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Faithful Shadow

from Tell the Worry Dolls by ady johnson

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Moonlight shining so bright
Guiding us into the night
Country air so sweet and so rare
It’s Just like you were my lady fair

And side by side we’ll walk miles and miles
To ease my sorrow
Oh just me and my faithful shadow

Evening sun warming my skin
And you are so long and so thin
No other soul walks this ground
And you know it comforts me to have you around

And side by side we’ll walk miles and miles
To ease my sorrow
Just me and my faithful shadow

Darkness surrounding me tonight
My eyes are wide and searching, no light
Come, Heavy Sleepe, ease my pain *
I know that in the morning we’ll meet again

And side by side we’ll walk miles and miles
To ease my sorrow
Just me and my faithful shadow


* Inspired by ‘Come, Heavy Sleepe’
No.20 from 'First Book Of Songes of 1597'
by John Dowland

Come heavy sleepe the image of true death;
And close up these my weary weeping eyes:
Whose spring of tears doth stop my vitall breath,
And tears my hart with sorrows sigh swoln cries:
Come and posses my tired thoughts worn soul,
That living dies, till thou on me be stoule.

Come shadow of my end, and shape of rest,
Allied to death, child to his blackfac’d night:
Come thou and charme these rebels in my breast,
Whose waking fancies doe my mind affright.
O come sweet sleepe; come, or I die for ever:
Come ere my last sleepe comes, or come never

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from Tell the Worry Dolls, released January 1, 2011

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Ady Johnson is a singer-songwriter from Colchester, Essex. His influences are diverse - the melodic writing of The Beatles, the character studies of Ray Davies and the guitar virtuosity of troubadours such as John Martyn and Bert Jansch, all find their way into his mix.

‘He’s damn good live!’ - Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6 Music
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