The Ballad of Eel Pie Islandmusic by Jon Janoff - lyrics by Chris Faiersperformed and recorded by Jon Janoff (2004) In a time long ago seems just like yesterday we were travelling in space and got lost on the way Chorus: Down on the Island, Eel Pie Island down on the island, it's nothing but a figment of your mind we were hippies and runaways gurus and thieves poets and songwriters all smokers of leaves Once a playground of power famous stopover of kings where Dickens wrote Bleak House and Pickwick Papers The Stones and The Faces did sing Chorus: There will always be an island it has always been here if you are so young and lonely young and lonely and down hearted and lost Chorus: Go find your own island go down and find yourself some new friends let the spirit flow upwards in your head down where the great river bends Chorus: ends with: do not ever let it slip your mind Chorus refrain: - Chris Faiers (written 2004, transcribed 2023) |