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Photograph In A World War II Locker
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Ballad about a photo seen in a WWII locker. See Lyrics/story behind the song for more details.
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Rock, folk, folk-rock, country. Political. Fun!
NUMBER 1 ON NEIL YOUNG'S WEB CHART WITH "TAKE YOUR WAR AND STICK IT UP YOUR ARSE" To all those who have been voting/listening - a great big thank you. We are hoping to use this to launch a publicity campaign in the UK media. Let's also not forget that, more important than songs going up charts, we can get this war ended as soon as possible. Sollox and The Spooners have been making music for a long time, but the exposure that the www can give them has inspired them to new efforts. The band are . . . Billy Sollox - vocals, writer, arranger. “Guitar” Gill Bates Snr Acoustic six-string, 12-string and electric guitars, backing vocals Chuck Babbage - Keyboards, piano, percussion, backing vocals Dick Mell - Keyboards, Guitars, Saxophone Job Stevens - Drums, percussion & backing vocals Lee Bernerstim - Bass, backing vocals Little Gilly Bates - Electric guitars Sunil “Sunny” Lavrot - Piano, keyboards Suze Konrad - Backing Vocals, percussion
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Rock General
Charts
Peak #1,621
Peak in subgenre #347
Author
Billy Sollox
Rights
2007
Uploaded
February 28, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:01
Story behind the song
The Channel Islands in the English Channel were the only parts of Britain that were occupied by Germany during the second World War. There are still gun emplacements, trenches etc that you can simply walk to and view. In Castle Cornet on the island of Guernsey there is a museum, part of which covers the occupation. I was fascinated to see a photo of a German soldiers sweetheart on the inside door of a locker. Did they survive the war? Did they meet up after the war? Are they still alive? Are they still together?
Lyrics
Photograph, in a World War II locker Just a photograph, in a World War II locker I saw in a museum many years after the war She had a kind of knowing look, a little smile, an open book I wonder if she’s still smiling today Just a smiling girl in a World War II locker I couldn’t help but think, her man was a lucky guy She had the kind of loving smile, that makes you think she’s yours awhile I hope that she is still smiling that way. I hope that she is still smiling today BRIDGE: Was she the girlfriend of a sailor? Or a fighter pilot’s wife? Or maybe the fiancée of a boy who lost his life? All these years have come and gone, I hope that she can still go on And tell about the boy she knew back then. I hope she’s still with that boy from back then. Just a photograph, in a World War II locker I hope & pray she managed to somehow stay alive She stayed for him and prayed for him, while we dropped our bombs on Berlin I wonder if she still lives there today. I wonder if they still live there today.
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