this is my granddads favorite song, he used to play it all the time as i was growing up...he's on his way out so i'm gonna play this at his funeral :$
Wars, financial crises, drugs, alcoholism, suicides...all melt away when listening to this simple but brilliant song. There are things that test our happiness, but they are not as powerful as the things that sustain it.
@eddgregg I think possibly the greatest wordsmith we have ever given the music world.Definitely on a par with Cohen and Dylan and sorry Paul and John you don't make this grade as much as i love you
@MOGGS1942 My account got hacked a week ago and I am currently un-aware of any posts that may have been posted on videos. I deeply appologise, but it wasn't me who posted that comment.
These beautiful songs of his still make me cry, as they did all those years ago. RIP. So sad he died so young, can you just imagine what he would be doing now, if he was still alive??
the B' side of Gaye, back in '73, used to play this a lot at the time, loved it then, and as iv'e got older like a fine wine it just seems to get better and better, memories are great, and it's a bonus when beautiful songs like this jog them.
To add to my earlier comment, YouTube is one of the only places on the planet where you can wallow in the wonderful talent of C T W. Although I still have a vinyl album of Home Thoughts, kept safe and scratch free !! I am 53 now, but his music is still as fresh as it was when first released, to me and many others !
Just read about a guy who does Hospital Radio at Chapel Allerton in Leeds who met and became friends with CTW and was with him shortly before he died - he vowed to play CTW music on his show and at 7:30 pm once a week plays an album track in his memory and to ensure a part of the public will hear the work of this genius. - Paul in Isle of Man
he lived in worcestershire which is near to where i live, and he died in a local cottage hospital, i'm too young to remember him though, love this song
Clifford T Ward taught my Dad English when he was @ North Bromsgrove High school in 1971/1972 . My old mans told me a few tails about Clifford, and how he was idolised @ school.
Thanks fan for the sharing of this tune and images. Great quality and such an emotional song.
Such emotion has been clearly felt by almost all comments that are added here, if you hadn't heard how sad the song is, and how tastefully it's presented, a spin through of the comments below will surely paint the picture. Very grateful for your posting, fan
He was an amazing lyricist and musician. i was so sad when i heard he had died, must be at least ten years ago now. He was a friends dad and he had MS :( some people are too good for this earth
This is the most beautiful song in the world. It was played at my Nanna's funeral and every time I listen to it, I burst into tears.
I miss my Nanna so much and I would do anything to have her with me right now. I remember the first time I heard this when I was in the church that day nearly 5 years ago, and I remember how I cried. I just sat there and sobbed.
@jaydeebaybee94 yes there is something about his music that touches us deeply. im 50 and have told my kids to play home thoughts from abroad at my funeral. they are not really sad songs. they are just so beautifull that they seem a perfect way to leave this world and leave a lasting memory of the person that is leaaving
my husband bought me a clifford t ward L.P. when we were going out together in early 70s.i love this song and the words its my all time favorite.when i tell people about clifford t ward they say they have never heard of him i just cant beleave it some times he was wonderful.Istill have the LPin the loft my kids or grandchildren might listen to it one day i hope so and enjoy it as much as i have.
I first heard this song 10 years ago. The words make it the most beautiful love song ever written. When he died, they put a memorial site online for him.. it may still be there. I let his family know how I felt about this song. It's such a shame that he wasn't popular in the USA. People today, are still hearing his name for the first time. I hope his music lives on forever.
I seem to remember this being the B side to Gaye, I always played this , I found it too difficult to resist, something so nostalgic about the tune and lyrics, its beautiful.
An ex girlfriend gave me this song - how could I have let her go after that! I have been a fan for so many years - thank you for this and such a great video too!!!!!
well i've just been sent this......i'm in hospital btw i've been in since November following a car crash in which in which i nearly died. But the love of my life always stood by me to make me laugh and pull me through some really dark times.....but i feel very very lucky
@philipwatson Why? Although I always recognized this as a quintessential English song I also always totally identified with it, I suppose because really the home he sings about is the place where the loved one is, and he makes it so homely, always loved the line "Does the cistern still leak, or have you found a man to mend it" Just shows, you can have Browning, Keats,Wordsworth,
television and cisterns happily in the same breath. Maybe that's the magic.
