Тексты песен «Strawbs»

Now I'm a union man Amazed at what I am I say what I think, that the company stinks Yes I'm a union man When we meet in the local hall I'll be voting with them all With a hell of a shout, it's "Out brothers, out!" And...

And when she lies in need of care and comforting So as a child's toy she is caressed And yet when cast adrift upon the changing tide So as a ship becalmed she lies at rest Oh darling go to sleep For the night is young...

Pieces of 79 and 15 Drifting along a jumbly scene Pieces of 79 and 15 Drifting along a jumbly scene. 79. Out of work people Sitting on top of a barberous pole Strippers who like it and fancy a bit And parties and songs...

Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye, I could see it And he stuttered sometimes And he needed a girl friend night times Didn't know how to go about it Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson. All the boys used to tease him, I...

Spoke the Queen of Dreams I was Lord of the Forest Walked within her paths Sheltered within her bowers Pine needles for my pillow The dove my only true friend I was Lord of the Forest. Spoke the Queen of Souls I was...

We met when you were still a girl In nineteen sixty eight You wore a white dress and a hat I touched the hand of fate Your sweet voice took my breath away Your smile lit up your face You still had both feet on the...

I drew the blade across my wrist To see how it would feel Looked into the future There was nothing to reveal For we were just the product Of the ever spinning wheel Round and round we go Round and and round we go. Come...

You look to me a sad young man Down is where you're going You've blindly found an easy way You think that it's not showing. Is this what you want Is this what you're struggling to be Brought your face to the ground...

The hands on the clock keep turning round They point to the time of the day The time means nothing with you by my side Though some time I'll be on my way. Down the road to where I must go There's nothing between you...

I must have been the saddest man Who ever wrote a love song For when I spoke of ways and means I knew it would not last long After all the years The growing pains and heartaches I swore that I would die for you And...

July the fourth in the market town Farmers have come for miles around Bringing their wives and children. A farmer stands with his youngest son Watching their sheep driven from the pen The slaughterhouse is waiting...

Once I sat upon a hill To watch the world go by My friend the young magician Had forbidden me to cry But I was the comedian With the laughs in short supply. Shine on silver sun Shine on everyone Shine on silver sun...

That which was wont to wonder when The magic mountain music man Speak slowly soothsayer In your way For sure The dreams of yesterday Mean more than just a play to lay A silver...

Simple visions come to me I was blind but now I see Simple visions of my soul Cut in pieces now I'm whole. Simple visions from the heart Once I faltered at the start Simple visions of my past Seldom first but never...

You're my secret You're my inspiration You're my journey You're my destination You have always Been so close And yet so far away. You're my best friend You're my total stranger You're my lifeline You're my hint of...

The rose buds are hard and firm; Erect and proud they stand On slender stems, Wrapped in silk And tied with a velvet ribbon. "Tie the ribbon in my hair," She says, "Your gentle touch upon my brow Can make me close my...

The question was survival The answer was myself I was on the inside looking out You took me to the limit But you only took yourself You were on the outside looking in. Something for nothing Something for nothing Was...

I've been many places, I've passed through many cities Paris to Toronto and the rest The travelling can bring you down, you're always on your own But I see friendly faces everywhere. From a song that pulls your...

I can hear you Like the rain that falls so sweetly I can hear you Like the sun that dries the fields And feeds the grain I can hear your spirit Singing sweet refrains Oh little starshine Oh little starshine. I can feel...

When I was a young man I wasted my days Dreaming of fortune and fame Now as I look back, I can see the mistakes It's time to move on for I'm starting over A kid starting out has much more of a chance Than I ever had at...