BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Digital - Adobe Photoshop
Commissioned by Phil 'Swill' Odgers as a t-shirt and fridge magnet design based around his song Brooklyn Bridge.
Phil ‘Swill’ Odgers is singer and a songwriter with legendary UK folk rebel rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. He is also a solo artist in his own right.
Swill wrote this tune around a poem 'Bridges' by Joe Solo - you can listen on the media player and read the lyrics below.
Brooklyn Bridge
Lyrics by Joe Solo, Music by Phil Odgers
"Morning Mr Arthur, I've come to fix the fridge"
He said "I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge /
The ice cream melted, nothing much survived
We brought it back from New York
When me wife were still alive”
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I… remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
“But where's me manners, would you like a cup of tea?
What did you say you're here to fix, the fridge, or the TV?"
I said: "I'm no good with tellies I'm here to do the fridge."
He said: "I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I… remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
“Take no notice of me, son, me mind's not what it was
I lose me way a lot these days, I know I do because
I hear me when I'm talking but there's gaps in what I say
Like when the rain stops under bridges as you drive a motorway
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
I hope the rain stops soon, the fridge man comes at three
Oh, where’s me manners, son? Would you like a cup of tea?
You'll have to drink it black, there’s no milk in this fridge
Look here, I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge"
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I remember
Brooklyn Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how I remember her….
…the Brooklyn Bridge
Lyrics by Joe Solo, Music by Phil Odgers
"Morning Mr Arthur, I've come to fix the fridge"
He said "I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge /
The ice cream melted, nothing much survived
We brought it back from New York
When me wife were still alive”
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I… remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
“But where's me manners, would you like a cup of tea?
What did you say you're here to fix, the fridge, or the TV?"
I said: "I'm no good with tellies I'm here to do the fridge."
He said: "I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I… remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
“Take no notice of me, son, me mind's not what it was
I lose me way a lot these days, I know I do because
I hear me when I'm talking but there's gaps in what I say
Like when the rain stops under bridges as you drive a motorway
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I remember
the Brooklyn Bridge
I hope the rain stops soon, the fridge man comes at three
Oh, where’s me manners, son? Would you like a cup of tea?
You'll have to drink it black, there’s no milk in this fridge
Look here, I've got a little magnet of the Brooklyn Bridge"
Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how… I remember
Brooklyn Bridge, The Brooklyn Bridge,
That’s how I remember her….
…the Brooklyn Bridge
from GHOSTS OF ROCK N ROLL, released September 11, 2021
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