When I lived abroad, in Beirut in the early 70's, I sent these words to a girlrfriend back in England, albeit with slighlty amended lyrics. Very corny I know but even now, although the relationship was short-lived and very innocent, the song still has a powerful and emotional resonance - I was young then after all!
Over the years I have loved this record but felt a bit sad I never had a girl leave me....so I could now listen to the wonderfull words and feel sad....now, how sad is that!!!! I almost wish I new how robert browning must have felt. lol
most perfect poetry PUT to music. His songs delve into our very souls, they are absolutely impossible to forget once they have been heard.
One thing we all have in common is that we all will leave this little planet, BUT, one thing I am sure of is that we will all be united in the music of the Universe. I cant wait to hear what he has been composing since he passed over.
i'm brazilian. since my youth, i think that no other singer (maybe caruso: ah, la paterna mano - macbeth... riposa o mamma - il trovatore... fenesta vascia - bellini) transmitted such feeling of tenderness. who was or who is clifford? sort of an angel among us? clifford, we miss you. we really do.
I heard this driving to work one morning and had to find somewhere to stop and just take it all in. To be truthful this is not what I would listen to but it is such a complete song and you can feel the sadness and relate it to something in your life. CLASSIC song with a singer sadly missed
Im not old enough to remember When this material came out. But I love old classic music, And someone a couple of months ago, gave me his greatest hits. One of the best presents ever. Just like finding buried treasure.
in life some people touch your innermost being, his words cut me wide open, the pain of real love sometimes hurts so much, when it dies part of you dies with it, I came through stronger, adore the way he writes, he must have felt it.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard - there is something heavenly about Clifford T Ward rendition , it hits you right in the heart - so special !!!
An English songwriter who writes with his heart in England and a voice in heaven, he was an inspirational gift put on this earth another treasure lost God Bless
Thanks for the reply ctwfan and i will visit the fansite, I actually started searching the net for and CTW downloads as i didnt realise you could get hold of original cd's , i will gladly buy some once i know what i want.
I must say that that this has opened my eyes to somebody I had never heard of before and all week I've been waking up singing the intro and verse to this song and 'a day to myself' which i discovered last week after posting on here, I'll post about that in the relevant thread.
So pleased that you have discovered his music. Let's hope you don't die too soon though !!!! Check out the Clifford T Ward fan club where you can buy his CDs..There are so many more great songs of his to listen to..
Emotion without the histrionics , music which will only appeal to people with a heart and a mind. I've been trying to convince all and sundry of this man's colossaL songwriting talents for decades ...... hope somewhere, somehow CTW can see how much his work is appreciated.
I agree with everything you say ! I have been a fan of his for years and I could never understand why he was not appreciated as much as should !!. This was real talent - probably one of the best in popular music. His songs hit you right in the heart- and evokes such beautiful emotions !!
I play this song a lot as a radio presenter and i was wondering if anyone else can hear a voice just before he sings? Sounds like breakthrough from a cb radio and says "19 a roger"? I thought it was just on the version we have on our system but i can hear it on this video as well. Tell me i am not going mad
No you're not going mad. We've got an I Mac and the speakers are brill. I heard it and if you listen closr there's a little something else but couldn't make it out!!
I'd forgotten how beautiful this record it. Brought tears to my eyes. Thanks for posting it.
LondonSoulMan 6 days ago
Gets me right there!!
thebedlingtonterrier 2 weeks ago
Super song,super photos .Thanh you for this master piece
SuperPaddymurphy 4 weeks ago
This is so profound, only a musical genius like CTW could put this together, it's a f**king travesty that it has so few viewings.
The video compliments the song very well, so well done ctwfan :o)
drage1862 1 month ago
This is a complex song made simple.
Such a delightful musician. One day, someone will claim this as their own work and ruin it.
From the era when music meant more than just money. Glad I lived through it.
OwdBogger 1 month ago
this is my granddads favorite song, he used to play it all the time as i was growing up...he's on his way out so i'm gonna play this at his funeral :$
FROGvTOAD 1 month ago
Wars, financial crises, drugs, alcoholism, suicides...all melt away when listening to this simple but brilliant song. There are things that test our happiness, but they are not as powerful as the things that sustain it.
SeriousError 1 month ago
This song makes me cry almost every time I hear it.
