Jeremy Brett

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[Verse 1]
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I'm in love with Jeremy Brett.
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He was the single greatest Sherlock Holmes, yeah!
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In a series on the BBC
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I used to watch him here on a & e.

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[Verse 2]
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Hair slicked back and impeccably dressed.
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His only prop could be a single cigarette.
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He was an actor in the old regard,
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who took the stage intent to fully become his part.

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A sort of dandy in the classic tradition,
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a bon vivant filled with bouts of depression.

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[Verse 3]
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Sundown sunday, Kensington High Street
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in a cabretta with a floral scarf.
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London's yours, man! You got Macbeth tonight.
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A scull in your hands in the fire light.

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Tobacco and champagne and you're feelin alright!
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A cab across town and a kiss goodnight.

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He played a Holmes that was deep and dark with faults -
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richly complex and brilliantly detailed.
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A "Damaged penguin" with genious intuition,
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animated spider with singular vision,

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whose only need was a case to consume him
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to stave his addiction to a certain solution.

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[Verse 5]
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David Burke and Edward Hardwicke,
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played it perfect as his friend and companion.
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A kind-hearted, affable Watson.
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Everyready with a loyal hand in

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any case that Holmes would command him.
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I always felt Holmes couldn't do without him.

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[Verse 6]
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Brett's wife died back '85,
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all the grief triggered manic depression.
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See it in his face, man - he was heavily grieving.
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His heart grew thin and finally stopped beating.

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Oh, Jeremy Brett! I never knew you.
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Oh, Jeremy, Darling! I dedicate this song to you!

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