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"SCRUFFY EAGLE"
INFO, LYRICS, & LINKAGE REGARDING
THE SONG: "FOR EILEEN"
Copyright (C) 2000 thru 2009, by: scruffyeagle.com
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Revised Include re. visitor counting (of any & all areas) at website : scruffyeagle.com website
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----- BACKGROUND INFO -----
I wrote this song in the midst of a terrible spiritual low-period of my life. As an act of
self-preservation, there are things which I can't tell you about the harm which was
being inflicted on me during that time - but, I can share this: A civil court process which I've come
to understand as fundamentally criminal, was being to kidnap my daughter from me. I was being taught just
how worthless my Constitutional and Civil Rights were, regarding defense against the feminazi
power-mongers, their associates, and their hirelings; how futile a defense, for responsible parenthood;
for protection of children and their right to grow up healthy. The courts and the police both bluntly
refused to do anything whatsoever to protect me against several forms of blatant assault and character
assassination. I knew it was only a matter of time before my only remaining option for survival would be
to flee to where the criminal assailants (both in and out of court) couldn't get at me. I knew
I would be separated forever from any contact with my beloved daughter - a condition which has now come
to pass, endured for more than five years, and has no end in sight.
This song contains certain truths, which nobody was or will ever be willing to say to my daughter.
(Admission of those truths would be acknowledgment of crimes having been committed by a mother, and by
people in positions of political and civil power.) These truths are only the tip of the iceberg, but
they're foundational - some of those things from which other things follow. If it wasn't blatantly
hazardous to do so, I'd share those truths with my beloved daughter, for the sake of her spiritual
well-being. However, any direct attempt at being a father is guaranteed to have only one result -
more damage inflicted on me; no value or benefit, for my daughter. So, I put some of those truths into a
song. Maybe some day, fate will put the song where she'll find it - and, she'll have the chance to
understand that when her father left her, it wasn't willingly - that, she was robbed, of the chance to
have the benefit of having her father in her life. Then again, maybe she'll never hear it. Maybe she'll
never know any of the truths tucked into the lyrics and music of this song. I can't predict which will be
the case.
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----- TO HEAR THE SONG -----
I've posted an audio file copy of the November 23rd, 2003 version of the song, "FOR EILEEN"
at a music showcase website online. Here's are links to the pages for "Scruffy Eagle", at
soundclick.com,
NOTE: I'm currently working on an updated recording of this song.
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----- FREE LICENSE FOR DISTRIBUTION -----
This song is a gift of spirit, primarily from me to Eileen; but, also, for any who might gain and grow
via having experienced the song. In line with that intention:
I hereby grant free nonexclusive license for anyone desiring to reproduce and/or distribute this
song via any media or channel, with the non-negotiable stipulation, that the song must remain intact;
only distributed, if unmodified and in its entirety, with no changes allowed to authorship, copyright,
title, content, and/or info from the MP3 tag. This free license discussed here excludes
reproduction of the song by other artists, and excludes other potential future versions of the
song; those would require contractual negotiations with me. The only version of the song which is covered
by the granting of this free license, is the version created on November 25, 2003 (it has
"031125" as the first six characters of the original filename). Anyone desiring to reproduce
&/or distribute this song, but unsure that the copy in their possession is the correct version
covered by this free license, should contact me via this email link:
via_website@scruffyeagle.com. By granting this free license, my intention is to increase the chance
that Eileen will hear what I've said, and hear it said by me.
PLEASE NOTE:
If you post this song online anywhere, I respectfully request (but, am not insisting on) the courtesy of
an associated link-back to this, the scruffyeagle.com website.
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This page presents the lyrics for the November 25, 2003 version of "FOR EILEEN" first - then
further down the page, has the lyrics as they are at the current date of Nov. 1, 2009. I
guarantee, that if I ever get the chance, you'll find a link here on this page (or the next version's
page?) leading to an up-to-date audio file of the song posted somewhere out there on the web.
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----- LYRICS AS OF 11/25/03 -----
"FOR EILEEN"
Copyright (C) 2000 thru 2009 by: John L. Fordham
All Rights Reserved
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When you were young, I was a fool.
I didn't know, what to do.
...and, now it's too late to say good-bye.
...and, I must go where the cold birds fly.
[: Ahh... (sustained 3 measures) (quiet) :]
I wasn't all I should have been.
I let you down - you kept me in.
She made you hide those things, I know.
She thinks you're just a thing she owns.
[: Ohh... ohwns (sustained 3 measures) (quiet) :]
It's not your fault, my dear Eileen.
She couldn't take you close to me.
It didn't matter, about you -
She was afraid of what I knew.
Ooo... (sustained 3 measures) (quiet)
Knew... (sustained 3 measures) (quiet)
I'll always love you, dear Eileen,
Though evil stole you away from me.
I'll always love you, though I go,
With all my heart, and all my soul.
It wouldn't help you, if I stayed.
She'd lie, and jail me, in this state.
[: Ahh... (sustained 3 measures) (quiet) :]
She's just not well enough to face
The truth of what she's done and said.
I did my best to compensate,
But, she still drove me far away.
[: ( no vocals here ) :]
I pray that God will set you free,
To have your father and family.
I'll always love you, dear Eileen,
With every song I write and sing.
[: Mmm... (sustained 3 measures) (quiet) :]
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----- LYRICS AS OF 11/01/09 -----
"FOR EILEEN"
Copyright (C) 2000 thru 2009 by: scruffyeagle.com
All Rights Reserved
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When you were young, I was a fool.
I didn't know, what to do.
...and, now it's too late to say good-bye.
...and, I must go where the cold birds fly.
Ahh... (sustained 7 beats) Goodbye.
Ahh... (sustained 6 beats) The cold birds fly.
I wasn't all I should have been.
I let you down - you kept me in.
She made you hide those things, I know.
She thinks you're just a thing she owns.
Ohh... (sustained 7 beats) ...owns.
Ohh... (sustained 6 beats) A thing she owns.
She's just not well enough to face
The truth of what she's done and said.
I did my best to compensate,
But, she still drove me far away.
( no vocals here )
It's not your fault, my dear Eileen.
She couldn't take you close to me.
It didn't matter, about you -
She was afraid of what I knew.
Ooo... (sustained 6 beats) The things I knew.
It should have mattered, about you.
I'll always love you, dear Eileen,
Though evil kidnapped you from me.
( no vocals here )
I'll always love you, though I go,
With all my heart, and all my soul.
It wouldn't help you, if I stayed.
She'd lie, and jail me, in this state.
( no vocals here )
I pray that God will set you free,
To have your father and family.
I'll always love you, dear Eileen,
My darling child, remember me.
Mmm... (sustained 7 beats) Eileen.
I'll always love you, dear Eileen.
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----- IN CONCLUSION -----
I hope that you will enjoy the music of the song, "FOR
EILEEN" - my gift of spirit, for whoever listens.
May you be guided and protected as you pass through life!
~~~
Scruffy Eagle
~~~
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