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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

Summer skies are gone for ever
Nothing left but to remember
Morning leaves a bed of echoes
Tears of blood in weaping meadows
Can you see me, can you hear me
Can you leave me here in silence?

Drums and flags and trumpets playing
Armies in the night are praying
Hymns of hate to have their souls blessed
For the morning's blood shed harvest
Can you reach me, can you hold me
Can you leave me here in silence?

Take my children, golden children
Grow them, train them, cut them, kill them
For the justice of your jesus
For the service of your leaders
Can you feel me, can you touch me
Can you leave me here in silence?

Innocence is gone forever
Nothing left but to remember
Autumn cracks the leaves of pity
Winter chokes the cries of mercy
Can you free me, can you love me
Can you leave me here in silence?

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''

All under the leaves and the leaves of life
I met with virgins seven
And one of them was mary mild,
Our lord's best mother in heaven.

``oh what are you seeking, my seven pretty maids,
All under the leaves of life?''
``we are seeking for no leaves, thomas,
But for a friend of thine.''

``go down, go down into yonder town
And sit in the gallery
And there you'll see sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.''

So down they went into yonder town
And sat in the gallery
And there they saw sweet jesus christ,
Nailed to a big yew tree.

Yes down they went into yonder town
As fast as foot could follow
And many a sad and a lonely tear
From them virgin's eyes did fall.

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.

Rain comes from the east one night
We watch it come
To hang like beaded curtains till the morning sun
Water dripping from our clothes
You, with raindrops on your nose,
Ask me sadly, "please don't go away, no"
"till the rain is done," i say, "i'll stay now"

Rain outside but inside we don't mind at all
Shadows by the fire
Slowly climb and fall
Kisses fade and leave no trace
Whispers vanish into space
None will send me on a chase to nowhere
What matters if i were the first to go there?

Morning comes up from the east
We watch it come
And far away now rolls the angry rain god's drum
You, with daybreak in your eyes
Afraid to speak for telling lies
I watch you search for some reply to lend me
But when the rain is done we'll stop pretending

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

There's no excuse for torture, that you ought to know.
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
Yonder stands a scarecrow and 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.
They'll say - ``ah, well, it was their best.''
Let it go, let it go

The master and the mistress, trying hard to show,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
There is no time for shame, or tears on a window pane.
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.

Chorus

Eyes were made to smile and water, tears were made to flow,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.
There's a game that would have bought you, were you ever set to throw,
Let it live, let it breathe, let it go.

Chorus

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

The river flows, flows to the sea
Whereever that river goes that's where i want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town

All he wanted was just to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow, river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town

Flow river go, past the shady tree
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
Flow river flow, flow to the sea

The river flows to the sea
Whereever that river goes that's where i want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to someother town

All he wanted was just to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow, river flow, let your waters rush down
Take me from this road to someother town

Flow river go, past the shady tree
Flow river flow, flow to the sea
Flow river flow, flow to the sea

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.''

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.

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)

The king sits in dunfermline town
Drinking of the blood red wine,
''where can i get a good sea captain
To sail this mighty ship 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.

''an enemy then this must be
Who told a lie concerning me,
For i was never a very good seaman
Nor ever do intend to be.''

''last night i saw the new moon
With the old moon in her arm,
A sign, the sign since we were born
That means there'll be a deadly storm.''
They had not sailed upon the sea
A day, a day, but barely three,
When loud and boisterous grew the winds
And loud and stormy grew the sea.

Then up there came a mermaiden
A comb and glass all in her hand,
''here's a health to you my merry young men,
For you'll not see dry land again!''

''oh, long may my lady look
With a lantern in her hand
Before she sees my bonny ship
Come sailing homewards to dry land.''
Forty miles off aberdeen
The water's fifty fathoms deep
There lies good sir patrick spens
With the scots lords at his feet.

I come from the moor and the mointain, from the waterfall and stream.
I've turned my back on the mountain track; i'm walking in a dream.
And ev'ry new horizon to mee it looks the same
But ev'rywhere looks old and bare while trav'ling on the plain.

There's no-one rides this road with me, a plainsman rides alone.
The welcome waits by a city gate, no voice to call me home.
Alone i came into this place, and that is how i will go
And all i learn is the season's turn, that's all i need to know.

