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Winter winds they do blow cold,
The time of year, it is chosen.
Now the frost and fire,
And now the sea is frozen.

He who sleeps he does not see
The coming of the seasons,
The filling of a dream
Without a time to reason.

When she walks through evil
O'er the paths of broken illusions,
Carefully now she lives,
For she has mended her confusion.

They've passed me by, many years,
And i did turn well away.
To give and lose love
And still no word had i to say,
Not to anyone.

Now i see
How i could speak honestly.
But when you're gone
Perhaps you'll long to be free.

I do know
When it is
That i must go.

For you can think of love
Wandering far from you,
Or of a warm heart
Wishing well and loving you.

I do believe
The way is
To live.

I have loved many
And you have, too.
But with the strength of the young
This love has memories,
They are worth to be sung.

He was a man and a friend always
We rambled on in the bad old days.
He never cared if i had no dough,
He stuck with me in the rain and snow.

Chorus:
And here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
Here's to you, my ramblin' boy,
May all your ramblin' bring you joy.
In tulsa town we chanced to stray.
We thought we try and work one day.
The boss said he had room for one,
Said my old pal, ``we'd rather bum.''


Late one night in a jungle camp
The weather it was cold and damp.
He got the chills and he got them bad,
I lost the only friend i had.


He left me here to ramble on,
My ramblin' pal is dead and gone.
When we die, we go somewhere,
I'll bet you a dollar he'll be ramblin' there.

Red and gold, and halloween have passed us by,
The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky,
You are so far away, yet i could touch you if i may,
But don't you worry now, i'm only dreaming anyway.

You may be lonely, you may be just on your own.
You could be anywhere, someplace that i have known.
But who am i and do we really live these days at all?
And are they simply feelings we have loved and do recall?

Oh the sea has made me cry,
But i love her, too, so maybe i love you.

For tears are only made of salt and water,
And across the waves the sound of laughter.
October it has gone and left me with a song
That i will sing to you although the moment may be wrong.

Could it be the sea's as real as you and i?
I often wonder why i always have to say
I'm only dreaming anyway.

(repeat last verse)

You must philosophise,
But why must you bore me to tears?
You're red around the eyes,
You tell me things no one else hears.
You spend all your time crying,
Crying the hours into years,
Crying the hours into years.

Come, lend your time to me,
And you will know that you are free.
And when you look at me,
Don't think you're owning what you see,
For remember that you're free,
And that's what you want to be,
So just lend your time to me.

Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Please mr lacey, let me work your lovely machine
Will you let me control the handles,
You know it's the best thing i've ever seen

Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Well mr lacey, where'd you learn just what to do?
Can you fix me up now with a teacher,
I wanna become an inventor too

Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
Why mr lacey, why d'you do the things you do?
It's true no one here understands now
But maybe someday they'll catch up with you

The words are different from the original (child) version but this is a very close approximation of the song as performed by sandy denny.

''i forbid you maidens all that wear gold in your hair
To travel to carterhaugh, for young tam lin is there

None that go by carterhaugh but they leave him a pledge
Either their mantles of green or else their maidenhead''

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to carterhaugh as fast as go can she

She'd not pulled a double rose, a rose but only two
When up then came young tam lin, says,''lady, pull no more''

''and why come you to carterhaugh without command from me?''
''i'll come and go'', young janet said, ''and ask no leave of thee''

Janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to her father as fast as go can she

Well, up then spoke her father dear and he spoke meek and mild
``oh, and alas, janet,'' he said, ''i think you go with child''

``well, if that be so,'' janet said, ''myself shall bear the blame
There's not a knight in all your hall shall get the baby's name

For if my love were an earthly knight, as he is an elfin grey
I'd not change my own true love for any knight you have''

So janet tied her kirtle green a bit above her knee
And she's gone to carterhaugh as fast as go can she

``oh, tell to me, tam lin,'' she said, ''why came you here to dwell?''
``the queen of fairies caught me when from my horse i fell

And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to hell
I so fair and full of flesh and fear it be myself

But tonight is halloween and the fairy folk ride
Those that would let true love win at mile's cross they must bide

So first let pass the horses black and then let pass the brown
Quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down

For i'll ride on the white steed, the nearest to the town
For i was an earthly knight, they give me that renown

Oh, they will turn me in your arms to a newt or a snake
But hold me tight and fear not, i am your baby's father

And they will turn me in your arms into a lion bold
But hold me tight and fear not and you will love your child

And they will turn me in your arms into a naked knight
But cloak me in your mantle and keep me out of sight''

In the middle of the night she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say and young tam lin did win

Then up spoke the fairy queen, an angry queen was she
Woe betide her ill-far'd face, an ill death may she die

''oh, had i known, tam lin,'' she said, ''what this night i did see
I'd have looked him in the eyes and turned him to a tree''

Come all ye rolling minstrels,
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the air
And move the rolling sky.

Those that dance will start to dance
And those who don't will sway
In time to this our merry tune
That we play for you today.

