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BOC 13 Happy Song (1968)
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A true love song (we're still together...)
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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January 06, 2026
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Story behind the song
I wrote this for Sheila when I was 17 and we’d been going out for a few months (all say aaah!). In 2005 we were at a dinner party at a friend’s house in Delhi; some CDs were playing random shuffle quietly in the background as we ate and chatted when I suddenly became aware that Paul Simon had just given way to this song a very unreal moment.
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She moves majestically cross the room Her cat’s eyes glistening through the gloom Emotion flows that eyes can’t see Around her as she slips across to me Her hand advances through the smoke Cleaving the emptiness with her subtle stroke I can feel her touch me even before I clasp her hand so tight in mine And I know that she is mine And I know that, yes I know that Love will grow in time Hypnotic movements enthrall my brain Does she cry for happiness of for pain Does she exist here in my arms Or is my imagination running wild The cloak of alcohol surrounds me But it can’t conceal the truth that I can see Others want her but they’ve no chance I know that she will stay with me And I know that she is mine And I know that, yes I know that Love will grow in time
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