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A Farewell, Of Sorts

A Farewell, Of Sorts

Murphy, Paul

Paperback

General Poetry

ISBN13: 9798266116832
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Sep 18 2025
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A Farewell, Of Sorts

The final anthology of lyrics from Irish singer/songwriter Paul Murphy, this superb collection contains his last works, a sweeping range of tales in song, ballad, narrative and prose forms.

All written in September 2025, the pieces herein reflect the more sombre side of life: broken relationships; social injustice; persecution; emotional upheaval; enforced famines, and, given their author knew he had lost his 10-year battle against a muscle-wasting auto-immune disorder, mortality.

The 28 songs herein - written in just 30 days - include material as diverse as 'Bitter Rain From The Sky', an excoriating look at how the world abandoned Gaza, and other likewise afflicted peoples; 'An Eagle Fell To Ground', a take on the Trump regime changes in America; 'It's Always Love (That Pulls You Thru')', a song inspired by the Jimmy Kimmel suspension that was widened out to encompass a positive aftermath view on broken relationships, as well as a final message to his beloved young children; 'What The Dying Wish For' and 'Everybody Wants You', ruminations on life as seen at its end; 'The Return', 'From The 157th Day' and 'The Devil & I', three allegorical folk-ballads; 'As My Heart Breaks' and '(Please) Give Us One Last Chance', two beautiful love songs; and the out-and-out humour of 'Never Mind The Follicles', a tale of time on an old punk-rocker.

Also included are an essay, 'Two Arms' [a play on bioth 'To arms' and also the fact that Paul was leg paralysed whilst writing these songs and could only move his arms], detailing the composition circumstances and back-stories to each song; alternate, unused covers; and photographs of the original handwritten manuscripts.

Moving, heartwarming, emotive, thought-provoking and, occasionally, disquieting, this anthology collates some of the finest lyrical works of a master songwriter whose narrative talent burned bright until his last line was written.

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Everybody Wants You [excerpt]

Everybody wants you to sing their praises

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