Morning Glory Fairport Convention

I lit my purest candle close to mywindow, hoping it would catch the eyeOf any vagabond who passed it by,And I waited in my fleeting houseBefore he came I felt him drawing nearAs he neared I felt th...

Chelsea Morning Fairport Convention

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

You're Gonna Need My Help Fairport Convention

You're gonna need You're gonna need my help I say You know I won't have to worry I'll have everything goin' my way Well you wake up in the morning Your face so full of frowns Asked you What's wrong

You're Gonna Need My Help (BBC) Fairport Convention

You wake up in the morning, your face so full of frowns Asked you : ‘What's wrong ?’ - you say : ‘I'm sorry, I'm puttin' you down’.

Dawn Fairport Convention

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

Eastern Rain Fairport Convention

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

John Lee Fairport Convention

world's dead So I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee Lord my soul to keep" (Chorus) (Chorus) "The customary quiet of Babbacombe, a residential suburb of Torquay, was greatly disturbed early on Saturday morning

I Don't Know Where I Stand Fairport Convention

feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned Guess it's too early 'cos I don't know where I stand Crickets talk, courting their ladies in star-dappled green Crickets talk, until the morning

Decameron Fairport Convention

his arm grow old He didn't feel his blood run cold See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away Every time the sun shines, to me it's a rainy day They listened to his voice grow pale No stamps were on the morning

Solo (Live) Fairport Convention

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

Million Dollar Bash Fairport Convention

won't take I get up in the morning, bit too early to wake First it's "Hello", then "Goodbye", they push and they crash But everybody's gonna make it to that million dollar bash (Chorus) Well, I looked

Bonny Bunch Of Roses Fairport Convention

"Near by the swelling ocean, One morning in the month of June, While feather'd warbling songsters Their charming notes did sweetly tune, I overheard a lady Lamenting in sad grief and woe, And talking with

The Bonny Black Hare Fairport Convention

"Oh, my powder is wasted and my bullets all gone My ramrod is limp and I cannot fire on But I'll be back in the morning and if you are still here We'll both go together to hunt the bonny black hare

Suzanne Fairport Convention

the night forever And the sun pours down like honey On our lady of the harbour And she shows you where to look Amid the garbage and the flowers There are heroes in the seaweed There are children in the morning

Suzanne (Live) Fairport Convention

night forever 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

FOTHERINGAY Fairport Convention

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 <Interlude> The evening hour is fading within the dwindl...

ONE MORE CHANCE Fairport Convention

Calling all olive branches and laid off doves There is work to do before we say goodbye But who can see them turning to the face of love Though I hear them pleading with me, don't let us die As I s...

WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES Fairport Convention

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 ti...

POLLY ON THE SHORE Fairport Convention

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...

THE HEXHAMSHIRE LASS Fairport Convention

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 Hexha...

MEET ON THE LEDGE Fairport Convention

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 Too many friends who tried Blown...

Percy`s Song Fairport Convention

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...

WHITE DRESS Fairport Convention

Feel how the wind blows December despair Bring me a ribbon to tie up my hair I'll be your bride go where you go All of my life you'll be my beau Kiss me and I might Put on the white dress If you'll...

BOOK SONG Fairport Convention

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? <Interlude> ...

RISING FOR THE MOON Fairport Convention

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 ...

STRANGER TO HIMSELF Fairport Convention

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...

TALE IN HARD TIME Fairport Convention

Take the sun from my heart Let me learn to despise I'll show you another who cannot tell lies <Interlude> The blind man can't see Who demands to his eyes I'll show you another who sings as he...

Knockin\' On Heven\'s Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can\'t use it anymore. It\'s gettin\' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I\'m knockin\' on heaven\'s door. Knock, knock, knockin\' on heaven\'s door Knock, ...

Knockin' On Heven's Door Fairport Convention

Mama, take this badge off of me I can't use it anymore. It's gettin' dark, too dark for me to see I feel like I'm knockin' on heaven's door. Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Knock, knock, k...

Farewell, Farewell Fairport Convention

Farewell, farewell to you who would hearYou lonely travelers all.The cold North winds will blow againThe winding road does call.And you will never return to seeYour bruised and beaten sons?Oh, I wo...

