Name: Summer of '99
Duration: P00H03M48S
Description: We would go camping in North Devon every year to the same campsite and I would meet the same group of friends each year. One year I got drunk for the first time and we all spent the rest of the holiday trying to get served and chasing girls. Technically it was the summer of ’98, but ’99 sounds better.

Summer of '99

from Chalk & Clay by Ben Morgan-Brown

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We would go camping in North Devon every year to the same campsite and I would meet the same group of friends each year. One year I got drunk for the first time and we all spent the rest of the holiday trying to get served and chasing girls. Technically it was the summer of ’98, but ’99 sounds better.

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The smell of ferns is in the air
As I carry my bags from the off license where
Tommy got served if he talked just right
Cheap vodka and coke for us tonight
Cheap vodka and coke for us tonight

And we stole glasses from the campsite bar
risked the wrath of Alan Parr
but his daughter drank with us as friends
this is the night my childhood ends
this is the night my childhood ends

That summer night always returns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns

The headland paths are mud and sand
as Claire from bath she takes my hand
And the grass was damp but I did not care
As we lay down together there
and Claire from Bath lets down her hair

That summer night always returns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns
Whenever I catch the smell of ferns

And I know nostalgia often casts
a rosy glow on days gone past
but those teenage memories last

the smell of ferns is in the air
as i seek out the benches where
I used to laugh with my old friends
and we wished those summers would never end
how we wished those summers would never end
how we wished those summers would never end

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from Chalk & Clay, released July 2, 2021

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Ben Morgan-Brown Devon, UK

Ben Morgan Brown is an acoustic guitarist whose instrumental compositions have been described as “just beautiful” by Grammy award winning producer & songwriter Joe Henry.

Nature, nostalgia, and the antics of his three-year-old border collie Jake feature heavily in his music, which draws inspiration from, and comparison to, players such as Bert Jansch, William Tyler, Toby Hay, and Sarah Louise. ... more

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