Lost Gem: "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" - Thin Lizzy (1976)


"When the train came in
it had to leave again...
and Romeo pulled away."
~ Thin Lizzy ~


Who didn't become a huge Thin Lizzy fan after hearing the iconic..."Boys Are Back In Town"?

It easily reminds the heart of the young carefree days of summer...setting our spirits aright when they've become slightly out-of kilter.

I'm an even bigger fan of the late songwriter, singer & bassist...Phil Lynott...who was only 36 when he died.  His death has been attributed, partially to an unsatiated drug and alcohol habit.

"Jailbreak"(1976) holds must-own papers filled with door-busting classics front-to-back.  This is just one of the gems.

Lost Gem:--> "Romeo and the Lonely Girl" ...Lynott was a cool-breeze romantic with an outsider's heart...rhyming words like  "Romeo and Owneeo" and still sounding like Shakespeare.

Add gorgeous twin guitar work from Brian Robertson and Scott Gorham...and Lizzy sells the noise like peaches at an open-air bazaar.  Just buy it and eat it up.

Have you heard this one?


Romeo and the lonely girl
They seemed to hit it off
Till Romeo told the lonely girl
I must take my leave, my love
It was these few words I overheard
And thought, I would move in
But before I could the lonely girl
Had fallen in love again.

Oh poor Romeo
Sitting out on his own-ee-o
Oh poor Romeo.

Romeo he had it rough
The guy you'd like to burn
But everything that Romeo had
You can bet it was well earned.
For all his good looks there were scars that he took
And a lesson to be learned
Never judge lovers by a good looking covers
The lover might be spurned.

Romeo he like to put it around
He was everybody's friend
But in the end even Romeo found
On no one could he depend
For all his charms in someone else's arms
Lonely girl safely lay
When the train came in it had to leave again
And Romeo pulled away.

Good stuff!

Casey Chambers
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