Name: svengali song
Duration: P00H03M33S
Description: i started writing this song about a couple i know, then it morphed into something totally other - a kind of monologue by a music industry eminence grise who picks up a talented but weak singer to exploit.

svengali song

from stars of our lives by Steve Bruce Roberts

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i started writing this song about a couple i know, then it morphed into something totally other - a kind of monologue by a music industry eminence grise who picks up a talented but weak singer to exploit.

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svengali song

you’re a bird with a broken wing
a fragile ragged thing
i picked you up to hear you sing
now i’m gonna make you fly
you’re drawn to people of your kind
like the blind searching for the blind
so it’s no surprise you didn’t find
anyone to make you fly

you’re the kind of girl that looks good for the lens
cause you got the skin you got the lips you got the eyes
but you’re the kind of girl that goes unnoticed to her friends
cause you’d never own up that you’ve never grown up to their size

you’ve got the shadows on your side
they give you cover when you need to hide
now you’re weak so i’ll let you ride
then i’m gonna make you fly
fly i know you can fly

you’re the kind of girl that can’t make it on her own
though you got the curves you don’t have the nerve that you need
i took you under my wing and though you’re not fully grown
now i’m gonna force you to be free if it makes you bleed

you’re a bird with a broken wing
a fragile ragged thing
i picked you up to hear you sing
now i’m gonna make you fly
fly, i know you can fly
now i’m gonna make you fly

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from stars of our lives, released April 28, 2023
Steve: voice, guitars, bass
Roger Gascon: drums
Laura de Pino and Maria Martí: backing vocals

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Steve Bruce Roberts Barcelona, Spain

anglo singer-songwriter living in sant boi, near barcelona.

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