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lyrics

No one else there saw it
Just Gabriel as he fell
Jimmy’s ghost, the man he killed
As the keeper rang the bell

Flash back to Las Vegas
He promised to make someone pay
But what went down in the seventh round
Shouldn’t have gone that way

The sweet science of bruising
Beneath Casino lights
Gabriel and Jimmy
Touch gloves and start to fight

Family round his bedside
Jimmy’s out there is no change
They’re pleasant on the outside
But Gabriel’s to blame

It wasn’t even the title
They fought way down the bill
Gabriel didn’t pull a punch
But he didn’t mean to kill

The sweet science of bruising
Beneath Casino lights
Gabriel and Jimmy
Touch gloves and start to fight

He ignored the premonition
Lit a candle, said a prayer
He sees in every boxer’s face
The ghost of Jimmy’s stare

The sweet science of bruising
Beneath Casino lights
Gabriel and Jimmy
Touch gloves and start to fight

credits

from VIP: Very Interesting Persons, track released December 1, 2015
Findlay Napier: Vocal, Guitar, Backing Vocal
Gustaf Ljunggren: Lap Steel, Synth Bass
Roy Dodds: Percussion

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Findlay Napier Glasgow, UK

One of Scotland's finest songwriters. In 2021 he was nominated for Musician of the Year at the Scot’s Trad Music Awards and in 2018 he was the first solo act to be nominated for Live Act of the Year. Described as Micheal Marra meets Elvis Costello, a Caledonian Loudon Wainwright or a Scottish James Taylor this master storyteller's songs are full of earthy humour, hopeless love and biting satire. ... more

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