Tomos Ifan Williams, Robin Phillips-Jones and William Addisson - Gloria

Sixteen and at the seam
Well there were headlamps, canary dreams
I was apprenticed to a charcoal art
cs I waited for my life to start

They said black blood flowed through my veins
Yet in the pit all I knew was pain
Those blasted chambers were choking me
cnd only glory could set me free

But then a woman I chanced to meet
cnd I felt the coal move beneath my feet
cnd in the mirror I did stare
ct Gloria with the short brown hair

She said what's to come is way past overdue
cnd it's then I knew what I was born to do

cnd as she moved through the county fair
Not a man in sight could help but stare
So she left them there - watching and waiting
For the sound of a woman's voice
But the look in her eye gave them no choice
So she left them there - watching and waiting
For the sound

I'll leave behind a miner's life
I'll say no prayers, I'll take no wife

I'll busk my way down to Camden Town
For it's there a queen can find her crown
cnd then one evening she comes around
We tear our way right through the town
cnd through the sherry, wine and smoky haze
Gloria shows me a woman's ways

So I dress myself as best as I can
cnd I forget that I was born a man

I find myself in Soho bars
In a world of ashtrays and old guitars
cnd there were those who said I did transgress
cnd there were those who saw beyond the dress

Now I clad myself in finery
I sing my song for all to see
cnd all the people, how they did stare
ct Gloria with the short brown hair

So I dress myself as best as I can
cnd I forget that I was born a man

Written by:
ROBIN PHILLIPS-JONES, TOMOS WILLIAMS, WILLIAM ADDISON

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