Chorus:
So come all ye rolling minstrels
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the air
And move the rolling sky.

Our fiddler, he just loves to play
And that's why he plays so good.
And now he plays a violin
Made out of solid wood.

(chorus)

Possessor of the magic touch,
But no magician, he
Will play for you some magic notes
Instead as you will see.

(chorus)

The sound of beating on the drums
From behind you hear,
And to the rhythm of guitar
We hope you'll lend an ear.

(chorus)

Well, the man who plays the bass does make
Those low notes that you hear.
And the high notes come from you and me
For we will sing so clear.

(chorus)

As i was a-walking along ratcliffe highway
A recruiting party came a-beating my way.
They enlisted me and treated me 'til i did not know
Unto the queen's barracks they forced me to go.

When first i deserted, i thought myself free
Until my cruel comrade informed against me.
I was quickly followed after and brought back with speed,
I was handcuffed and guarded, heavy irons put on me.

Court martial, court martial, they held upon me
And the sentence passed upon me, three hundred and three.
May the lord have mercy on them for their sad cruelty,
For now the queen's duty lies heavy on me.

When next i deserted, i thought myself free
Until my cruel sweetheart informed against me.
I was quickly followed after and brought back with speed
I was handcuffed and guarded, heavy irons put on me.

Court martial, court martial then quickly was got
And the sentence passed upon me, that i was to be shot.
May the lord have mercy on them for their sad cruelty,
For now the queen's duty lies heavy on me,

Then up rode prince albert in his carriage and six,
Saying, ''where is that young man whose coffin is fixed?
Set him free from his irons and let him go free,
For he'll make a good soldier for his queen and country.''

He was a stranger to himself,
A spy in his own camp,
And his money was his health,
All thrown to the dust by his very own hand.

Yet his beauty lingered still,
Beyond the draining of the sand,
But greener was the other side of the hill,
Richer was the other man's land.

But we loved him, loved him just like brothers would.
We loved him, loved him like no others could,
And she loved him, loved him like a lover should.

Take good care of an aching heart,
You never can replace it.
You know you are the master of your art,
You'll realise that when you think it fit.

Those orbs of blue are jading away,
No laughter from these dances.
Yet you're bound to remember this one day,
Hazards are risks, and risks are chances.

You can run for cover, run for cover like a frightened hare,
Till it's all over, all over and there's no-one there,
'cause you daren't discover, daren't discover that we really care.

There was a gypsy came over the land,
He sang so sweet and gaily.
He sang beneath the wild wood tree
And charmed the great lord's lady.

The lord he did come home
Enquiring for his lady
``she's gone, she's gone,'' said the serving man,
``she's gone with the gypsy davey.''

``go saddle me my black mare,
The grey is ne'er so speedy.
And i'll ride all night and i'll ride all day
Till i overtake my lady.''

He rode all by the riverside
On the grass so wet and dewy.
And seated with her gipsy lad
It's there he spied his lady.

``would you forsake your house and home,
Would you forsake your baby?
Would you forsake your own true love
And the promises you gave me?''

``what care i for my house and home
Or even my wee baby?
What care i for my own true love
For i love the gypsy davey.''

``well it's fare thee well my dearest dear,
It's fare thee well forever.
And if you don't return with me
I swear you'll see me never.''

And the lord he did go homeward
And kissed his own wee baby.
And ere six months had passed away
He'd married another lady.

I was born in east virginia,
North carolina i did go.
There i met the fairest maiden
But her name i do not know.

Her hair it was a brightsome color
And her cheeks were rosy red.
On her breast she wore white lilies,
All the tears that i have shed.

In my heart you are my darling,
At my door you're welcome in.
At my gate i'll always meet you
If your love i could only win.

In the night i'm dreaming of you,
In the day i find no rest.
Just the thought of you, my darling,
Sends aching pains all through my breast.

I'd rather be in some dark holler
Where the sun refused to shine
Than to see you with another one, darling,
To know you never will be mine.

Oh, when i'm dead and in my coffin
With my face towards the sun,
Come and look upon me, darling
See the deed that you have done.

If she knew what i've seen while i'm watching
Would she know where to smile, what to say?
When she leaves from her book to be with me
Where's her mind as she stands while i play?

She left behind names in the pages
And the time she took out, they stayed in
Now she thinks that she maybe should tell them
Of my book and the places she's been

Now she's looking at me while i'm writing
Does she know where to smile, what to say?
When she leaves from her book to be with me
What's she thinking about while i play?

On the night that i was married and in my marriage bed
There came a bold sea captain and he stood at my bed head
Saying ``arise, arise young wedded man this night for to go with me
To the low lowlands of holland to fight the enemy.''

Oh, i held my love all in my arms, still hoping he might stay,
When the captain he gave another order and we had to march away,
Saying ``there's many a blithe young married man this night must go with me
To the low lowlands of holland to fight the enemy.''

