Parole & Musica:
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Faintly
Blowing (Fontana 1968) |
Many's the time I've sat
here alone with you
Two flowers in a field could not be sweeter
Nor breezes up high in the blue
Higher than you, faintly
blowing
Higher than you, faintly blowing
Higher than you, faintly blowing
Time and again we have not
said a word, just looked
Two tumbling stones on a beach in the surf
Living on rainbows, we are hooked
Rainbows faintly blowing
Rainbows faintly blowing
Rainbows faintly blowing
See the children touch their
tiny hands
Unto the sun
Unto the sun
Unto the sun
Now and then, we just lay
here together and smile
Two pieces of grass in an acre of corn
Happy and free for a while
Freely faintly blowing
Freely faintly blowing
Freely faintly blowing
Blowing, faintly blowing
Blowing, faintly blowing
Unto the sun
Unto the sun
Unto the sun
I bring your lantern
I bring you fire
I bring you rose wine
I bring your lyre
I bring frankincense
I bring you oak
I bring you night birds
I bring your cloak
I bring you midnight
I bring the sea
I bring forever
I bring you me
Almond eyes and the chopsticks
ticking like grasshoppers
Jasmine child, in your paper house I am trembling
Strange disguise, your white face is shining like an eastern moon
Geisha smile, in lemon trees the wind is whistling
Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may
I stay?
May I pray, shall I dance like a fire?
I can bring frogs, starfish sake
Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire
Burning bright, your butterfly
eyes sparkle like the sea
Lantern light, I pray that your eyes will wash over me
Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may
I stay?
May I pray, shall I dance like a fire?
I can bring frogs, starfish sake
Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire
Many moons shine for you
know that I am your servant
Snapdragon, I'm hypnotised by your spiral hands
Silver gong rings midnight and I see the falling sands
Oh, gentle Snapdragon, may
I stay?
May I pray, shall I dance like a fire?
I can bring frogs, starfish sake
Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire
Many moons shine for you
know that I am your servant
Snapdragon, I'm hypnotised by your spiral hands
Silver gong rings midnight and I see the falling sands
Oh, oh, gentle Snapdragon,
may I stay?
May I pray, shall I dance like a fire?
I can bring frogs, starfish sake
Oh, Snapdragon, anything that you desire
I met a person recently
on a train, it was going south
I very shyly tried to speak to her but the words, they stuck in my mouth
“Come here,” she said to me, in a voice I could hardly see
“Pray, tell me what is it with you? Why are you looking there at me?”
I spoke to her without thinking,
I said, “I love you, I do believe!”
She slapped my face with both her hands and asked me if I would leave
I screamed, “Oh no, I didn't mean that, but then again, yes, I think I
did!”
She said, “Ok, Tom, come over here,” and she opened up the lid
Of the suitcase that she
was carrying underneath her arm
From which she took two little bottles, I knew I'd come to harm
She made me drink the liquid and my head began to reel
I soon found myself upon the floor, I could not see or could not feel
When I came to, the train
I was in, it had made its final stop
And as I opened up my eyes, there before me was a cop
He said that I was drunk and without money, pride and ticket too
Then they ran me down the County Jail, oh, what else could they do?
I tried to explain about
the lady who was with me on the train
But they all stood round and looked at me like I was insane
I begged for mercy and forgiveness and for a cigarette too
But they gave me six months hard labour, oh, what else could they do?
While in jail, I met an
old cowboy, who said he liked me fine
He made me steal a horse for him and I got extra time
Well, the moral of this story, I expect you all can see
If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it
If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it
If you must fall in love, then take your time, don't do it
Too easily
Come, all ye unbelievers,
feel the creases in her brow
Look once and then you'll know she was not very loud
Touch her eyes and feel the shadows growing on her face
Take seconds to catch your breath before you slow the pace
Come, all ye unbelivers,
but leave your books behind
Your knowledge is wasted here, for love there's always time
Reach out for emptiness as she crowds you from the room
Let falling tears paint your face but don't do it too soon
Take time for Annie
She would love to see your face
Be kind for Annie
Spread out a little place
Come, all ye unbelievers,
break the bread and drink the wine
Give her your baited breath, for love there's always time
Fall down around her feet, let her walk upon your hands
Let your tears be like a sea, do everything you can
Take time for Annie
She would love to see your face
Be kind for Annie
Spread out a little place
Listen
But forever is a time you'll never know
Come, all ye unbelievers,
break the bread and drink the wine
Give her your baited breath, for love there's always time
Fall down around her feet, let her walk upon your hands
Let your tears be like a sea, do everything you can
When the clothes that you
wear lose their magic
And the faces you once saw do not remain
When the colour of your face is turning ashen
Then pictures of today you'll see again
When the stairway to your
door is dusty
And the staccato footsteps can't be heard
When the telephone dies of loneliness
That is when love will seem absurd
Oh, please change your mind
My time is yours
I will run with the wine
If you so wish
When breakfast in the morning
loses meaning
And you take to staying in your bed till noon
That's when evening will turn into nothing