TheBonoboChimp 2 months ago
Genius, is a very much over used word to write in such a manner in so moving and and briliant way borders on the genius.
eddgregg 2 months ago
@eddgregg I think possibly the greatest wordsmith we have ever given the music world.Definitely on a par with Cohen and Dylan and sorry Paul and John you don't make this grade as much as i love you
juicybrucey1 2 months ago
@XxcalvindudexX I wonder what kind of person you are to produce such a vile post.
MOGGS1942 3 months ago
@MOGGS1942 My account got hacked a week ago and I am currently un-aware of any posts that may have been posted on videos. I deeply appologise, but it wasn't me who posted that comment.
XxcalvindudexX 3 months ago
@XxcalvindudexX In that case,kindly accept my regrets for my post.
MOGGS1942 3 months ago
This song reminds me of my childhood, and always will!
rosieacrocombe 3 months ago
Can you imagine an artist whose lyrics reference Browning, Keats and Wordsworth getting signed up nowadays? Neither can I
TomthatiscalledTom 3 months ago
For anyone who has had their heartbroken and wondered what if...there is this song from an underrated genius, Clifford T Ward.
Katie, when I hear this I think of you
destructivedandy 3 months ago
I love this wonderful song and the singing and production, perfect. You couldn't imagine how it could be improved at all. Thanks for posting!
atlantic1952 4 months ago
Pardon my French but 6 dislikes?, well you six should just fuck right off!, a beautiful and heartbreaking song 10/10
45soulvinyl 4 months ago 2
he reminds me of eric eckhart
LarryFogarty 5 months ago
Hey CTW fans, I’ve uploaded the album version of ‘Watchin’ The TV News’ (from 'Both Of Us') on YouTube. Go to /watch?v=8bCW6n5AIGU
ispital 5 months ago
This song breaks my heart every time I hear it, every word mirrors my life
guitaraddiction88 6 months ago 2
Anyone who gets "Worcestershire" into a song gets my vote. Sublime. RIP CTW.
TheEyeteeman 7 months ago
Does anyone know the chords to this? Normally you can find any chords in the world on the internet, but not this song. It really is torture.
JustAnother800 7 months ago
LOVELY
DorbyDog 7 months ago
This is Her Majesty The Queen's song apparently.... haha
HRHStewartIIRegina 8 months ago
These beautiful songs of his still make me cry, as they did all those years ago. RIP. So sad he died so young, can you just imagine what he would be doing now, if he was still alive??
pet456bike 8 months ago
stunning, thank you so much for posting
gramule 9 months ago
Still love the man and his music.I have all his albums..vinyl by the way. Just miss him so much
pammypoos1 10 months ago
the B' side of Gaye, back in '73, used to play this a lot at the time, loved it then, and as iv'e got older like a fine wine it just seems to get better and better, memories are great, and it's a bonus when beautiful songs like this jog them.
alanpowell1957 10 months ago
ITS SO, SO SAD THAT THIS BEAUTIFUL PERSON DIED SO YOUNG......RIP .CLIFFORD... I MISS YOU.....
pet456bike 10 months ago 4
To add to my earlier comment, YouTube is one of the only places on the planet where you can wallow in the wonderful talent of C T W. Although I still have a vinyl album of Home Thoughts, kept safe and scratch free !! I am 53 now, but his music is still as fresh as it was when first released, to me and many others !
kgogarty1957 11 months ago 2
When i was 16, in 1973, i met a girl on holiday, called Susan Poulter, from Bromsgrove. Clifford T Ward used to be her teacher. Small world !
kgogarty1957 11 months ago
Beautiful what more can you say.
nogurunomethod1 11 months ago
Just read about a guy who does Hospital Radio at Chapel Allerton in Leeds who met and became friends with CTW and was with him shortly before he died - he vowed to play CTW music on his show and at 7:30 pm once a week plays an album track in his memory and to ensure a part of the public will hear the work of this genius. - Paul in Isle of Man
paulbowden1 1 year ago 3
he lived in worcestershire which is near to where i live, and he died in a local cottage hospital, i'm too young to remember him though, love this song
smileysal1976 1 year ago
My God, this is so truly poetic, and so deeply painful at the same time
pwalker88 1 year ago 2
I remember Clifford was part of a clutch of great English singer-songwriters of the early seventies like Gilbert O'Sullivan and Colin Blunstone.
