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© Project Freeman Music
27th August 1995 Gregorian (Verses) & *17 Aquariusâ™’ 13519 UCC (Chorus)
We came here once when we were young
We had a son, but only one
And we thought we were the only ones
To find this place under the sun
Though it only seems like yesterday
We wound our way to its sandy bay
Nothing now remains the same
At the bottom of that lane
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We went today to Barafundle bay
And I'm afraid to say it's not like yesterday
And I suppose that we are all to blame
We do it all in progress’ name
We want it all to stay the same
But we want it all to change
A field was here but now it's tar
For every bush there's now a car
For every tree there's a cream tea
The blades of grass an underpass
You used to have to walk a mile
To see the view to make you smile
But now you park right 'next the sand
How sad the way we spoil this land
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But do we want it all to change?
Barafundle Bay is in West Cymru ('Wales' in English). I went back there in 1995 Gregorian whilst on a family holiday nearby. We'd been there 10 years previously and enjoyed the magic of having to 'discover' it by walking there down a footpath because at that time you couldn't drive to it.
It was such a shame to find a road had been put in and a car park, and now it was much busier and, like many other places opened up to vehicles, had lost a lot of its charm.
So called progress isn't always a good thing
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© Project Freeman Music (1995 Gregorian)