bombs
Just take a look around, you’d think there’s nothing wrong
But that doesn’t mean that there isn’t another side
The times are always changing and things always hide
But this isn’t the place and this isn’t the time
‘Cos it’s summertime in England if you know what I mean

The boys of summer are out and back in the frame
The May blossom’s gleaming in the hedges and the lanes
The sun’s set fire to the red kite’s wing
It makes you want to smile, makes you want to sing
And you grab it in your hand and you feel it in your heart
You just breathe it in deep and then breathe it out
And there’s no need to wonder why because it just is
It’s summertime in England if you know what I mean

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from Watching Wildlife, released February 2, 2015

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The Moonbeams Long Preston, UK

The Moonbeams sing their ‘Songs from the Dales’ telling tales of life and loving, and of laughing and enjoying life. Their contemporary folk based music skilfully evokes the beauty of their homeland, carrying you on a lyrical journey through the fells and dales of Yorkshire. Songs of rain, sun, and fells capture that elusive feeling of what it means to escape from the humdrum of everyday life. ... more

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