THEBOXINGPOST 1 year ago
stunning,beauiful,so sadly missed,
hildamary100 1 year ago
Clifford T Ward taught my Dad English when he was @ North Bromsgrove High school in 1971/1972 . My old mans told me a few tails about Clifford, and how he was idolised @ school.
frizzell83 1 year ago
never got the recognition he deserved
trikerj1 1 year ago
Must be the only song in the english language to contain the word "Worcestorshire" in it !!!
MrBazzabee 1 year ago
it took a great man sir terry to tell me how good this is . it is so beautiful.
dollyknot 1 year ago
Thanks fan for the sharing of this tune and images. Great quality and such an emotional song.
Such emotion has been clearly felt by almost all comments that are added here, if you hadn't heard how sad the song is, and how tastefully it's presented, a spin through of the comments below will surely paint the picture. Very grateful for your posting, fan
treiterschijf 1 year ago
That brought me back!! Tanx for postin' :-)
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JAYNEANITA 1 year ago
He was an amazing lyricist and musician. i was so sad when i heard he had died, must be at least ten years ago now. He was a friends dad and he had MS :( some people are too good for this earth
bizla28 1 year ago
This is the most beautiful song in the world. It was played at my Nanna's funeral and every time I listen to it, I burst into tears.
I miss my Nanna so much and I would do anything to have her with me right now. I remember the first time I heard this when I was in the church that day nearly 5 years ago, and I remember how I cried. I just sat there and sobbed.
I love you so much Nanna- I'll see you soon
xxx
jaydeebaybee94 1 year ago 2
@jaydeebaybee94 yes there is something about his music that touches us deeply. im 50 and have told my kids to play home thoughts from abroad at my funeral. they are not really sad songs. they are just so beautifull that they seem a perfect way to leave this world and leave a lasting memory of the person that is leaaving
MrFennort 1 year ago
@MrFennort A beautiful comment ...
sxitezza 1 year ago
This is just sublime. What else is there to say? Time for a musical based on Cliffords wonderful songs.
Wisterialodge 1 year ago
i love love n the songs that make it a reality..this is one
rogerthedodger55 1 year ago
Yet another piece of genius from one of the best writers ever....
putrified9 1 year ago
I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THIS WAS VOTED NUMBER 4 IN THE LIST OF ALL TIME BEST SONGS
dustbuster1949 1 year ago 14
Yes that poll was voted by Radio 2 listeners
ctwfan 1 year ago 5
@ctwfan that explains it.
hovis1962 1 year ago
@ctwfan
I listen to Chinese Radio 2 too!
PaddyBer 11 months ago
@dustbuster1949 I believe it was my mute and deaf grandmother who compiled that list
timsproal 2 weeks ago
Heartbreaking, beautifiul, and I agree with 0427perry, Rundgren breaks hearts with words
MartiW 1 year ago 2
This is perfect. I miss you.
doodleplop800 1 year ago
he,s up there with todd rundgren with this song
0427perry 1 year ago
I can hear at least three of his other songs wrapped up in this one.
sirtinycreep 1 year ago
If i were to die tomorrow I would want this played at my funeral - AND SO DO I!!!!!
LadyD1976 1 year ago
my husband bought me a clifford t ward L.P. when we were going out together in early 70s.i love this song and the words its my all time favorite.when i tell people about clifford t ward they say they have never heard of him i just cant beleave it some times he was wonderful.Istill have the LPin the loft my kids or grandchildren might listen to it one day i hope so and enjoy it as much as i have.
joe1tom2 1 year ago 4
The best ever Cifford T Ward song...EVER!!
pammypoos1 1 year ago 2
love this song first tape i bought many years ago..
abi5262 1 year ago
Hiya matey moo! Love you xxx
sarahhayt 1 year ago
HI DAD!!! FROM TOM!
sarahhayt 1 year ago
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sarahhayt 1 year ago
I am actually nearly reduced to tears listening to this while the girl I love is three and a half thousand miles away. I hope she's okay.
Some song.
EddyC15 1 year ago 3
@EddyC15 I bet she loves and misses you too...
princessdamnation 1 year ago
@princessdamnation I hope she knows I love her. She'll be back to me some day.
