I'm in love with Jeremy Brett
He was the single greatest Sherlock Holmes yet
In a series on the BBC
I used to watch him here on A&E
Hair slicked back and impecably dressed
His only prop could be a single cigarette
He was an actor in the old regard
Who took the stage intent to fully become his part
He was a sort of dandy in the classic tradition,
A bon vivant filled with bouts of depression
Sundown sunday, Kensington high street
In a cabretta with a floral scarf
London's yours, man you got Macbeth tonight
A scull in your hands in the fire light
Tobacco and champagne and you're feelin alright!
A cab across town and a kiss goodnight
He played a Holmes that was deep and dark with faults -
Richly complex & brilliantly detailed
A "Damaged penguin" with genious intuition
An animated spider with singular vision
Who's only need was a case to consume him
To stave his addiction to a certain solution
David Burke and Edward Hardwicke,
Played it perfect as his friend and companion
A kind hearted, affable Watson
Everyready with a loyal hand in
Any case that Holmes would command him
I always felt Holmes couldn't do without him
Brett's wife died back in '85
All the grief triggered manic depression
Could see it in his face - that he was heavily grieving
(His heart grew thin and finally stopped beating)
Oh, Jeremy Brett,
I never knew you!
Oh, Jeremy, darling!
I dedicate this song to you!
He was the single greatest Sherlock Holmes yet
In a series on the BBC
I used to watch him here on A&E
Hair slicked back and impecably dressed
His only prop could be a single cigarette
He was an actor in the old regard
Who took the stage intent to fully become his part
He was a sort of dandy in the classic tradition,
A bon vivant filled with bouts of depression
Sundown sunday, Kensington high street
In a cabretta with a floral scarf
London's yours, man you got Macbeth tonight
A scull in your hands in the fire light
Tobacco and champagne and you're feelin alright!
A cab across town and a kiss goodnight
He played a Holmes that was deep and dark with faults -
Richly complex & brilliantly detailed
A "Damaged penguin" with genious intuition
An animated spider with singular vision
Who's only need was a case to consume him
To stave his addiction to a certain solution
David Burke and Edward Hardwicke,
Played it perfect as his friend and companion
A kind hearted, affable Watson
Everyready with a loyal hand in
Any case that Holmes would command him
I always felt Holmes couldn't do without him
Brett's wife died back in '85
All the grief triggered manic depression
Could see it in his face - that he was heavily grieving
(His heart grew thin and finally stopped beating)
Oh, Jeremy Brett,
I never knew you!
Oh, Jeremy, darling!
I dedicate this song to you!