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The Sha​-​La​-​La​-​La Song

from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM by Terence Blacker

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lyrics

When I was young a long, long time ago.
I went to school far from home.
And every night with my little radio
I knew that I would never be alone.

Under my pillow, when it was dark and it was late,
Voices from across the sea.
Radio Lux, Fab 208,
With Ricky, Don and Phil, and Bobby Vee.

Sha-la-la-la-la,
Shoo-be-do-be-do,
Shing-a-ling-a-ling,
They were playing my song.
Wish upon a star,
Baby, I love you,
Crying in the rain,
They kept me strong.

Candy kisses, a homecoming queen,
It was all such a mystery.
But I knew if I could slip away into that sunny teenage dream,
What a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful world it would be.

And now when life gets cynical and I'm feeling kind of low
I'll sing one of those magical old songs that go -
Woah-woah-woah-woah -

Sha-la-la-la-la... etc

So here we are, the years have flown
I'm still standing here somehow.
And all those old songs have had little songs of their own
Like this sha-la-la-la song I'm singing now.

Sha-la-la-la-la... etc

credits

from Playing For Time - NEW ALBUM, released March 27, 2020
Terence Blacker - vocals, guitar
Fortunata Monzo - backing vocals
Giovanni Crescenzi - bass
Domenico de Marco - percussion

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Terence Blacker England, UK

'Classic folk blues in the making.'
FATEA MAGAZINE

'We need cheering up right now and this singer-songwriter, sometimes tender, sometimes sardonic, is just the ticket.' SUNDAY TIMES

Huge fun... it put a big smile on my face.'
TOM ROBINSON, BBC6 Music

'One enormously satisfying album.... humorous, beautiful, deadly, a real treat for the senses.'
LIVERPOOL SOUND AND VISION
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