EddyC15 1 year ago
@EddyC15 She does and she will. Who could not come back to a guy who dedicates this good a song to her... She'd be a fool not to.
princessdamnation 1 year ago
I first heard this song 10 years ago. The words make it the most beautiful love song ever written. When he died, they put a memorial site online for him.. it may still be there. I let his family know how I felt about this song. It's such a shame that he wasn't popular in the USA. People today, are still hearing his name for the first time. I hope his music lives on forever.
ckb2950 1 year ago 2
Class
nedthebed07 1 year ago
I seem to remember this being the B side to Gaye, I always played this , I found it too difficult to resist, something so nostalgic about the tune and lyrics, its beautiful.
17DJLOVER 1 year ago
i love this song
ATOMIKDOG23 1 year ago
He was brilliant.Told the BBC to stuff it.Man of principal.
Great song writer.
caravaneriam 1 year ago
An ex girlfriend gave me this song - how could I have let her go after that! I have been a fan for so many years - thank you for this and such a great video too!!!!!
TheKenner25 1 year ago
@TheKenner25
You're especially fortunate to have had a girlfriend who appreciates such beautiful words and music CTW is a legend
paulbowden1 1 year ago
beautiful ;-)
jostixnwine 1 year ago
Clifford was brilliant and sadly missed
Foxyarse2 1 year ago
This is hugely beautifyl and inspiring. It touches your heart deeply. The nature scenes are so beatutiful and meaningful also. Unrivalled
MrTomniall 1 year ago
Such inspiring and moving words.......Will always cherish this song deep down in my heart!!
TheRsuheimat 1 year ago
Love the video. Would like to see one featuring the landscape of the British Isles.
MrShangan 1 year ago
so beautiful. i am only a new visitor, yet this song seems perfect for my yesterdays
trashysinatra 1 year ago 2
I love this song, it's amazing.
nippletitsie 1 year ago
well i've just been sent this......i'm in hospital btw i've been in since November following a car crash in which in which i nearly died. But the love of my life always stood by me to make me laugh and pull me through some really dark times.....but i feel very very lucky
lynseydart 1 year ago 2
Captures that " away from home" feeling more succintly than any other love song. We need an Irish version!
philipwatson 1 year ago
@philipwatson Why? Although I always recognized this as a quintessential English song I also always totally identified with it, I suppose because really the home he sings about is the place where the loved one is, and he makes it so homely, always loved the line "Does the cistern still leak, or have you found a man to mend it" Just shows, you can have Browning, Keats,Wordsworth,
television and cisterns happily in the same breath. Maybe that's the magic.
obriensheila 1 year ago
2 words
Simply Awesome!!
cyeber2004 1 year ago
brilliant talent, wonderful writer and great voice.
MrBernie1956 1 year ago
a beautiful song from a great writer/singer,sadly missed but not forgotten
707roni 1 year ago 12
lovely,lovely,song from happier times.
piyhnjgtfrdesw 1 year ago 4
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When I lived abroad, in Beirut in the early 70's, I sent these words to a girlrfriend back in England, albeit with slighlty amended lyrics. Very corny I know but even now, although the relationship was short-lived and very innocent, the song still has a powerful and emotional resonance - I was young then after all!
MilesMacf 1 year ago 3
have loved this song since i first heard it, back in the 70s- brings back some very bitterswweet memories
medicdeano 1 year ago 4
my mother in law first introduced me to this fantastic song. A classic love song
nevetsddot 1 year ago 2
Amazing artist...such poignant words..i love this...xxx
habiba1966 2 years ago 7
munichlady why close you account
ntgorry 2 years ago
The curse of MS. What a truly gifted man!
naders71 2 years ago 4
A star when on earth and now a star in heaven singing to the angels who will all love his songs as we all did.!and still do!!
julestheangel 2 years ago
Over the years I have loved this record but felt a bit sad I never had a girl leave me....so I could now listen to the wonderfull words and feel sad....now, how sad is that!!!! I almost wish I new how robert browning must have felt. lol
jm9407 2 years ago 2
This one is an absolute tearjerker, he really is an amazing guy and a great artist and his songs really remind me of my youger days.xxxx
Cazzandrablue 2 years ago 4
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cliffgil 2 years ago
Clifford was in his fifties when he died. This song is quintessentially beautiful.
We miss you Cifford.
We really do.
SeriousError 2 years ago 5
I think God always takes the precious Souls
He loves the most Home as soon as He
can. Clifford was simply too gentle for this Planet.
I miss him also. I really do.
munichlady 2 years ago 4
I hope that when it is my turn to "leave" I can be remembered for something as precious as Clifford's poetry.
