{"product_id":"and-so-paul-murphy-9798262997206","title":"And So...","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd So... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eby Paul Murphy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - - - - \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe complete lyric to Irish singer\/songwriter Paul Murphy's epic break-up song, described by its author as \"\u003ci\u003eIt's\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ea tear-streaked traveller crossing a flooded river on the stepping stones of a broken marriage.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecorded in five separate parts, necessary due to his disability from a muscle-wasting disorder, the full song runs to over an hour in length, and has been described as \"an act of defiance against fate up there with Samson.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten as an allegorical narrative, the tale takes the protagonists from love to heartbreak, despair to reflection, and makes ports of call at acceptance, remorse, confusion, blame, compromise, and anger. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eI based it on so many divorces, \u003c\/i\u003eso\u003ci\u003e many breakups. Among them, but not limited to, is a couple of relatives - or so they claimed! - of mine; a guy I used to know, heck, back in the late 1980s, who else - oh yeah, an actress and her husband; maybe a bit of Dylan's 'Idiot Wind' is in there, there's an ex-Beatle - you know, lots. Maybe Lot herself! One of those slow-burner songs, you know, you don't realise it's cooking away until you smell burning, then you have to pour the ingredients out fast and put them on the sill\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eLeave to cool, serve as necessary\u003c\/i\u003e.\" - Paul Murphy, YouTube interview on \"\u003cb\u003eAnd So\u003c\/b\u003e ...\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Murphy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798262997206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.12d","brand":"Paul Murphy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170165825791,"sku":"9798262997206","price":7.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/and-so-paul-murphy-9798262997206","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}