Without The Fanfare

From the corner of my eye i see a tear rolling down
At the time i couldn't tell whose tear it was
If it was mine i should be glad
That i still function in this cage
But if it's yours it only makes me more lost
To see a tear rolling down
To see a tear rolling down

This is the last call for ellis island
These are the last words i'm ever gonna hear you say
So goodbye, babe
Goodbye, babe.

I hear sweethearts whisper their undying love
Above the noise on the quay their voices rise
They must have something so strong in the face of such change
That they can promise and promise all night
Oh, their undying love, hear their undying love

This is the last call for ellis island
These are the last words i'm ever gonna hear you say

So goodbye, babe
Goodbye, babe.

Oh, what you wouldn't give to be down on the pier once again
Far away from the cries of this war-weary horde
Time up there in the clouds must be hard to endure
When your heart's unsure

It's like a knife in my gut knowing you're taking leave
I feel i'm sentenced to a death without appeal
I can pretend it's all a dream
And what i'm seeing will disappear
But the end i can see is all too real
Knowing you're taking leave
Knowing you're taking leave

This is the last call for ellis island
These are the last words i'm ever gonna hear you say
So goodbye, babe
Goodbye, babe

I
City walls where the neon spits as it falls
Two dark shadows fade in the night
This is no place for love
And in the park where the streetlight kisses the dark
Silent waves and times they're own
They'll have their own way now

Ii
In the nighttime neon sunset leaps
Out of the heart of the city streets
To the pavement where the dancing girls go down
To another world
Where the bright lights always sine
From the pale love and the painted face
Cheap disguises of another race
Where the sweet life and the flowing wine makes me
Light in my head dan takes the trouble off my mind
But i know that goes so far

Chorus

We could be like lovers too dancing in this frozen room
Hold me, hold me, stand so close
Take the time don't leave, don't leave me here there's danger

Iii
I heard the voices in the night, flashing in the hills
The smell of burning on the wind
We could be in danger from the strangers here inside
From the glory in their lives
And the passion in their eyes

Chorus & repeat ii

I have written this song
For you to take with you
When you go away
Something to sing and slowly swing to
On your colder days
I have made a start
With a verse and a chorus
The rest i leave to you
And when next i see your smiling face
We might sing it right through

Chorus

I'll be your sweetheart always
And i'll love the memories of the diamond days
I'll keep a candle burning
'till we sing again the diamond days

If the words don't rhyme
Then i will forgive you
That won't be the crime
But the staring space
Upon the page
That might look like mine
I have made a start
With a verse and a chorus
The rest i'll leave to you
And when next i see your smiling face
We might sing it right through

Chorus

The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn
Now is the time for a child to be born
You'll laugh at the moon and you'll cry for the sun
And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle

And if it should be that this baby's a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
With rings on her fingers dna bells on her toes
A shadow above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle

The crow on the cradle
The black on the white
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
The crow on the cradle
The white on the black
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle

Bring me my gun and i'll shoot
That bird dead
That's what your mother and
Father once said
A crow on the cradle what can we do
This is the thing i must leave up to you
Sang the crow on the cradle

I
The water is wide, i can't cross o'er
Ad neither have i wings to fly
Give me a boat that can carry two
And we shall row, my love and i

Ii
For love is gentle, and love is kind
The sweetest flower when first it's new
But love grows old and waxes cold
And fades away like morning dew

Iii
There is a ship and she sails the sea
She's loaded deep as deep can be
But not as deep as the love i'm in
I know now how i sink or swim

Repeat ii then i

I know it's the same old song i'm singing
But this time these words are just for you
That's the only thing that's new
I know that i've sung about a million
Borrowed lines and phrases from a few
This one's till as good as new
Without the fanfare i love you

By day i move words around like flowers
I deliver by the afternoon
"cause the piper calls the tune
Today i made full use of the hours
I explored the smallest avenue
And that feeling still came through
Without the fanfare i love you

Sure i've lost my way sometimes
But i've had to pay
Sometimes i've gone completely overboard
Moved a million phrases round, tried to make them leave the ground
Still the only line that's soared
Bidding all the rest adieu
Sounding still as good as new
Without the fanfare i love you

Hello, do i still have your attention?
I forgot to mention thanks again from the captain and the crew
And so without the sweet perfume or roses
I hope you can still believe it's true
Stripped of all that much ado
Without the fanfare i love you
Without the fanfare i love you