SeriousError 2 years ago
Yes, that is it. It wasn´t just music, it was the
most perfect poetry PUT to music. His songs delve into our very souls, they are absolutely impossible to forget once they have been heard.
One thing we all have in common is that we all will leave this little planet, BUT, one thing I am sure of is that we will all be united in the music of the Universe. I cant wait to hear what he has been composing since he passed over.
munichlady 2 years ago 3
i'm brazilian. since my youth, i think that no other singer (maybe caruso: ah, la paterna mano - macbeth... riposa o mamma - il trovatore... fenesta vascia - bellini) transmitted such feeling of tenderness. who was or who is clifford? sort of an angel among us? clifford, we miss you. we really do.
penseur99 2 years ago
Beautiful, honest
raymcg 2 years ago
dolores kirwin my song to you
ntgorry 2 years ago
Oh that is so sweet. I was born Kirwin, in Ireland.
Your dolores must be a lovely person.
munichlady 2 years ago
@munichlady what part of ireland
ntgorry 2 years ago
@ntgorry. Blackrock. Co.Dublin.
munichlady 2 years ago
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ntgorry 2 years ago
i used to drive trucks all over Europe this song is very close to my heart long times away from those i love
dickiebi 2 years ago 2
Susan,if you see this this all the words and feelings from the 70s we spent together are still in me.I miss you,I really do.
narobsharpe 2 years ago
You know Home thoughts from abroad is such a beautiful poem....
Simply awesome.....
cyeber2004 2 years ago
coachto....bravo...couldn't have putit better my self...the words are awsome...I know how Robert Browning must have felt!!!
jm9407 2 years ago
Come on,you know this was from me to you....
ovalball1 2 years ago
I heard this driving to work one morning and had to find somewhere to stop and just take it all in. To be truthful this is not what I would listen to but it is such a complete song and you can feel the sadness and relate it to something in your life. CLASSIC song with a singer sadly missed
coachto 2 years ago 6
this guy was an absolute genius.his brilliance was never appreciated.
limman10 2 years ago 25
@limman10 You're so right.
gillwilkinsongw 1 year ago
@limman10 - Couldn't agree more......the world is a much poorer place without him.
jpg8400 10 months ago
Beautiful, happy song.
mcgigglish 2 years ago
a real classic ,we all miss ctw.where is this video taken ? steve
spbsteve 2 years ago 2
great song
M374EVL 2 years ago
For the love of my life....she knows who she is
conachcraig 2 years ago
The most beautiful and the saddest song ever. This and Harry Chapin's Cat's in the Cradle always bring a lump to my throat.
jaygeemd 2 years ago 3
Never ever been a better love song penned.
JohnJoeMack 2 years ago 3
thank you for this all time favorite, i had the record with all its scratches and love it, thank you
holyblizzz 2 years ago 2
this is soo lovely xxxxxxxxxxxx
mochanbach 2 years ago 2
Im not old enough to remember When this material came out. But I love old classic music, And someone a couple of months ago, gave me his greatest hits. One of the best presents ever. Just like finding buried treasure.
ThePeacepoet 2 years ago 2
So sad, so beautiful.
janeecify 2 years ago
this is so good...they occasionally play it on radio 2 in England
johnnytheb26 2 years ago
Im only 11 and i recon this is much better than all the new music this is real music.
My grandad introduced me to cliford's music and i love it so much im going to ask this to be played at my funeral x
mime11cat 2 years ago 5
Hi Mime11cat, please don't think about funerals when you are 11. It's a great song but think life.
gribley1 2 years ago
And I for one hope that you and your Grandad have many years to listen to CTW.I also hope to be at your funeral ......in 90 years shall we say ?
1alexoswald 2 years ago
Love this song
PeterJNSims 2 years ago
I am now living in Brasil ..and CTWs songs keeps England alive for me ..they paint such memories in my mind of home...thankyou
jerrysutton1 2 years ago 2
in life some people touch your innermost being, his words cut me wide open, the pain of real love sometimes hurts so much, when it dies part of you dies with it, I came through stronger, adore the way he writes, he must have felt it.
thank you ctwfan
raysparx 2 years ago 4
Beautiful and poignant, wonderful lyrics!!!
biwofrhe 2 years ago 4
He's up there with Ronnie Lane & i don't mean heaven !!! Just beautiful
baplfrhe 2 years ago
beautiful - makes me well up when i hear it - thanks
thelocarno 2 years ago 6
@thelocarno Didn't Cliff play at the Locarno many, many years ago?
obriensheila 1 year ago
Seamus Quinn from myspaceabstractartistquinn says....great music.
