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Man who's got no name

from Stourbridge Town by Eddy Morton

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When I first moved to Birmingham in 1992 , I lived in Bournville and having no car travelled across Birmingham almost every day by train. Every week I would see this strange figure with wild unkempt hair , a huge greatcoat and a small bag in all sorts of different places it got bit spooky.He became the Man with no name . Later I moved to Bearwood to live with Trina and I still used to see this guy everywhere , he looked like a homeless person. This inspired this song which was about the many nameless people that you would see on the streets in those days . One afternoon I was looking out of the front window and I saw him coming out of a house directly opposite turns out he was a neighbour!! who was following who!!

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Man who’s Got no Name

Circled in the shadows , sheltered from the rain
Collar to the wind blowing , head bowed once again
Waiting on the corner has it always been the same
Oh the light it cast no shadow on the man who’s Got No Name

See you in the morning , never stop to say hello
Carrying your baggage , most everywhere I go
Whether standing at the bus stop or just a waiting for a train
Oh the light it cast no shadow , on the Man who’s Got No Name

Always in the distance well I glimpse your fleeting face
You know those days they come and go and the time I just can’t place
I often hear your footsteps as they’re echoing in space
The man who cast no shadow , Lost without a trace.

Their must be many hundreds in every unlit door
Ghostly figures fading fast , washed upon the shore
Hiding from the world at night they fly before the flame
Oh the light it casts no shadow on the man who’s got no name
Oh the light it casts no shadow on the man who’s got no name

I wonder where you sleep at night do you lay your head to rest
Do the stars come out the moon so bright , like Jesus are you blessed
And I wonder what your thinking has it always been the same
Oh the light it casts no shadow on the man who’s got no name
Oh the light it casts no shadow on the man who’s got no name

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from Stourbridge Town, released March 19, 2017
Double Bass paul smith
Fiddle Andy Jones
Accordion paul hodson

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Eddy Morton Stourbridge, UK

As the founder member of The New Bushbury Mountain Daredevils Eddy Morton toured the UK and Europe constantly for eleven years releasing 8 albums During which time the band appeared at every major Folk/Roots Festival in the UK and Europe including Cambridge, Cropredy, Skagen, Guildford, Dranouter, The Badentreffen and many more. His latest solo release Rainbow Man is available on iTunes ... more

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