Hello
I wrote this last year but never got round to posting it for one reason or another. It's about Willie Fisher, who was born in Benwell, Newcastle...which is about 15 miles from me. I was born in Newcastle too...not that we're kindred spirits or anything
I thought I'd clear out some songs I never posted for feedback but I hope are ok/interesting.
Anyway...he was the Soviet Spy who was exchanged for U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers and featured in the Tom Hanks film "Bridge of Spies" I read Vin Arthey's great book about it...and thought I'd do this. I managed to shoe-horn an old Russian tune in for the guitar solo. I used drum loops played by Pete Thomas of the Attractions.
I was always a little furious at myself at using two variations of "cruel" in verse 1
The Spy Who Stayed Out In The Cold
Born in the cruellest of towns
I swallow up all that surrounds
Disgust for the cruelty of kings
Destined for nobler things
My loyalty is not to be sold
Can’t buy me with silver or gold
I’m gathering moss
One last bridge to cross
I’m the spy who stayed out in the cold
My life IS my disguise
They taught me to steal with my eyes
Followed wherever i go
Can anyone say that they know...
My loyalty is not to be sold
Can’t buy me with silver or gold
I’m gathering moss
One last bridge to cross
I’m the spy who stayed out in the cold.