Thin Lizzy - Downtown Sundown (Peel Sessions '77)

Lyrics & Information

A great session of Downtown Sundown recorded in 1977. Thin Lizzy is said to have recorded 43 individual recordings, featuring 41 different songs, with two tracks recorded twice, for the Stuart Henry radio programme and released via the BBC.

Lyrics :-

If you want your freedom
There is nothing planned
If you really need him
I will understand

Please believe in love
I believe there is a God above
For love
And He's coming

If you want to fly
Then fly away
All the cloudy skies
Belong to yesterday

Please believe in love
I believe there is a God above
For love
And He's coming
Yes, He's coming

And in the shadow
A swallow dies
No-one knows
The hobo hides
There is no need to apologise
This is the story of a downtown sundown
Oh

[Solo]

If you climb the mountain
Then you will see
There is no great distance
Between the Lord and me

Please believe in love
I believe there is a God above
For love
And He's coming
Yes, He's coming

And in the shadow
A swallow dies
No-one knows
The hobo hides
There is no need to apologise
This is the story of a downtown sundown

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Thin
• Lizzy
• Downtown
• Sundown
• Peel
• Sessions
• 1977

[Blewline67]

this is priceless to me, thanks for the upload sbyrne1

[thingsaintworkin]

just great

[spin1788]

Intelligent songsmith, a romantic, a hard man, and a charmer , didn't we all want to be Phil Lynott.

[89afvet]

this song is one of my all time favorites from any band. I just love Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott. SO many great songs . Wish he was still with us.

[houseofglass21]

@captainsoul1953 Most of the Peel Sessions I've ever heard are not live performances. They're usually just re-recordings of the songs. But I think it's awesome because it gives a different production/sound to the song which in some instances is even better than the album versions.

[nocandododo]

Love this song and lyrics.

[finalloose]

this one gives love to my heart

[captainsoul1953]

I have this Peel session on tape...its not live at all unfortunately...just a a straight playing of the record...all four tracks are like this...i have a lot of Peel sessions i recorded back then...quite a few of them are not live...bit of a con really

Jim

[TelegramSam59]

Awesome,nobody can touch that today.Thanx for sharing my friend.

[beavaboi19]

fuken good song

[scottyronson69]

dude can i get a copy of these alternate "more" peel sessions of you ?? thanks for the upload.. god bless you. i had a radio tommy vance recording of the mixture and i have the peel sessions but cant find these other more peel sessions recordings... thanx .. scotty