But holland it is a wondrous place and in it grows much green
'tis a wild inhabitation for my true love to be in.
Where the leaves they grow and the winds they do blow and strange fruit grows on every tree
'tis the wild wild lands of holland where twined my love and me.

No shoes nor stocking i'll put on nor comb to go through my hair
And nor shall day or candlelight shine on my bower fair
Nor shall i sleep with any young man until the day i die
For the lowlands of holland they parted my love and i.

Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone
Father will do the best he can, he don't always understand
Motherless children have a hard time when mother's gone

Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must obey that religion have its way
Mother told me i must obey when mother's gone

Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone
Mother told me i must prey get my feet in jesus's way
Mother told me i must prey when mother's gone

And the light i find reflected
Guides the way among the hearts left by the road
By the way you seem affected
I can almost taste the bitterness you show

Fly away from me
Try to find the reason
And in a day you'll be wandering again

If i fall about you now
I may never find the answer to your prayer
Would i hear you tell me how
I'm a loser pulling out if this affair

Calling all olive branches and laid-off doves
There is work to do before we say good-bye.
But who can see them turning to the face of love?
Though i hear them pleading with me, ``don't let us die,''
As i sit, i can see their troubled souls wander by,
And i feel them leaning on my shoulder to cry,
``oh, oh one more chance.''

The naked tree of winter seems to stand so proud,
Lording the poor mortal as he goes.
And the tears which well beneath his sombre shroud,
Will they fall with the shame of somebody who knows
He can never be like the thought of a rose
Whose beauty remains even though the bloom goes?
``oh, oh one more chance.''

Oh is it too late to change the way we're bound to go?
Is it too late? then surely one of us must know.

(repeat last verse)

You may search, at any cost
But how long can you
Search for what's not lost?
Everybody will help you
Some people are very kind
But if i can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

I can't help it, if you might think i'm odd
If i say i'm loving you,
Not for what you are, but for what you're not
Everybody will help you
Discover what you set out to find
But if i can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

The train leaves at half past ten
But i'll be back to-morrow
At the same time again
The conductor, he's weary
He's still stuck on the line
But if i can save you any time

Come on, give it to me
I'll keep it with mine

I travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky,
For that's the way it is, that is my fortune.
There are many ears to please, many people's love to try,
And everyday's begun rising for the moon.

There's a heart in every place, there's a tear for each farewell,
For that's the way it is, that is my fortune.
I'll lure you as the lace that the wayward gypsies sell,
With the sinking of the sun, rising of the moon.

Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.

We travel over the sea and ride the rolling sky,
For that's the way it is, that is our fortune.
There are many ears to please, many peoples love to try,
And everyday's begun rising for the moon.

Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.

Rising for the moon, the sun has set and it is dark,
But the star of the enchanted tune is bright as any spark.
The chorus of the dusk regail the evening lark,
Whose every day does start rising for the moon.

A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the year.
Lord darnell's wife came into church, the gospel for to hear.

And when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes about,
And there she saw little matty groves, walking in the crowd.

``come home with me, little matty groves, come home with me tonight.
Come home with me, little matty groves, and sleep with me till light.''

``oh, i can't come home, i won't come home and sleep with you tonight,
By the rings on your fingers i can tell you are lord darnell's wife.''

``what if i am lord darnell's wife? lord darnell's not at home.
For he is out in the far cornfields, bringing the yearlings home.''

And a servant who was standing by and hearing what was said,
He swore lord darnell he would know before the sun would set.

And in his hurry to carry the news, he bent his breast and ran,
And when he came to the broad mill stream, he took off his shoes and swam.

Little matty groves, he lay down and took a little sleep.
When he awoke, lord darnell he was standing at his feet.

Saying ``how do you like my feather bed? and how do you like my sheets?
How do you like my lady who lies in your arms asleep?''

``oh, well i like your feather bed, and well i like your sheets.
But better i like your lady gay who lies in my arms asleep.''

``well, get up, get up,'' lord darnell cried, ``get up as quick as you can!
It'll never be said in fair england that i slew a naked man.''

``oh, i can't get up, i won't get up, i can't get up for my life.
For you have two long beaten swords and i not a pocket-knife.''

``well it's true i have two beaten swords, and they cost me deep in the purse.
But you will have the better of them and i will have the worse.''

``and you will strike the very first blow, and strike it like a man.
I will strike the very next blow, and i'll kill you if i can.''

So matty struck the very first blow, and he hurt lord darnell sore.
Lord darnell struck the very next blow, and matty struck no more.

And then lord darnell he took his wife and he sat her on his knee,
Saying, ``who do you like the best of us, matty groves or me?''

And then up spoke his own dear wife, never heard to speak so free.
``i'd rather a kiss from dead matty's lips than you and your finery.''

Lord darnell he jumped up and loudly he did bawl,
He struck his wife right through the heart and pinned her against the wall.

``a grave, a grave!'' lord darnell cried, ``to put these lovers in.
But bury my lady at the top for she was of noble kin.''

