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This is a song about bullying. When I was at school there was a particularly nasty bastard called Robert. Many years after leaving school I was driving through Warwick and I saw him crossing the road. Instead of breaking I actually speeded up my car and almost ran him over. It is strange how things effect you isn't it?

I won't miss him next time though. :-)

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Never Cried Out

By Bill Bates

You were bigger than me.
As we met up in the yard
watched by my school friends,
You had summoned me,
To a fight to the finish,
or at least until the school break ends
And as I lay there bleeding,
I thought that I had won
But I never cried out,
and I never complained,
I wish we could meet again

You were stronger than me,
As you held my arm so tight behind my back
You had threatened me
And my head was pounding
and I thought I’d have a heart attack
And as I lay there bleeding,
I hoped that I had won

But I never cried out,
and I never complained,
I wish we could meet again

Middle 8
But now I’m older, it don’t bother me
Oh, how I tried, the tears that I cried,
those sleepless nights,
But it don’t bother me
No, it don’t bother me

I drove my car,
and as you crossed the road you were lit up by headlights
I never touched the breaks
And I heard you screaming
as I drove off in the pale moon light
And as you lay there bleeding
I knew that I had won

But I never cried out,
and I never complained,
I wish we could meet again

You were bigger than me

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from When England Calls - (26 tracks), released January 3, 2012

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Bill Bates Royal Leamington Spa, UK

I am a Warwickshire based singer songwriter and I perform my songs in folk clubs and festivals. My songs are (almost) autobiographical and often about the ordinary things in life, such as caravan holidays, recycling and a song about a Mars Bar party (where people are supposed to have took their clothes off!) Some of my songs are funny, other songs are serious; either way I hope you like them! ... more

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