Everly Complete Lyrics.pdf

The Boys Town Choir:
Sing choirs of angels
Sing in exultation
O sing all ye citizens of Heaven above
Glory to God
In the highest
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
Don & Phil and The Boys Town Choir:
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
Omitted verses:
God of God
Light of Light
Lo! He abhors not the Virgin's womb
Very God
Begotten, not created
See how the shepherds
Summoned to his cradle
Leaving their flocks, draw nigh to gaze
We too will thither
Bend our joyful footsteps
Yea, Lord, we greet thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus, to thee be glory given
Word of the Father
Now in flesh appearing

ADRIAN (sic) or AIRDRIE (circa 1961) *
(Phil Everly) Phil Everly has alluded to writing this song about a prison in Kentucky. It is quoted as ‘Adrian’ but he may
have been misheard or misquoted and said ‘Airdrie’ the name of a defunct Kentucky prison (see various
websites). There is no record of the EBs committing it to tape or indeed of it being published. There may of
course be a demo somewhere….
See also John Prine’s Paradise (below) which refers to “To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill”.
Phil didn’t think his own song commercial at the time – well John Prine thought differently later on.
AFTER LOVING YOU (1994)

(Greg Barnhill/Todd Cerney) Phil Everly joins his son Jason (Born [Philip Jason] 9th September 1966) on this track from Jason’s 1994
debut CD NO ORDINARY MUSIC. Todd Cerney, 8th August 1953 – 14th March 2011
Ever since you’ve gone
Seems the days carried on
Like they didn’t even know
That we were here
Time has a way
Of turning blue into grey
But the memories that you left won’t disappear
And if we could run back
To the place we started
Would it be the same girl
Would it all have changed
And if we could take back
Words we said in parting
Would it take the hurt away
‘Cause there was a time
When you said you were mine
And I thought that you meant it forever
Some dreams survive
Even after goodbye
Why didn’t ours come true
So what am I supposed to do
Oh, after loving you
And there’ve been miles
And still all of the while

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