Tam Lin Fairport Convention

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 hairTo trav...

Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Fairport Convention

Across the evening sky, all the birds are leavingBut how can they know it's time for them to go?Before the winter fire, I will still be dreamingI have no thought of timeFor who knows where the time...

To Althea From Prison Fairport Convention

When love, with unconfined wings, hovers within my gatesAnd my ?divine now fear? brings to whisper at my gratesWhen I lie tangled in her hair and fettered with her eyeBirds that wanton in the air k...

Bring 'Em Down Fairport Convention

Time stood dark and silent and the stars they gave no lightI wandered in an endless dream, haunted by the nightI saw four ghostly riders, the horses in a lineEach in turn did point at me and say I'...

Big William Fairport Convention

He never put a foot wrongUntil the day Joe met Big WilliamHe made him an offer but he often was wrongI'll tell you where to stick it,said Big William to JoeYou can put it where the monkey sticks hi...

Pleasure & Pain Fairport Convention

Chorus)Pleasure and pain is like profit and gainSometimes you win and sometimes you loseBe kind to yourself when you're tired of yourselfDon't go mixing the reds along with the bluesThe coach that ...

Possibly Parsons Green Fairport Convention

Don't say you caught me, if you don't need meThen I'll walk away, come on make up your mindDon't try to use me or cry to confuse me causeI know your games and they're the same games as mineFeels li...

Mr. Lacey Fairport Convention

Please, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machinePlease, Mr Lacey, let me work your loving machineWill you let me control the handles, you know it's the best thing I've ever seenWell, Mr Lacey, whe...

Angel Delight Fairport Convention

John the Wood went out one dayTo view the scene from a different angleHe stood and watched a child at playA-tinkling on an old triangleDave the Drum who was passing byBought the toy with a coin he'...

Breakfast In Mayfair Fairport Convention

Breakfast I' mayfair Fairport Convention The world has surely lost it's head The news is full of crimes. There's robberies in The Telegraph, And there's murders in The Times.

Matty Groves (Live) Fairport Convention

A holiday, a holiday, and the first one of the yearLord Donald's wife came into the church, the gospel for to hearAnd when the meeting it was done, she cast her eyes aboutAnd there she saw little M...

Sloth (Live) Fairport Convention

Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war has begun...

Walk Awhile Fairport Convention

Chorus)Walk awhile, walk awhile, walk awhile with meThe more we walk together, love, the better we'll agreeWe'll agreeOne hand in your mouth and your finger in your eyeUndertakers bow their heads a...

Doctor Of Physick Fairport Convention

Take care daughter dearDon't dream on many gallant men tonightTake care daughter dearFor a doctor comes to steal your books in the dead of night"Every ?sign? in hereSo wear your relic nearDoctor Mo...

Sloth Fairport Convention

Chorus)Just a roll, just a rollJust a roll on your drumJust a roll, just a rollAnd the war has begunNow the right thing's the wrong thingNo more excuses to comeJust one step at a timeAnd the war ha...

Sir Patrick Spens Fairport Convention

The King sits in Dunfirmline town, drinking of the blood-red wine"Where can I get a steely skipper to sail this might boat of mine?"Then up there spoke a bonny boy, sitting at the King's right knee...

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (1988 Version) Fairport Convention

Rise for the hangmanHis pleasure is that you should riseHe's the judge and the juryAt the jester's assizePoor Will on the gallows treeNever a cruel word did sayOh that a good manShould be treated t...

Flowers Of The Forest Fairport Convention

I've heard them lilting?At are? you milkingAnd I've heard them liltingBefore light a-dayNow they are mourningFor all time a-liltingThe flowers of the forestAre all ?wean? awaySad they for the order...

Now Be Thankful (Mono Version) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneelIn crystal waters I'll be boundCold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheelNow be thankful for good things belowNow be thankful to your makerFor the ro...

Now Be Thankful (Stereo Mix) Fairport Convention

When the stone is grown too cold to kneelIn crystal waters I'll be boundCold as stone, weary to the sounds upon the wheelNow be thankful for good things belowNow be thankful to your makerFor the ro...