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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 in tears
Crying the hours in tears

I've been on the road, so long
Been tired and broke, so long
I've been to the south where the winds they were warm
Traveling the road of no return, so long

I've seen what was war, so long
The ruins and the scars, so long
The mansions of mud, the wounds and the blood

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

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window
And the traffic wrote the words
It came ringing up like Christmas bells

And rapping up like pipes and drums
Oh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day and we'll wear it till the night comes
Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I saw

Morning shone among the shadows
Sunlight bled upon the silence
From the blackest night
Must come the morning sky

But yesterday was such a long time
Yesterday may last forever
From the barren land

She doesn't see the day to day
No colors where the children play
She doesn't see the things she's sown
White crosses painted on the door

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it's a rainy day

Farewell, farewell to you who would hear
You lonely travellers all
The cold north wind will blow again
The winding road does call

And will you never return to see
Your bruised and beaten sons?
"Oh, I would, I would, if welcome I were

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,

Away with the buff and the blue
And away with the cap and feather
I want to see my lass who lives in Hexhamshire
Off with the . . . 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 them better than them both but, man, I can't get near her
Off with the . . . and over the moss and the mire

f I had ribbon bow to tie my hair
And a gown of calico for me to wear
I'd surely get a sweetheart a prince or a king
A palace home where I could have anything

If I had a ribbon bow to tie my hair
this old world could come and go I wouldn't care
I'd stay up in my castle and I'd always wear

O here we are just you and me
The folks have gone to bed
Cat's put out, the fire's stoked up
And the fish have all been fed
There's no one to disturb us
So put down your coffee mug
Let's get to work, come over here
And join me on the rug

"My shadow follows me
Wherever I should chance to go",
John the Gun did say.
"If you should chance to meet me
As I wander to and fro,
Sad would be your day.

My life is mine and the light did shine

There's no excuse for torture, that you ought to know
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go
Yonder stands a scarecrow, he's hollow in his robes
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go

[Chorus:]
The song was only in our time
They'll call it long, long ago

We used to say
That come the day
We'd all be making songs
Or finding better words
These ideas never lasted long
The way is up
Along the road
The air is growing thin

Well, that big dumb blonde
With her wheel in the gorge
And Turtle, that friend of theirs
With his checks all forged
And his cheeks in a chunk
With his cheese in the cash
They're all gonna be there
At that million dollar bash

I lit my purest candle close to my window
Hoping it would catch the eye
Of any vagabond who passed it by
And I waited in my fleeting house

Before he came, I felt him drawing near
As he neared, I felt the ancient fear
That he had come to wound my door and jeer

Please Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machine
Please Mr Lacey, let me work your loving 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,

(Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg)
Night-time girl, rocking in a chair
Whiles her time away combing up her yellow hair
Night-time girl, rocking in a chair
Looking in the mirror with a wide eyed stare
Night-time girl, when she's eager for the city
Dresses for the ball and she looks so young and pretty
Night-time girl, when she's eager for the city

When the stone is grown too cold to kneel
In crystal waters I'll be bound
Coldest stone weary to the sounds upon the wheel

Now be thankful for good things below
Now be thankful to your maker
For the rose, the red rose blooms for all to know

He used to be the only man I would see
He used to be the only good man for me
Oh, he used to be my one sure thing

Look at me now, what you see, it isn't me
Look at me now, just a leaf without a tree
Oh, he used to be my one sure thing

One evening as I rambled
Among the leaves so green,
I overheard a young woman
Converse with Reynardine.

Her hair was black, her eyes were blue,
Her lips as red as wine,

(Sandy Denny)
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 every day'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

C'est pas que je te demande
De faire que tu n'as jamais fait
C'est seulement qui'il fait trop tard
Et il fait trop noir pour trouver la porte

Mais si tu dois partir, va-t'en
Mais si tu dois partir, va-t'en
Si non, tu dois rester la nuit

The King sits in Dunfirmline town, drinking of the blood-red wine
"Where can I get a steely skipper to sail this mighty boat of mine?"

Then up there spoke a bonny boy, sitting at the King's right knee
"Sir Patrick Spens is the very best seaman that ever sailed upon the sea"

The King has written a broad letter and sealed it up with his own right hand
Sending word unto Sir Patrick to come to him at his command

Just a roll, just a roll
Just a roll on your drum
Just a roll, just a roll
And the war has begun

Now the right thing's the wrong thing
No more excuses to come
Just one step at a time

Good morning, good afternoon,
And what have you got to say?
Well I'm waiting, but I can't stay long,
It's such a lovely day.
There's a time to be talking
And a time when it's no use.
Right now I think the things you say
Are liable to confuse.

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

''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 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