Now i've been an engine driver all of my days,
That's the only thing i can do.
I hold a good head of steam everywhere that i'm seen,
Wherever my wheels rolled through,
Wherever my wheels rolled through.

I was nearly shut down in a mid-west town,
Her hair was red, her eyes were blue,
But the wheels on the truck kept calling me back,
So i bid that girl adieu,
Yes i bid that girl adieu.

Chorus
Blow whistle, steel wheels keep on humming,
Hold on darling your engine driver's coming,
He's coming through

Some day i'll have to give up the iron line,
And then i'll know just what i will find.
I'll find me some shack by some old railroad track,
So i can hear them motors whine,
So i can hear them motors whine.

(chorus)

Now i've been an engine driver all of my days,
That's the only thing i can do.
I hold a good head of steam everywhere that i'm seen,
Anywhere my trains rolled through,
Anywhere my trains rolled through.

(chorus)

It's a grey, grey morning, the rain it do fall
I'm feeling hungry and low
My bed's so empty, how i wish i could call
On the painted ladies i know
When you've got no credit, don't hold no sway
With the painted ladies i know
It's a ``thank you for nothing, we'll see you someday''
The painted ladies i know

Leave at home what you value enough
And laugh all your senses away
When you want to love everyone, how can you love
The painted ladies all say
Those film stars and beauties will please you tonight
If you go to bed with a book
But they can't hold a candle to something that trembles
If you need to do more than look

They come from rich fathers and twinkle their eyes
And you're begging them please not to go
When you're starved for some loving, they can make you feel special
The painted ladies i know
If you're seeking fortune, if you're seeking fame
And you're looking yourself in the eye
And god help the children, playing their game
The end of the game is goodbye

They pass through your vision like thoughts in a dream
Your good times are slipping away
It's time to move on or go down with the ship
The painted ladies all say

Away with the buff and the blue, and away with the cap and feather;
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire.

Chorus
Off to the sadie skey and over the moss and the mire
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire
Her father loves her well, her mother loves her dearer;
I love her better than them both but, man, i can't get near her.

(chorus)

If only i could be lying there aside her
While i watched my dear my arms would be denied her.

(chorus)

Her skin is like the silk and her hair is like the silver
Her breast are deep but full, they'll fall when i get near her

(chorus)

Of this love of mine, of this love i am weary;
Sleep i can't get none for thinking of my dearie

(chorus)

Away with the parson's shilling and away with the cap and feather
I want to see my lass who lives in hexhamshire

(chorus)

(4 instrumental verses)

(repeat first verse.)

A box full of treasure and a golden comb
I was surely give to you when the moon is [young?]
And christmas is in june.

I will paint an evening of which there will be few,
When the sky is water and the sun is blue,
And all this is just for you.

A handkerchief of silver to brush away your tear,
A sword of finest leather to match your paper spear,
For when the day draws near.

When i will write these words in languages unknown
I'll be the one to tell you your heart is made of stone
And christmas will never be in june.

No use knocking at my door,
I don't think i live here anymore.
I live in the past you see
I think of the last time we were there
Before you went with her.

All my letters lie unopened,
Along with calling cards and tokens.
I cannot read, you see,
I think of the need to be by you now
If i could only move somehow.

The albums strewn without their clothes
Gather dust amoung the grooves.
The only one i play is ''blue'',
It makes me think of you.

As i walked under london bridge
One misty morning early,
I overheard a fair, pretty maid,
Lamenting for her geordie.

''my geordie will be hanged with a golden chain,
'tis not the chain of many.
He stole sixteen of the king's royal deer
And he sold them in boeny.''

''go saddle me my milk white steed
Go saddle me my pony
That i may ride to london's courts
To plead for the life of geordie.''

''my geordie never hurt a man nor calf
He never hurted any
He stole sixteen of the king's royal deer
And he sold them in boeny.''

''two pretty babies have i borne,
The third lies in my body,
And i would part with them every one,
If you pardon my dear geordie.''

But the judge looked over his left shoulder,
He said, ''fair maid, i'm sorry,
I cannot pardon the one you love,
He has been hanged already.''

Annie wanders on the land.
She loves the freedom of the air.
She finds a friend in ev'ry place she goes.
There's always a face she knows.
I wish that i was there.

She says, ``i'm leaving here tomorrow
To find a new town far away.''
She says, ``won't you come too? you need a break.
You love to wake up somewhere new
And find another day.''

But i live in the city
And imagine country scenes.
For among the rich,
Within four walls and out of reach,
I live behind the screen.

She smiles as one who loves to smile,
To show that she is free.
But is she thinking now it's time
To wander back again,
To see her friends and me?

We all live in the city
And imagine country scenes,
For among the rich,
Within four walls and out of reach,
We live behind a screen.

``oh hark! the dogs are barking, i can no longer stay
The men have all gone mustering, i heard the publican say
And i must be off in the morning, love, before the sun does shine
To meet the contract shearers on the banks of the condamine.''

