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(That Old Chinese Takeaway Called) Happiness

by Quarterman

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There's a crack of light in all the darkness
I found a girl, I found a friend
There on the stair holding each other
In the hope the day would never end

In a room down by the seaside
Through the wind and through the rain
Beneath skies of marble grey she chipped the ice away
Till I could feel something again

As I walk up the old canal
It's just me and my old pal
She's running up ahead to see
What lies in store for me
Driving down to Holloway
Supposed to be on holiday
Past that Chinese Takeaway called Happiness

I called her up just on the off-chance
Maybe she was still around
She came to meet me on the hillside
We gazed out over the town
She came back to my apartment
She had those rainbow trousers on
In the fading light of day she locked my fears away
Between the bars of a Leonard Cohen song

As I walk up the old canal
It's just me and my old pal
She's running up ahead to see
What lies in store for me
Driving down to Holloway
Supposed to be on holiday
Past that Chinese Takeaway called Happiness

Oh happiness
Underneath October skies
Happiness
Oh happiness
I feel so happy I could cry

And as the lights go out on London Town
And come on in New Orleans
You're like a book that I just can't put down
And a painting by the sea

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released March 5, 2021
Written by Richard James Quarterman
Additional guitars, bass, organ and backing vocals by Jamie Evans
Drums by Tim Trotter
Produced, engineered by Jamie Evans
Mixed by Colin Brain
Mastered by Adam Vanryne

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Quarterman England, UK

QUARTERMAN is the name for the solo project of Man The Lifeboats’ lead singer and songwriter Richard James Quarterman.

Simple acoustic ballads, lyrical and earthy roots and americana from the moorlands of Yorkshire and the streets of London Town, and everywhere in between.

Debut album 'Carondelet' releases on 26th March 2021.
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