Mr Skiffington's Spanish Idyll

[Verse] Mr Skiffington There was never a more gentle man With a taproom by the railway station He opened it for me And he poured himself a small tequila And one for me And we drank to his Spanish Idyll [Verse] For twenty-five years He was in the navy Traveled far But in his heart he stayed At the wheel of a slow old train Taking people to the sun Now the gentle days have just begun And they take him where his heart has always been To his Spanish Idyll [Chorus] A siesta in the afternoon A dinner with his friends at the hotel Some slow and gentle music To round off the evening well No need to look at the time 'Cause it's standing still In his Spanish Idyll [Verse] He showed me his photographs Some of the ships he'd served on in the past And his lady who passed on too soon But left him memories And a reason for living in Spain Though I suspect he would've come here anyway For his Spanish Idyll [Chorus] A siesta in the afternoon A dinner with his friends at the hotel Some slow and gentle music To round off the evening well No need to look at the time 'Cause it's standing still In his Spanish Idyll