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Seemed Such a Nice Boy

from THE FULL ENGLISH by JUDGE SMITH

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SEEMED SUCH A NICE BOY

She had some good O levels
And she was seventeen
And he sold double-glazing
Always looked neat and clean.
Each night he’d come around to take her out
And in his mother’s spare-room showed her
Just what life was all about.
No one was too surprised
To learn a child was on its way.
They chose a ring together
Named an early wedding-day.
The church was full when there arrived the telegram that read
‘I’ve gone abroad. Stop. The wedding’s off. Stop’
That’s when her mother said...

Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time
Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time

George made a pile in textiles
His hair was silver-grey
Collected Meissen china
And was discretely gay.
He met a young man who’d been sleeping rough
Said he didn’t want his money
Said his friendship was enough.
The boy moved in and made
The great big house a happy home.
George went to work each morning
Left the lad there on his own.
Came back one night to find the front door open
And all the lights turned on
And the boy, twelve hundred pounds
And all his precious porcelain gone (and he said...)

Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time
Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time

Oh the heartache when we realise
Charming people have told charming lies.
We’re sadder now but does that make us wise?

He spoke to us on TV
In words we’d understand.
Made other politicians
Look cheap and underhand.
He looked so young and yet so unafraid.
The country voted in a landslide
Now we’d see some changes made.
We didn’t understand his reasons
For the foreign war
And when the kids protested
He brought in martial law.
Though six black years have passed we still ask why
And from behind the wire and searchlights
Comes the terrible reply...

Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time
Seemed such a nice boy
Seemed like a real nice kind of boy
Seemed such a nice boy at the time

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from THE FULL ENGLISH, released May 1, 2020

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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