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An Ode to Orson Welles

from It's All True by Bert Honour

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They’re gonna love me when I’m dead
That’s what the great director said
Then he blew it all for fame

You’re gonna miss me when I’m gone
I hope you’re not the only one
If so, then I’ll shoulder the blame

Oh, what a day
Oh, what a day
The perfect life
You threw it all away

Oh, what a day
Oh, what a day
Back down to Earth
In the most inglorious way

My unfinished masterpiece
Must be buried incomplete
Left to ruin in the rain

It’s best the world will never know
Just how far this man will go
Forever burdening the shame

My dirty secrets die with me
A badly written tragedy
That gets worse with every page

Thank God we lose our memory
A blessing bound to you and me
The pain gets easier with age

Oh, what a day
Oh, what a day
I cannot claim
I did it all my way

Oh, what a day
Oh, what a day
Although it hurt
I’d do it all again

credits

from It's All True, released April 21, 2023
Ben Roberts - Cello
Tim Ball - Drums
Lewis Blackwell - Producer

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Bert Honour Oxford, UK

Singer-songwriter from Oxfordshire.

Misguided, wayward and fueled by whisky. Breaker of strings, glasses and eardrums.

Primarily a songwriter and author, Bert is also a mediocre singer, guitarist, pianist and harmonica-ist.
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