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tears of a guy


composer
Written by: Kerr / Burchill


publisher
© EMI Music Publishing: (1998 - 2007)
© JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd / Hornall Music: (2008 - 2014)
© BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd: (2015 - 2019)
© Universal Music Publishing Group (2019 - 2023)
© BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd: (2023 -)


background
Tears Of A Guy was originally demoed for Real Life. Several versions were recorded at Wisseloord in 1989, but the song had yet to find its way, so it was shelved before the formal Real Life sessions began. Charlie recorded two more versions during the Good News From The Next World sessions (one in Killiney in 1992 and the other in Dublin in 1994), which gave the song a more guitar-based, rocky vibe but, again, it was never formally recorded.

Whilst at Loch Earn in January 1996, Charlie revisited his original Killiney demo from 1992, adding extra guitars and keyboard effects. The song had started to take on its Neapolis vibe and extra work took place in 1996 to strip away most of the guitars and replace them with keyboards.

It was one of the songs first mixed at Olympic in May 1997. Some parts of the song were still stripped bare, whilst others were overlaid with a multitude of ideas, overcluttered with effects. Like all the Olympic mixes, it resembled three songs being played at once.

Chrysalis considered Tears Of A Guy a potential single and pencilled it in as the third release from Neapolis, with Steve Lipson scheduled to remix the song. After the lacklustre performance of the album and Glitterball, Chrysalis decided the last throw of the dice would be the War Babies and cancelled plans for Tears Of A Guy.

Interestingly the promotional versions of the album were pressed with a different version of Tears Of A Guy. It was the same length as the eventual commerical version, but was assembled slightly differently.

The song appeared during the brief Neapolis Tour of 1998 but has since been forgotten.



see also:
Tears Of A Guy (Demo)




lyrics
Lone child in the wild.
A bird that's lost at sea.
The words that whisper in the silent film,
Say 'tomorrows gone for me'.
All night lying with your head in my hands,
And I search for reasons why.
But if I can't get to it - I can't get through it,
All that's gone now - all that's...

The tears of a guy,
Is all I ever see.
The tears of a guy,
So many rivers run to me.

Wake up dreaming with the sun in my eyes.
Hear me screaming, don't ask why.
Some strange music from some sweet soul song,
Says I can't feel it - I can't try.
Time goes - and the fountain still flows,
I'll be watching through fortunate eyes.
But I can't get cured - I must endure,
All that's gone now - all that's...

The tears of a guy,
Is all I ever see.
The tears of a guy,
So many rivers run to me.

Drift by the walls - this way.
Babylon - in your eyes.
Drift by the walls - this way.
Babylon - in your eyes.

So many rivers run through me.
(And we will walk)
Oh little angel,
It's all I ever see.
(And we will rise)
So many rivers run to me.
(And we will walk)
Oh my little angels,
In your eyes,
So many rivers run through me,
In your eyes.



discography
Promo Version (4:47)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Pete Walsh
Engineeed by: Pete Walsh

Neapolis Card Promo CD Neapolis Square Tin Promo CD Neapolis Round Tin Promo Box Set
Album Version (4:47)
Produced by: Charlie Burchill and Pete Walsh
Engineeed by: Pete Walsh

Neapolis MC Neapolis CD Neapolis Limited Edition eCD Neapolis Japanese Promo CD Neapolis Japanese Promo CD Neapolis Canadian Promo CD Neapolis Remaster Promo CD Neapolis Remaster Limited Edition CD Neapolis Remaster CD Neapolis LP




live history
Neapolis Tour: 1998