And your nights will never come too soon
When myself I offer, you
have forgotten
As you turn down my life and my time
When you're living on your own without purpose
Then you'll realise you should have changed your mind
Oh, please change your mind
My time is yours
I will run with the wine
If you so wish
Oh, please change your mind
My time is yours
I will run with the wine
If you so wish
I will run with the wine
If you so wish
The zoo is life
All schools should be set
Upon the highest hill
In the widest zoo
Where they could see all our lives
In the their lives
And all death would have sympathy
And purpose
Bless the executioner for
he knows not what he does
Take the hangman into yourself, he is afraid of blood
Take the soldier to the sea, let him sleep upon the sand
And give the axe-man sympathy for he hates his own hands
Give the torturer a break,
he is really very shy
Frown not at the man behind the gun for he is afraid to die
Bless the soldier and every man upon the battle field
Each one would like to be home, each one knows he will be killed
Though death is so unnecessary,
tradition feels it must
Condemn a man to die or elseways be turned into dust
Officials feel that they are gods and must give all they can give
But each one of us is God himself and has every right to live
Always smile at the mask
of hate for it covers a sad face
Pacify the nervous, put them gently in their place
Show children to the old man who speaks only of his war
And then kiss Death upon the cheek, let it think for ever more
The warriors are sailing
away to Valhalla
And I must also leave upon the rain
The orchestra of broken hearts is silent in the dark
The feelings in me are all close to pain
I must return the magic
ring of Eltera
The Saxon warlord is opening his arms
A witch of many shadows is praying for a storm
Oh, but Odin predicts it will be calm
The hero lord is also present
at the black fjord
He speaks in silence at the black fjord
The boats are burning at the black fjord
From a thousand years, I
can see the coming light
The fjords echo with the sounds of death
The Nordic peoples have come so far to say goodbye
But I’m afraid my farewell is without breath
The hero lord is also present
at the black fjord
He speaks in silence at the black fjord
The boats are burning at the black fjord
And so in a boat of flames,
I sail away to meet the gods
And within me, my heart is but a stone
The magic ring of Eltera is now safe again
The Saxon dead are all going home
The hero lord is also present
at the black fjord
The boats are burning at the black fjord
He speaks in silence at the black fjord
Let us see him speak to us inside a while
The hero lord is also present at the black fjord
Also present at the black fjord
Thor and Valkyrie can now show the way
The Saxon dead are all going home
Long time ago I had a dream
all about a magic zoo
And the animals that lived there were in love like me and you
In the dream I wandered slowly in-between each magic cage
And the animals looked happy as they played their silly games
As the dream unwrapped around me, I could see their colours clear
As the minutes split to seconds, I found you were standing near
So we wandered through the
happy of the little magic zoo
And the animals were quiet as they stared at me and you
As the sun rose we bought ice cream but we couldn't eat it all
So we gave it to the animals to keep them very cool
Their happy laughter filled our ears and it made us happy too
The animals were beautiful in their yellows, reds and blues
But in shadows of their
victory, we did find a silent cage
And the animal that lived there didn't seem to want to play
We looked between the rusty bars through the darkness of the cage
And suddenly we saw the sad as the feathered tiger lay
We found a key, unlocked the bars of the feathered tiger's cell
And with words of kindness begged him his story to us would tell
But he was so very scared,
he said we would laugh at him
So we led him to the sunshine and played games but let him win
We all played amongst the colours in the little magic zoo
And soon he was much happier and we both loved him too
But the evening drew in swiftly and the feathered tiger cried
He was sad because we had to leave and the sun slipped from the sky
But we told him to act bravely
and to never feel unclean
He was the only feathered tiger that we both had ever seen
We told him, “Only be yourself, you don’t really want to change
To be yourself is beautiful, to be someone else is strange”
The feathered tiger disappeared and so did my magic zoo
And as I opened up my eyes, there was nothing else but you
I'll kiss you once, I'll
kiss you twice
Won't you say it's very nice
I'll kiss you three, I'll kiss you four
Won't you let me through your door
I'll kiss you five, I'll
kiss you six
by seven we can be in heaven
I'll kiss you eight, I'll kiss you nine
by ten we'll start all over again
Electric
Electric
Electric midnight mist is dancing through the trees
As the organ grinder's ghost is feeling lonely
The rock ’n’ roll crusade is coming to an end
And the words that I once sung say they don't know me
Oh, roll me anything
The pirates of our meres
are smuggling the notes
To the major minor mermaids of the sea
Looks up and listens to the concert of the waves
As the tunes of yesterday all try to throw me
But to me, they're nothing
And life goes on
Another pauper to the king
And the musical army
Is always conquering everything
In forests of today, the
mist has now gone
And the organ grinder's ghost is changing key
The rock and roll crusade have crucified the past
Leaving only shadows of electricity
You and me, everything
And life goes on
Another pauper to the king
And the musical army
Is always conquering everything
And life goes on
And life goes on