``oh willie, dearest willie, don't leave me here to mourn
Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever i was born
For parting with you willie is like parting with me life
So stay and be a selector, love, and i will be your wife.''

``oh nancy, dearest nancy, you know that i must go
Old hallerand is expecting me, his shearing for to do
But while i'm on the bogs, me love, i'll think of you with pride
And our shears they will go freely when i'm on the whippin' side.''

``oh i'll cut off my yellow hair and go along with you
I'll dress myself in men's attire and be a shearer too
I'll cook and count your tally, love while, ringer, you will shine?
And i'll wash your greasy moleskins on the banks of the condamine.''

``oh nancy, dearest nancy, you know that can't be so
The boss has given order, love, no woman shall do so
And your delicate constitution's not equal unto mine
To eat the ramstack mutton on the banks of the condamine.

But when the shearing's over, love, i'll make you me wife
I'll take up a selection and i'll settle down for life
And when the day's work's over, love, and the evening's clear and fine
I'll tell of them sandy cobblers on the banks of the condamine.''

The queen of light took her bow
And then she turned to go,
The prince of peace embraced the gloom
And walked the night alone.
Oooh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The dark lord rides in force tonight
And time will tell us all.
Ohhh throw down your plow and hoe,
Rest not to lock your homes.
As side by side we wait the might
Of the darkest of them all.
Ohhh

I hear the horses thunder
Down in the valley below.
I'm waitin' for the angels of avalon,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.

The apples of the valley hold,
The seeds of happiness.
The ground is rich from tender care,
Repay, do not forget.
Ohhh no, no! dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The apples turn to brown and black,
The tyrant's face is red.
Oooh hohh now! war is the common cry,
Pick up your swords and fly.
The sky is filled with good and bad
That mortals never know.
Ohhh. now.

Oh well, the night is long,
The beads of time pass slow.
Tired eyes on the sunrise,
Waitin' for the eastern glow.

The pain of war cannot exceed
The woe of aftermath.
The drums will shake the castle wall,
The ring wraiths ride in black. ride on.
Ohhh sing as you raise your bow, ride on.
Shoot straighter than before
No comfort has the fire that night
That lights the face so cold.
Ohhh dance in the dark of night,
Sing to the morning light.
The magic runes are writ in gold
To bring the balance back. bring it back.

At last the sun is shinin',
The clouds of blue roll by.
A-with flames from the dragon of darkness,
The sunlight blinds his eyes. eyes.

Ah-ah-oh. oooh-ooh-ooh.
Ahhh. oooh.

Bring it back. bring it back.
A-bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. bring it back.

Oh now, oh now, oh now ahh.
Oh now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it back. bring it back.
Bring it back. a-bring it back.

Whoah now, oh now, oh now ohh.
Whoah now, oh now, oh now.
Bring it, bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring it, bring it,
Bring it, bring - ahhh.

Well, that big dumb blonde with gorgeous george
And turtle, a friend of theirs, with his cheques all forged
And his cheeks in a chunk with a cheese in the cash
They're all gonna be there at that million dollar bash, and it's

Chorus
Ooh baby, ooh-ee
Ooh baby, ooh-ee
It's that million dollar bash
Everybody from right now go over there and back
The louder they come, well, the bigger they crack
Come now, sweet cream, and don't forget the flash
We're all gonna meet at that million dollar bash

(chorus)

Well, i took my counsellor out to the barn
Silly nelly was there, she told him a yarn
Then along came jones and emptied the trash
Everybody went down to that million dollar bash

(chorus)

Well, i been hittin' it too hard, you know, my stones won't take
I get up in the morning, bit too early to wake
First it's ``hello'' and ``goodbye'', and then push and then crash
But everybody's gonna make it to that million dollar bash

(chorus)

Well, i looked at my watch, then i looked at my wrists
Punched myself in my face with my fists
And i took my taters back a-home to be mashed
But then i made it right on to that million dollar bash

(chorus)

Chorus
Pleasure and pain is like profit and gain
Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose
Be kind to yourself when you're tired of yourself
Don't go mixing the reds along with the blues
The coach that i ride has a horseman who's tired
The reins to his hands they are tied
The one to alight, if he's lucky, he might
Learn to slow down and drift with the tide

(chorus)

It's ever so low when there's nowhere to go
And your spirit lies close to the ground
Take a long look behind, i'm sure you'll find
A friend there who'll help pull you round

(chorus)

You have to agree, it's not easy to see
A sheep underneath all that fleece
If you'll take my advice, stick with people you like
It's a big world, you're only one piece

(chorus)

Baby, every cloud has a silver lining
Baby every dog really has his day
And it matters to me to see you smiling
Why don't we blow all your cares away ?

Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten
And today is where every new day starts
Got to be free as the leaves in autumn
You may be sad but it never lasts.

And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.

