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In January 2010 I lost one of my best mates: Derek Menzies. He basically just dropped dead on his way to see St Mirren, it was a real shocker and very upsetting, I was totally gutted actually. Anyway, I guess I needed a vent for my emotions in the run-up to his funeral - so I wrote a wee song... Derek was a huge St Mirren fan and was very well known as 'Sunny Foxbar Saint' on blackandwhitearmy.com - which is the main Buddies fan site/forum, and Foxbar is the area of Paisley where Derek made his home with Maureen. It's basically a very simple song of laughter, drinking, friendship...

My Sunny Saint

My Sunny Saint
We laughed so hard we cried
Tears welling up in my eyes
Draining off your Dublin Blue
Two more for me and you
Shaking like a bag of bones
Laughing right through to our toes
The bar and bus: they're calling time
...and we feel fine

My Sunny Saint
You're making me laugh, you're making me cry
Keeping me warm when it's cold outside
Just one ray of light shining down from you...
...and I'll feel fine My Sunny Saint

My Sunny Saint
Too soon for us to say goodbye
But thank you for the light in my life
And if I'm old and feeling blue
I'll still raise one to me and you
And when I get to feeling so sad
I'll think about the times we had
So let the bartender call for time
...cause I feel fine

My Sunny Saint
You're making me laugh, you're making me cry
Keeping me warm when it's cold outside
Just one ray of light shining down from you...
...and I'll feel fine My Sunny Saint

My Sunny Saint
You make me feel good, you make me feel high
When I'm with you it's always black and white
Just one ray of light shining down from you...
...and I'll feel fine My Sunny Saint

John Bell, Paisley - Jan 2010