RORY GALLAGHER – A Million Miles Away

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1. This hotel bar is full of people,

   The piano man is really laying it down,

   The old bartender is as high as a steeple,

   So why tonight should I wear a frown?

   The joint is jumpin’ all around me,

   And my mood is really not in style,

   Right now the blues flock to surround me,

   But I’ll break out after a while.

   Yes I’m a million miles away,

   I’m a million miles away,

   I’m sailing like a driftwood,

   On a windy bay,

   On a windy bay.

   I’m a million miles away,

   I’m a million miles away,

   But I’m sailing like a driftwood,

   On a windy bay,

   On a windy bay.

   Why ask how I feel,

   Well, how does it look to you?

   I fell hook, line and sinker,

   Lost my captain and my crew.

   I’m standing on the landing,

   There’s no one there but me,

   That’s where you’ll find me,

   Looking out on the deep blue sea.

   There’s a song on the lips of everybody,

   There’s a smile all around the room,

   There’s conversation overflowing,

   But I sit here with the blues.

   This hotel bar has lost all its people,

   The piano man has caught the last bus home,

   The old bartender just collapsed in the corner,

   Why I’m still here, I just don’t know,

   I don’t know.

   I’m a million miles away,

   A million miles away,

   I’m sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay,

   On a windy bay.

   I’m a million miles away,

   A million miles away,

   I’m sailing like a driftwood on a windy bay,

   Send me away…

2. Rory was amazing live. I love Walk on hot coals. One of my favourite songs of all time.

3. Any documentary recommendations of Rory’s. Only Getting into him. Amazing 6 stringer player

4. Daughter of the everglades is my favorite of his

5. Crest of a Wave is an absolute banger..can never get enough of that song

6. A great song from a great musician.

7. One of my greatest regrets was not getting to see Thin Lizzy live. They were just beginning to disintegrate as I grew to be concert going age. I did, however, get to see Rory Gallagher live in the Paradiso club in Amsterdam in the early 90s. Not long before he died as it turned out. He was spectacular and it was easily the loudest gig I’ve ever been to. He had pretty advanced liver disease at the time and looked quite bloated and unwell. He still tore the roof off the place though. He was no longer playing with long time collaborator and bassist Gerry McEvoy but did have that killer blues harp player Mark Feltham (ex Nine Below Zero) in the band. Incredible energy and an all round barnstormer of a gig. Great memory.

8. Thats my house!

9. What a treasure this man is….