We could go walking out in the sunshine
Look at all the people out in the street
Hurrying away to a business luncheon
Waiting for a taxi for aching feet.

Light up your face, baby, let's get going
Want to see a change in those weary eyes
We'll have some fun, take a boat out rowing
Why on earth should life be so serious?

And maybe, by the evening we'll be laughing
Just wait and see
All the changes there'll be
By the time it gets dark.

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
If you need a friend
And you need a way to loose the end
You know a place for you
When you're through

Hey, come and make it easy
Hey, come and make it black
It's no use to be free
If lies are all the truth they see
They'll screw up what you do
When you're through

Take the sun from my heart
Let me learn to despise
I'll show you another who cannot tell lies

The blind man can't see
Who demands to his eyes
I'll show you another who sings as he cries

I cannot be whole
As the beggar who sighs
I'll show you another who knows as he dies

Do i ever wonder? you don't know.
You'll never follow, and i'll never show.
D'you see the water and watch it flow
And float an empty shell,
And you think that i'm hiding from the island.
You've a fault in your senses. can you feel it now?

Time? what is that? i've no time to care.
I've lived for a long while nearly everywhere.
You will be taken, everyone, you ladies and you gentlemen.
Fall and listen with your ears upon the paving stone.
Is that what you hear? the coming of the sea?

Sea flows under your doors in london town.
And all your defences are all broken down.
You laugh at me on funny days, but mine's the slight of hand.
Don't you know i am a joker, a deceiver?
And i'm waiting for the land.

Chorus:
Green grow the laurels, soft as the dew
Sad i was, darling, on parting from you
Perhaps in the future our love will renew
We'll love one another and promise to be true
I wrote my love a letter and he wrote me mine
I wrote my love a letter, he wrote me mine,
Said: keep your love letter and i will keep mine,
You write to your love and i'll write to mine.

I passed my love's window both night time and day,
I passed my love's window both night time and day.
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay,
And the looks that he gave me a thousand would slay.

(chorus)

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine

Feels like a break-up, you're taking up time

Don't say you told her, *you* still you love her
Oh, that's where you've been, i hadn't seen all the signs
You swear you've changed then you tell me again
That it's you i can trust, for you must think that i'm blind

Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time

Stop all the schooling, just keep it cool and
Believe what i say though it may seem unkind
Too late for pleading, *i just want some peace*
And go find a new friend 'cause it's the end of the line

Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine

Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need me
Then i'll walk away, come on make up your mind
Don't try to use me or cry to confuse me 'cause
I know your games and they're the same games as mine

Why don't you wake up? you're taking up time

Go 'way from my window,
Leave at your own chosen speed.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I'm not the one you need.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Never weak but always strong,
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong,
Someone to open each and every door,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

Go lightly from the ledge, babe,
Go lightly on the ground.
I'm not the one you want, babe,
I will only let you down.
You say you're lookin' for someone
Who will promise never to part,
Someone to close his eyes for you,
Someone to close his heart,
Someone who will die for you an' more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe.

Go melt back into the night, babe,
Everything inside is made of stone.
There's nothing in here moving
An' anyway i'm not alone.
You say you're looking for someone
Who'll pick you up each time you fall,
To gather flowers constantly
An' to come each time you call,
A lover for your life an' nothing more,
But it ain't me, babe,
No, no, no, it ain't me, babe,
It ain't me you're lookin' for, babe

I know you're the wayward kind
The way you always drag behind
Show me a horse and i'll feed it hay
Show me the cart and i'll throw it away
Prettiest face i've ever seen
It looked like something in a magazine
To a blind man it's plain to see
That i need you and you need me

I've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
When things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I'd cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that i've got cold feet, a-ha-ha

Took me home to tell your dad
That you were the best girl i've ever had
I stayed for dinner, i couldn't refuse
I spilt the tea and i ate the news
Ah, you must think you're really neat
Got me tied down to my seat
I can't move, it's hard to think
With cramp in my eyelids and i can't blink

Well, i've got cold feet, it's a-crazy chasin'
Things get serious, time is a-wastin'
I cross my fingers but they don't seem to meet
There's no need to tell me that i've got cold feet, a-ha-ha
A-ha-ha

A sailor's life, it is a merry life.
He robs young girls of their hearts' delight,
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn,
They never know when they will return.

Well, there's four and twenty all in a row
My true love he makes the finest show.
He's proper tall, genteel and all,
And if i don't have him, i'll have none at all.

Oh father, build for me a bonny boat,
That on the wide ocean i may float
And every queen's ship that we pass by,
There i'll enquire for my sailor boy

They had not sailed long on the deep
When a queen's ship they chanced to meet.
``you sailors all, pray tell me true,
Does my sweet william sail among your crew?''

``oh no, fair maiden, he is not here
For he's been drownded we greatly fear
On yon green island as we passed it by,
There we lost sight of your sailor boy.''

Well, she wrung her hands and she tore her hair.
She was like a young girl in great despair.
And her little boat against a rock did run.
''how can i live now my sweet william is gone?''

