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"Trapped in a what had in
And everyone knows the only ones left
Was and me and .
When they broke through to pull us free
The only ones left to tell the
Was and me.
Timothy, Timothy
Where on Earth did you ?
Timothy, Timothy
God, why don't I ?
Hungry as hell, no to eat
And Joe said that he would sell his
For just a piece of meat.
One enough to swing for two
And Joe said to me, "I'll take a swing
And then there's some for you."
Timothy, Timothy
Joe was looking at .
Timothy, Timothy
God, what did we ?
I must have out just 'round then
'Cause the very next thing that I could see
Was the light of day again
My was full as could be
And nobody ever got around to finding Timothy.
Timothy, Timothy
Where on earth did you ?
Timothy, Timothy
God, why don't I ?
"Timothy" was a 1970 song for one-hit wonder, The Buoys. It was written by Rupert Holmes who can be heard playing piano on the record. The song reached Number 17 on the US Billboard Top 40 chart in 1971. The single also reached Number Thirteen on the US Cash Box chart and Number Nine on the Canadian Top Singles chart.
The song may be best known for its controversial story line. "Timothy" tells the story of three miners who were caught on the wrong side of a cave-in in the mine. Two of the miners, desperate to survive, ate the third miner. A less grisly alternate storyline has the titular "Timothy" being a mule trapped with the two miners.
Whatever the version of the story, "Timothy" proved to be the greatest hit of The Buoys, by far. The difficulty proved to be finding a follow-up to a song as unusual as "Timothy". Some connections have been drawn between the Sheppton Mine Disaster, but Rupert Holmes and the Buoys have always maintained that was just a fortunate coincidence.
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