Oh the world is hung with silver tongues wiht good advice to give.
If you can't show me how to die, don't tell me how to live.
The plainsman's song, though it's seldom long, it's more than meets the ear
And all i believe is the falling leaves at the turning of the year.

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.

The way i feel is like a robin,
Whoses birds have flown to come no more,
Like a tall oak-tree, alone and cryin',
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare.

Now a woman, lord, is like a young bird,
And the tall oak-tree is a young man's heart.
Among its branches, you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool, she is warm and dry.

In leaves of green they will protect her,
Her wings will grow, your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will fail to hold her, she'll fly from you.

(repeat first verse)

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.

Anyone here know who goes forward who can stay
Did you miss your call
You were having such a ball
You never noticed me at all

Daily thinking can always bring me down
Back to the ground
You were making quite a sound
You never looked at what i'd found

Messages were passed along the line down to the end,
From hand to hand
You were hard to understand
You never saw what i had planned

I must admit my life has only just begun to take its toll,
And it isn't very old
I never saw you as a soul
As i watched you losing hold
I was getting too involved
I never thought it could be told

Come all you wild young men and a warning take by me
Never lead your single life astray or into bad company
As i myself have done, being all in the month of may
When i, as pressed by a sea captain, a privateer to trade
To the east indies we were bound to plunder the raging main
And it's many the brave and a galliant ship we sent to a watery grave
Ah, for freeport we did steer, our provisions to renew
When we did spy a bold man-of-war sailing three feet to our two

Oh, she fired across our bows, ``heave to and don't refuse
Surrender now unto my command or else your lives you'll lose''
And our decks they were sputtered with blood
And the cannons did loudly roar
And broadside and broadside a long time we lay
Till we could fight no more
And a thousand times i wished meself alone,
All alone with me polly on the shore

She's a tall and a slender girl with a dark and a-rolling eye
And here am i, a-bleeding on the deck
And for a sweet saint must die
Farewell, me family and me friends, likewise me polly too
I'd never have crossed the salt sea wide
If i'd have been ruled by you
And a thousand times i saw meself again,
All alone with me polly on the shore

Well, too much of nothing
Can make a man fell ill at ease
One man's temper might start to rise
And another man's might freeze
And there's a day of long confession
We cannot mock the soul
But when there's too much of nothing
No one has control.

Chorus
Say hello to valerie
Say hello to marian
Send them all my salary
On the waters of oblivion.
Well, too much of nothing
Can make a man abuse his king
Well, he can walk down streets and boast like most
But it don't mean a thing
It's all been done before
It's all been written in the book
But when there's too much of nothing
Nobody should look.

(chorus)

Well, too much of nothing
Can turn a man into a liar
It can cause some man to sleep on nails
And another one to eat fire
Well, everybody's doin' somethin'
I saw it in a dream
But when there's too much of nothing
It just makes a fellow mean.

(chorus)

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

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)

It's been raining for a long time and i can't seem to stand
She left about an hour ago and so did the band
I'm sitting at the bar, my face in the jar
And something tells me i'm twisted

Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted

People are looking hazy and people are looking dim
I'd go for help if i could find the way i came in
I feel in clover, it's time to keel over
Something tells me i'm twisted

Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted

Here's the one to lay you out with charlie in the trough
This one's got your name on it written in the froth
Draining the dregs, i'm running out of legs
And something tells me i'm twisted

Whoa ho, i'm sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted
Whoa ho, sitting at the bar with my face in the jar
Something tells me i'm twisted

It's true i often thought of leaving
But it's you
I never stopped believing
When i was down
Your arms were open to me
When the cost of loving was free
You were much to sure to re-arrange
My love for you hasn't changed
But you have.

Chorus
I'm leaving
I'm leaving
Goodbye

The ones you tried to keep inside
Are on the streets
You tried to hide
With walls you built
So strong and tall
No one thought
That they could fall
But the lies you put
Between the cracks
To hold us down
And keep us back
Have fallen through.

(chorus)

You asked
Will i
Come back to you
I just can't see that
Coming true
Like sea-birds
On a high spring tide
Whose paths can't run
Side by side
I couldn't take it
Anymore
And like a sea-bird
On a winter's shore
I'm leaving.