Mama, take this badge off of me
I can't use it anymore.
It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can't shoot them anymore.
That long black cloud is comin' down
I feel like i'm knockin' on heaven's door.

Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door

See the boys out walking,
The boys look so fine,
Dressed up in green velvet
Their silver buckles shine.
Soon they'll be bleary eyed
Under a keg of wine.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.

See that lover standing
Staring at the ground,
He's looking for the real thing,
Lies were all he found.
You can get the real thing
It will only cost a pound.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.

There goes a troubled woman
She dreams a troubled dream,
She lives out on the highway,
She keeps her money clean.
Soon she'll be returning
To the place where she's queen.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.

You can be a gambler
Who never drew a hand,
You can be a sailor
Who never left dry land,
You can be lord jesus,
All the world will understand.
Down where the drunkards roll,
Down where the drunkards roll.

It's a long long way down to reno nevada
It's a long long way to your home
And the change in your pocket it's beginning to crumble
And you reap just about what you sow
You can walk down the street
Pass your face in a window
You can go on foolin' around
You can work night and day take a chance on promotion
You can fall through a hole in the ground

Well there ain't no game like the game that you're playing
When you've got a little something to lose
And there ain't no time like the time that you're wasting
And you waste just about what you choose
There's a man at the table and you know he's been able
To return all the odds that you lay
And you can't feed your hunger
And you ain't getting younger
And your tongue it's got nothing to say

It's a long long way down to reno nevada
It's a long long way to your home
And the ground underneath you it's beginning to crumble
And the sky up above you has grown
There's a time to be grievin' and a time to be screamin'
And a time just to scroll on the wall
And you ain't got the double
And it ain't worth the trouble
You're feeling you're going nowhere at all

Come on now mister, step right inside and see the show
You'll like it mister, it cures you if you're feeling low
We'll take care of you, especially if you've got the dough

They'll move you mister, just like a hurricane moves a tree
See here now mister, just look at what they've done for me
You're gonna like it, they'll take you where you want to be

All right now mister, come in and join the other guys
Just one thing mister, don't try to touch the merchandise
Or get too friendly, you know that wouldn't be too wise

Come on now mister, step right inside and see the show
You'll like it mister, it cures you if you're feeling low
We'll take care of you, especially if you've got the dough

I hear the sighing of the wind
Like a murmur of regret
And as i close my eyes
I see a face i will never forget

I see you running with the dawn
But that was many years ago
When you had seen the tender years
The only years you were to know

I knew a time when you and i
Ran through trees of green and gold
And gazed at clouds of feather grey
I never dreamt we would ever grow old.

But time has passed, my mind will dim
The hands will turn away my days
But you remain a timeless smile
Who'd just begun life's tangled ways.

Bad news, bad news, come to me where i sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear
Turn, turn, turn again
Joliet prison and ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be?
Turn, turn, turn again
Manslaughter in the highest degree
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

I sat down and wrote the best words i could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge i'd be there on wednesday night
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Without a reply, i left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Would you tell me the facts, i said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again
That a friend of mine could get ninety-nine years
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

A crash on the highway, flew the car to a field
Turn, turn, turn again
There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

But i knew him as good as i'm knowing myself
Turn, turn, turn again
And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying ``the witness who saw, he left without doubt''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve
Turn, turn, turn again
But ninety-nine years he just don't deserve
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed
Turn, turn, turn again
His sentence it is passed and cannot be repealed
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none
Turn, turn, turn again
What happened to him could happen to anyone
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

At that the judge jerked forward and his face it did freeze
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying, ``could you kindly leave my office now please?''
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

His eyes looked funny and i stood up so slow
Turn, turn, turn again
With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

I walked down the hallway and i heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again
I walked down the courthouse stairs and did not understand
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind

And i played my guitar through the night to the day
Turn, turn, turn again
And the only tune my guitar could play
Was ``the old cruel rain and the wind''

It's of an old butcher, i must bring him in.
Charges four pence a pound, and thinks it no sin.
Puts his thumb on the scale which makes it go down,
And swears it's good weight yet it lacks half a pound.
All sing...

Chorus:
Honesty 's all out of fashion
These are the rigs of the time
Time, me boys,
These are the rigs of the time
Now it's next to the baker, i must bring him in.
Charges tuppence a loaf and he thinks it no sin.
When he do bring it in, is not bigger than your fist,
And the top of the loaf is all covered in yeast
All sing...

(chorus)

Now it's next to the landlord, well i must bring him in.
Charges tuppence a pint and he thinks it no sin.
When he do bring it in, now the measure it is short
And the top of the pot it is all covered in froth.
All sing...

(chorus)

Now the best of all plans that comes to me mind
Is to set them all off in a high gale of wind
And when they go up, oh, the cloud it will burst
And the biggest old rascal come tumbling down first
Singing...

