{"id":31,"date":"2016-10-05T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T08:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/search-the-crowd\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T08:16:00","slug":"search-the-crowd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsrainbow.com\/trevteasdellyrics\/2016\/10\/05\/search-the-crowd\/","title":{"rendered":"Search the Crowd"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nSEARCH THE CROWD<\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a9Trev Teasdel Coventry April 1971<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThink I\u2019ll go down town,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo see who\u2019s around<\/span><\/div>\n
\nYou know I\u2019m feeling down,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nDrag my feet along the ground<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSearch the sidewalk for a pound<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThat which is lost must be found<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nGypsies selling lucky heather<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMy eyes are full of sidewalk hustlers.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBus stop conversation debates the weather.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe bowed-down heads of hung up bustlers.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nCharity tins chanting rhythms,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTo the hurdy gurdy\u2019s plaintive plea.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSearch the crowd for her face<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI need her here to comfort me.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThink I\u2019ll bruise \u2018round Woolworth\u2019s,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhilst the sun is hiding.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBrowse through the record sleeves,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nNew releases I am seeking.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSearchin\u2019 for someone to share a coffee with,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMeet a girl I used to know more than just vaguely,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nBut still searching for my lover\u2019s face,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIn this peaceless place.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
\nOld friends criss-cross my path,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nIf they catch my gaze, I\u2019ll smile they\u2019ll laugh.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nThe market mongers personify,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nTheir lifeless goods.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMegaphone voices storm my brain.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWishing away my \u2018if only she woulds<\/i>\u2019.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nMy blistered blemished feet are lame,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nSearching this faceless throng,<\/span><\/div>\n
\nI see her face, no I am wrong.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
(additional lyrics from a draft)<\/span><\/div>\n
Just why did she leave without telling me?<\/span><\/div>\n
Left it to a friend to impart it to me<\/span><\/div>\n
The city sound penetrates your frame<\/span><\/div>\n
when you’re feeling down.<\/span><\/div>\n
Wonder what is her game<\/span><\/div>\n
She just must be found<\/span><\/div>\n
Search the crowd for her face, in this hell like place.
\n
<\/span>
\n…………<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\nWritten in a caf\u00e9 after walking downtown Coventry Precinct and being sold some lucky heather. I had in mind the atmosphere of Summer in the City by the Lovin’ Spoonful.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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