Lyrics




The gypsy girl stood quite alone
Her eyes were brightly shining
Her head was in the clouds
Where she had found the silver lining
And all the while the crippled boy
Was dancing with his lady fair
While I stood on the sidelines
Trying to make out that I wasn't there.
So loud the music grew and grew
With ever greater pain
I stepped back in the shadows
For I could not stand the strain
I tried to look, my eyes were blind
I tried to speak but could not find
The words to say.
They left me lying where I lay
I could not bear the light of day.
Treat me kindly dear blue angel
Deepest colour of the night
Be merciful, be gentle
For I have no strength to fight.
Half Worlds Apart
So I lay in half world dream state
Pressed like a flower in the pages of a half book
Words in softly spoken whispers
Steal through the silence of the blue veiled half light
The best of questions have no answers
The best of answers need no questions
Born on the quest for a wave of half peace
Acquired in a Dresden china cuplet
Bound in the chains of the half book binding
Half way to my half life.
Treat me kindly dear blue angel
Deepest colour of the night
Be merciful, be gentle
For I have no strength to fight.
So she lay in half museum
Pinned like a butterfly which failed to reach its half life
Tender moments left half spoken
Lost like an orphan in the pleasures of the dream state
A man of honour has no secrets
How can I be a man of secrets
Trapped in the web of the woven blue veil
Peering to find the angel weaver
Most sacred saviour of the silver lining
Half way to my half life.
Treat me kindly dear blue angel
Deepest colour of the night
Be merciful, be gentle
For I have no strength to fight.
At Rest
Sleep the sleep of peace my love
And I will let you be
I alone can comfort
I alone can set you free
I will be your healer
And give you back your pride
In times of need remember me
At rest here by your side.
When the hour of darkness comes
And time itself stands still
When voices from the future
Seem to come and go at will
I will be your servant
Your ever constant guide
When all is lost remember me
At rest here by your side.
The wisdom of the fool is such
That he alone is sane
So delicate the balance
That e'er the moon could wax and wane
I will be your teacher
And show you where to hide
When all else fails remember me
At rest here by your side.
Treat me kindly dear blue angel
Deepest colour of the night
Be merciful, be gentle
For I have no strength to fight



Writer(s): Dave Cousins


Strawbs - A Taste of Strawbs
Album A Taste of Strawbs
date of release
08-12-2009

1   Heartbreaker
2   The Grey Hawk
3   The Cruel Wars
4   You Don't Think About Me
5   Not All the Flowers Grow
6   You Keep Going Your Way
7   Sail Away to the Sea
8   Nothing Else Will Do
9   Oh How She Changed
10   Or Am I Dreaming?
11   All The Little Ladies
12   Ah Me, Ah My
13   The Man Who Caled Himself Jesus
14   The Battle
15   It's Just Love
16   Another Day
17   Forever
18   Where Am I (I'll Show You Where To Sleep)
19   Canon Dale
20   Rmw
21   Sheep
22   Tomorrow
23   New World
24   Here It Comes
25   See How They Run
26   Going Home
27   The Actor
28   Part Of The Union
29   The Winter & the Summer
30   Whichever Way the Wind Blows
31   Betrayed / Shine On Silver Sun / Words of Wisdom
32   Out In the Cold / Round & Round
33   The Writing On the Wall
34   The Four Queens
35   Ghosts (Theme)
36   Lemon Pie
37   Chérie je t'aime
38   So Shall Our Love Die?
39   Still Small Voice
40   Absent Friend (How I Need You Now)
41   The Merchant Adventurer
42   Blue Angel
43   Goodbye
44   Deadly Nightshade
45   Midnight
46   Sweet Voices
47   Bring Out Your Dead
48   Another day without you
49   Touch the Earth
50   Armada
51   A Glimpse Of Heaven
52   The Hangman & the Paptist
53   I'll Carry On Beside You
54   Heavy Disguise
55   That's When the Crying Starts
56   Evergreen
57   Song of a Sad Little Girl
58   Ringing Down the Years
59   Further Down the Road
60   Heartbreak Hill
61   Extravaganza On a Theme of Strawbs
62   Files of Facts
63   Hero & Heroine
64   The Ten Commandments
65   The King
66   Hummingbird (Instrumental)
67   Alice's Song
68   Maclean Street / Who Knows Where the Time Goes
69   We'll Meet Again Sometime
70   Sunday Morning
71   On A Night Like This
72   Dragonfly
73   Canada
74   Here today, gone tomorrow
75   The Happiest Boy In Town
76   Draft Raga
77   Ways and Means
78   The Rip It Off Blues
79   Stay Awhile with Me
80   Oh so Sleepy
81   Barcarole (For the Death of Venice)
82   Time and Life
83   Andalucian Express
84   Lay Down
85   Over the Hill
86   You Never Needed Water
87   If
88   Cold Steel
89   The River / Down By the Sea




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