All Of My Friends Were There
Written by: Ray DaviesPublished by: Noma Music, Inc./Hi-Count Music, Inc. BMI
Lyrics:
My big day, it was the biggest day of my life.
It was the summit of my long career,
But I felt so down, and I drank too much beer,
The management said that I shouldn't appear.
I walked out onto the stage and started to speak.
The first night I've missed for a couple of years,
I explained to the crowd and they started to jeer,
And just when I wanted no one to be there,
All of my friends were there.
Not just my friends, but their best friends too.
All of my friends were there to stand and stare,
Say what they may, all of their friends need not stay.
Those who laughed were not friends anyway.
All of my friends were there to stand and stare.
Days went by, I walked around dressed in a disguise.
I wore a mustache and I parted my hair,
And gave the impression that I did not care,
But oh, the embarrassment, oh, the dispair.
Came the day, helped with a few large glasses of gin,
I nervously mounted the stage once again,
Got through my performance and no one complained,
Thank God I can go back to normal again.
I went to that old café,
Where I had been in much happier days,
And all of my friends were there,
And no one cared.
Say what they may, all of my friends were there.
Not just my friends, but their best friends too.
All of my friends were there,
Now I don't care.
This song can be found on the following releases:
stereo mix (2:23), recorded Jul 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), Londonmono mix (2:23), recorded Jul 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 22 Nov, 1968 | UK | Pye NPL 18233 | 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society | 25 May, 1998 | UK | Essential/Castle Communications ESM CD 481 | CD |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (Special Deluxe Edition) | 28 Jun, 2004 | UK | Sanctuary Records Group SMETD 102 | 3 CD set |
The Kinks In Mono | 21 Nov, 2011 | UK | Sanctuary/Universal Music 602527769448 | Multi CD box set |
The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set) | 26 Oct 2018 | UK | BMG/Sanctuary Records SKU: B07GJ397BS | Multi CD box set |
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