QUINARTIST01 2 years ago
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard - there is something heavenly about Clifford T Ward rendition , it hits you right in the heart - so special !!!
tappytoto 2 years ago 25
This is most definitely one of the songs that I want played at my funeral .... which hopefully won't be for a rather long time!
LadyD1976 2 years ago 2
Thanks for posting these songs - I have now become a CTW fan - so relaxing and moving are his songs. Thank you again.
LEZAH333 2 years ago 3
Beautiful song and even more beautiful pictures. Thank you so very much.
atmj65 2 years ago 4
rip grandad u this was ur funeral song miss u
paddy hamill 2k9
acabpaddyacab 2 years ago
stunning,unique and beautiful - thank you
thelocarno 2 years ago 3
An English songwriter who writes with his heart in England and a voice in heaven, he was an inspirational gift put on this earth another treasure lost God Bless
Laughtongang 2 years ago
he inspired me to sing.check out gypwin
gypwin 2 years ago
Thanks for the reply ctwfan and i will visit the fansite, I actually started searching the net for and CTW downloads as i didnt realise you could get hold of original cd's , i will gladly buy some once i know what i want.
I must say that that this has opened my eyes to somebody I had never heard of before and all week I've been waking up singing the intro and verse to this song and 'a day to myself' which i discovered last week after posting on here, I'll post about that in the relevant thread.
ams3521 3 years ago
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lesfry 3 years ago
Oh God genius
iGaucho 3 years ago 2
If i were to die tomorrow I would want this played at my funeral.
Not bad considering I heard this song for the first time yesterday on the radio and used youtube as a tool to find out more.
what a beautiful song and pleasure it is to find Clifford T Ward.
ams3521 3 years ago 4
So pleased that you have discovered his music. Let's hope you don't die too soon though !!!! Check out the Clifford T Ward fan club where you can buy his CDs..There are so many more great songs of his to listen to..
ctwfan 3 years ago
@ams3521
grat song by a great man
bluewonder136 1 year ago
@ams3521
great song by a great man
bluewonder136 1 year ago
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lesfry 3 years ago 2
not at all
SpliffPete 3 years ago
Emotion without the histrionics , music which will only appeal to people with a heart and a mind. I've been trying to convince all and sundry of this man's colossaL songwriting talents for decades ...... hope somewhere, somehow CTW can see how much his work is appreciated.
shaggybristol 3 years ago 4
I have a heart and a mind and have long appreciated (loved I mean, but I am a Brit, so can't admit that I have feel emotion) CTW.
Stewartp 3 years ago
I agree with everything you say ! I have been a fan of his for years and I could never understand why he was not appreciated as much as should !!. This was real talent - probably one of the best in popular music. His songs hit you right in the heart- and evokes such beautiful emotions !!
tappytoto 2 years ago
A song that truly makes you think how lucky you are having someone.
joed24492 3 years ago
This song is incredibly beautiful! Thank you so much for posting x x x
HappyCatholicConvert 3 years ago
how did you no roger was gay you ponce?
yoyoboy5 3 years ago
cliffort t ward is an angel love and peace j vincent edwards
OtherTwin 3 years ago
Utterly brilliant, still makes me sob when I listen to it. Love it.
jreavey38 3 years ago 2
great song
CMGDP 3 years ago
I play this song a lot as a radio presenter and i was wondering if anyone else can hear a voice just before he sings? Sounds like breakthrough from a cb radio and says "19 a roger"? I thought it was just on the version we have on our system but i can hear it on this video as well. Tell me i am not going mad
cubwolf 3 years ago
yes cubwolf u not going mad, i hear it as well, like u say sounds like "19 a roger
CMGDP 3 years ago
No you're not going mad. We've got an I Mac and the speakers are brill. I heard it and if you listen closr there's a little something else but couldn't make it out!!
poppet55 3 years ago
Lol, I heard that and wondered what it was, sounds like, "your Gay Roger!"
Reddwarf1994 3 years ago
lol Roger your gay
SpliffPete 3 years ago
your not, this is the sound recordist words to roger phillips
davemun23 3 years ago
clifford t we miss you
davemun23 3 years ago