(chorus)

Within the fire and out upon the sea,
Crazy man michael was walking.
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals,
And shortly they were a-talking

``your future, your future, i would tell to you.
Your future, you often have asked me.
Your true love will die by your own right hand.
And crazy man michael will cursed be.''

Michael he ranted and michael he raved,
And beat at the four winds with his fists-o.
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and he swore,
For his mad mind had trapped him with a kiss-o.

``you speak with an evil, you speak with a hate,
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land,
Your sorcerer's words are to taunt me.''

He took out his dagger of fire and of steel,
And struck down the raven through the heart-o.
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin,
And the cold earth did wonder and start-o.

``oh, where is the raven that i struck down dead,
That here'd lie on the ground-o?
I see but my true love with a wound so red,
Where her lover's heart it did pound-o.''

Crazy man michael, he wanders and walks,
And talks to the night and the day-o.
But his eyes they are sane and his speech it is clear
And he longs to be far away-o.

Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes,
And asks of the wild woods their pardon.
For his true love is flown into every flower grown,
And he must be keeper of the garden.

Ye gentlemen of high renown, come listen unto me
That takes delight in fox hunting by every degree
A story i will tell to you, concerning of a fox
Near royston woods and mountains high and over stony rocks

Bold reynard, being in his hole and hearing of these hounds
Which made him for to prick up his ears and tread upon the ground
``methinks me hears some jubal hounds a-pressing upon the life
Before that they should come to me, i'll tread upon the ground''

We hunted for four hours or more through parishes sixteen
We hunted for four hours or more and came by parkworth green
``oh, if you'll only spare my life, i promise and fulfil
To touch no more your feathered fowl or lambs on yonder hill''

Bold reynard, spent and out of breath and treading on this ground
Thinking he must give up his life before these jubal hounds
``so here's adieu to ducks and geese, likewise to lambs also''
They've got poor reynard by the slabs and will not let them go

My father he rides with your sheriffs;
And i know he would never mean harm,
But to see both sides of a quarrel
Is to judge without haste or alarm

Chorus
Oh, oh, helpless and slow,
And you don't have anywhere to go

You take away homes from the homeless
And leave them to die in the cold
The gypsy who begged for your presents
He will laugh in your face when you're old

(chorus)

Well, one man he drinks up his whiskey
Another he drinks up his wine
And they'll drink till their eyes are red with hate
For those of a different kind

(chorus)

When the rivers run quicker than trouble
I'll be there at your side in the flood
It was all i could do to keep myself
From taking revenge on your blood

(2x chorus)

Bring back the king to his throne,
And the smile may return to the queen.
How can she rule on her own,
When the glory of what might have been is all she feels?

The fire still burns in the hearth,
The music still plays for her pleasure.
But the air is as cold as the death,
And the soft melodies only measure her bittersweet tears.

Every note of each song brings a vision
Of love and of pain back to me,
Like a captive i've locked in a prison
And whose liberty rests upon me.
But i can't find the key.
You may never be free.

The servants still hang on his every word,
But his youthfulness passes him by.
The king only watches the seasons
And they watching him see his sparkling eye
Holds no diamond any more.

In the folds which begin every ending,
I wish i forever could lie.
But the cloth i wear is not for mending,
For what tailor could stitch up the torn blue sky?
So the battle is done.
Nobody won.

Come all you gallant bushrangers who gallop o'er the plains
Refuse to live in slavery, or wear the convict chains.
Attention pay to what i say, and value if i do
For i will relate the matchless tale of bold jack donahue.

Come all you sons of liberty and everyone besides
I'll sing to you a story that will fill you with surprise
Concerning of a bold bushranger, jack donahue was his name
And he scorned to humble to the crown, bound down with iron chain.

Now donahue was taken all for a notorious crime
And sentenced to be hanged upon the gallows tree so high
But when they took him to bathurst gaol, he left them in a stew
For when they came to call the roll, they missed jack donahue.

Now when donahue made his escape, to the bush he went straight way.
The squatters they were all afraid to travel by night and by day
And every day in the newspapers, they brought out something new,
Concerning that bold bushranger they called jack donahue.

Now one day as he was riding the mountainside alone
Not thinking that the pains of death would overtake him soon.
When all he spied the horse police well on they came up into view
And in double quick time they did advance to take jack donahue.

``oh donahue, donahue, throw down your carbine.
Or do you intend to fight us all and will you not resign?''
``surrender to such cowardly dogs is a thing that i never would do,
For this day i'll fight with all my might'', cried bold jack donahue.

Now the sergeant and the corporal, their men they did divide
Some fired at him from behind and some from every side.
The sergeant and the corporal, they both fired at him, too.
And a rifle bullet pierced the heart of bold jack donahue.

Now nine rounds he fired and nine men down before that fated ball
Which pierced his heart and made him smart and caused him for to fall
And as he closed his mournful eyes, he bid the world adieu,
Saying ``convicts all, pray for the soul of bold jack donahue.''