The Ballad of John Bryan

by Edwin and The Keepers

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He's long gone John.
Only one man knows what happened to John Bryan
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It’s not that I miss him, but he was a good friend
Where is he dancing now, where did he end?
I don’t shed a tear, but I caught myself sighing
What the hell happened to John Bryan?

Is he propping up a bar, telling travellers tales?
Snorting with prostitutes, flying off the rails?
I don’t shed a tear, no I'm not crying
But what the hell happened to John Bryan?

Is he in an Indian hospital, too weak to stand?
Holding a drip in his shaky left hand?
He stares at the mirror, his travelling days behind him
What the hell happened to John Bryan?

Oh John Bryan

Did his family tame him, or love let him down?
Enlightenment dawn, or a nervous breakdown?
In Stoke-on-Trent, there’s an empty delivery van
What the hell happened to John Bryan?

Is he studying moths, beneath the moonlight?
Trawling S&M websites into the night?
Is he heading for the light, or has he given up trying?
What the hell happened to John Bryan?

He’ll show up on my death bed, saying “I told you so,
You all thought you knew me, what do you know?
You were looking on the ground, I was high up there flying,
I know what happened to John Bryan
Yes I’m the only one who knows about John Bryan”

Oh John Bryan

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released November 7, 2022
Lyrics by Tim Norford
Music by Peter Madams and Steven Antoniou

Guitars by Jono Willis
Drums by Peter Oliver
Bass by John McManus
Vocals by Peter Madams and John McManus

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Edwin and the Keepers Oxford, UK

An Oxford Supergroup of sorts, Edwin And The Keepers formed in 2018 when former members of local bands Veda Park, Zim Grady and Stolby decided to continue their unfinished musical business, playing a unique blend of alternative lounge-pop and experimental-MOR.

Peter Madams: Vocals, guitar and keys / John McManus: Bass and vocals / Jono Willis: guitars / Pete Oliver: drums and percussion ... more

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