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THE LAST FANTASIA WALTZ
The sound remains the same
It’s like relics from the constant past
And just when you hit a new buzz
Hell you know, it’s gone so fast
His parents split up when he was just eight
and he lived most of his life with relatives and grandparents.
It seemed he lived his whole life
preparing for this single series of events.
The stained and dingy walls
in eighteen floors of urban sprawl
make mute covenant with the people living there.
Except for the occasional cries
of men beating up their wives,
and threatening to kill you if you don’t stop playing
that loud and nasty Rock and Roll.....

It’s last fantasia waltz
Fantasia fantasia the last fantasia waltz

It was a high wild and windy September day,
and the heat of the summer had slipstreamed away.
There was nothing nothing nothing, nothing he could do,
to stop all the flooding of memories from coming through.
For the love of the wildest child,
the chases through the night,
For the love of that one someone who will make it all right
The waiting and hoping and practising to get all the poses tight,
And finally hit the stage in a blinding flash of light......

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What once seemed to be magic
became people pushing other people around.
The vested self interest of critics
obscured what was really going down.
Then finally finally finally one thought came through:
There’s nothing and no one outside you who’ll give you the truth.
Pages slip by so fast when you’re the one they’re written about.
Stuck in the silver screen with no way out.
Then finding his own destiny in the palm of his hand,
He picked up his ticket to ride,
free through promised land...

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from The Bedroom Tapes Vol 2: Jungle Law – The Demos (plus 8​-​page booklet), released September 24, 2021
Words and Music - Philip Rambow
© 1979 Philip Rambow

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Philip Rambow London, UK

From Toronto to London, Philip Rambow hit the thriving 70s pub rock circuit with The Winkies, then to be recruited by Brian Eno for recordings and touring.

Philip worked with Mick Ronson before delivering two EMI solo albums. A songwriter of repute, he’s authored hits for Kirsty MacColl, Nick Gilder & Ellen Foley.

His 2020 album ‘Canadiana’ was followed by ‘The Rebel Kind: Anthology 1972-2020’ ... more

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