(chorus)

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, i will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But i will still be here, i have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time

For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And i am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time

For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

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

How often haunting the highest hilltop
I scan the ocean, a sail to see
Will it come tonight, love, will it come tomorrow
Or ever come, love, to comfort me

(chorus "the boatman" in gaelic):
O fare thee well, love, where'er thou be

They call thee fickle, they call thee false one
And seek to change me but all in vain
Thou art my dream yet throughout the dark night
And every moment i watch the main

There's not a hamlet, too well i know it,
Where you go wandering or stay awhile
But all its old folk you win with talking
And charm its maidens with song and smile

Doth thou remember the promise made me,
A token plead, a silken gown
That ring of gold with your hair and portrait
That gown and ring i will never own

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?''

Lord above us hear my song
Tell me if i'm doing wrong
I'm just a man and not like you
If you saw thro' my eyes what would you do.

A simple life that's what i feel
To want to sing it's not unreal
So lord in heaven let me know
If you saw thro' my eyes where would you go.

I take the blame for where i've been
On all the ones i've had to lean
And now i've shared it all with you
If you saw thro' my eyes what would you do.

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

How often she has gazed from castle windows o'er,
And watched the daylight passing within her captive wall,
With no-one to heed her call.

The evening hour is fading within the dwindling sun,
And in a lonely moment those embers will be gone
And the last of all the young birds flown.

Her days of precious freedom, forfeited long before,
To live such fruitless years behind a guarded door,
But those days will last no more.

Tomorrow at this hour she will be far away,
Much farther than these islands,
Or the lonely fotheringay

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

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
Yesterday might always rise.

Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.

Tears are falling in the darkness,
Hearts are bleeding in the silence.
From the widest ocean
Who would miss the smallest tear.

Then might always be a bad time,
Then might last forever.
But these stormy clouds
We may see them all disappear.

Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.

Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.

Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.

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

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''

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,
Dresses for the ball and she looks so young and pretty.

Chorus
Night-time girl, there's a place they want to put ouy.
Night-time girl, they say you're insane.
Night-time girl, they tell me you're crazy,
Isn't that a crying shame.
Night-time girl, maybe all these changes
Are stages of what i'm hoping.
Hard luck girl, your peace of mind
Must seem a long time coming.

Chorus

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.

Chorus

Lyrics (sandy denny version)

Catch a boat to england baby
Maybe to spain
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues are all the same

Send out for whisky baby
Send out for gin
Me and room service honey
Me and room service babe
Me and room service
We're living a life of sin

When i'm not drinking baby
You're on my mind
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i'm not sleeping
Well you know you find me crying

Maybe tomorrow baby
Some place down the line
I'll wake up older
So much older honey
I'll wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying

Living is a gamble baby
Loving's much the same
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues have run the game

(repeat first verse)


Lyrics (jackson c. frank version)

Catch a boat to england baby
Maybe to spain
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues are all the same

Send out for whisky baby
Send out for gin
Me and room service honey
Me and room service babe
Me and room service, well
We're living a life of sin

When i'm not drinking baby
You are on my mind
When i'm not sleeping honey
When i ain't sleeping mama
When i'm not sleeping
You know you find me crying

Try another city baby
Another town
Whereever i have gone
Whereever i've been and gone
Whereever i have gone
The blues come following down

Living is a gamble baby
Loving's much the same
Whereever i have played
Whenever i've thrown them dice
Whereever i have played
The blues have run the game

Maybe tomorrow honey
Some place down the line
I'll wake up older
So much older mama
I'll wake up older
And i'll just stop all my trying

(repeat first verse)

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.

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by
You can spend the night beside her
And you know that she's half crazy
But that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges
That come all the way from china
And just when you mean to tell her
That you have no love to give her
Then she gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer
That you've always been her lover
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind.

And jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said ``all men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them''
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone
And you want to travel with him
And you want to travel blind
And you think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.

Now suzanne takes your hand
And she leads you to the river
She is wearing rags and feathers
From salvation army counters
And the sun pours down like honey
On our lady of the harbour
And she shows you where to look
Among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed
There are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love
And they will lean that way forever
While suzanne holds the mirror
And you want to travel with her
And you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind.

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.

Georgia, georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind

Georgia, oh georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clean as moonlight through the pines


Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams i see
The roads leads back to you

Georgia, oh georgia, no peace i find
Just an old sweet song keeps georgia on my mind

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.''