Amanda Storey Lyrics

[Chorus]
Aaah-a-aaah
Dear Amanda Storey
Aaah-a-aaah
Were you, maybe, born along with me?

[Verse 1]
Dear Amanda, saw your face
In the evening paper
Looking for me

[Verse 2]
Said you lost your orphan brother
May 1943, Coventry

[Bridge]
Were you born in Coventry in 1942?
Were your parents John and Ann of Leefield Avenue?

[Chorus]
Aaah-a-aaah
Dear Amanda Storey
Aaah-a-aaah
Were you, maybe, born along with me?

[Verse 3]
Here, enclosed a photograph
Showing me and mother
Could she be yours?
[Verse 4]
Dear Amanda, if she is
Contact, yours sincerely Alfred Storey

[Outro]
Dear Amanda saw your face
In the evening paper
Looking...

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The melody is loosely adapted from a Tchaikovsky piece. Brass arrangements by George’s brother Alex (Alexander Young, then in Grapefruit).

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1977
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