When the war began, she worked in an office and played the violin on her own timeBut the winter came in on marching feet, she met him and was goneHe was gallant, he was fineTurned ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
First I will describe the scene to youDo you have it right?In 1944 the Riegal she went downShe went down with 4,000 prisonersAsleep on boardWell now do you,I want to know if youHav...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
The old man sat on the cornerHe had a magic ringAnd when the day was on fireHe called up serpents and thingsWith his magic ringThe serpents flew to the mountainChanged into butterf...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
Margery I am a wandererThe ocean is my homeIn the green saltmagic of the sea, andThe mysteries of sandThere are supermarket maladiesA sickness on the hillAll the good men are in pr...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
Tell me whyThe rain must fallOn all the children of the worldThey do not haveSome sunny landWhere white knightsWill take them by the handThey are bornThey live alone for so longWhy...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
This is a song about a roseOr perhaps it's a song about the shadow of a roseIn the morning the apple sellers congregate on corners of their ownBut you and I we sing our song about ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
God Save The ChildGod save the childLost in the seaGod save the childGod save the childYou didn't even say goodbyeWhen you left meBye bye bye for nowAn empty bed was all I heardAft...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
My father was a rocket manHe often went to Jupiter or Mercury, to Venus or to MarsMy mother and I would watch the skyAnd wonder if a falling starWas a ship becoming ashes with a ro...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
The jeweler has a shop on the corner of the boulevardIn the night, in small spectacles, he polishes old coinsHe uses spit and cloth and ashesHe makes them shine with ashesHe knows ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Pearls Before Swine
There's no time like the present
So face the facts and skip the legend
All that you say
Is a dead giveaway
To another time
Unobjective
Just protective
Of everything you find...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Radio 4