The Antique Suite Lyrics

The bird had silver wings, my friends, And reached out for the sky; It found its wings were broken, It had lost the right to fly. The pink-eyed salamander Changed its colours for t...Read Full Lyrics

In the early dawn the Bishops' men Shivered in the damp But the shiver came not from the cold And spread throughout the camp The trembling horses sensed the fear Of silent thoughtf...Read Full Lyrics

The village square stands quiet with the curfew still in force The streets are even clear of dogs and whores Like some evil bird of prey the scaffold spreads its wings The people b...Read Full Lyrics

The night was ablaze With the light of a thousand memories Your eyes were on fire With the light of a million stars The clouds went sailing past the moon Like silver-winged flaming...Read Full Lyrics

The soft blush of evening Returns to the folded hills The sky rains magenta In praise of the shepherd's skills The lion lies down beside the lamb At peace in the holy ground. The ...Read Full Lyrics

Row upon row Of drab colourless houses Bowing low Before high rise blocks Varicosed housewives With sweaty armpits Scrimping and scrubbing Their husbands' socks A limp polluted fla...Read Full Lyrics

This is the last resort You'll ever know The old straight track The long way back One more familiar face has gone Will you miss me I doubt it There are many more At the last resor...Read Full Lyrics

The signpost stands where the crossways meet There's but one road to the journey's end The wanderer bent with his heavy load Is waiting for a friend. The sun sinks slowly behind t...Read Full Lyrics

While seasons change in timely way The salt sea ever flows Where open moors lie cold and bleak A single flower grows. Though winter snows fall deep and long The flower grows the w...Read Full Lyrics

The plain stretched out before me as far as the slate grey sky I told her I was leaving with the migrant birds to fly I said she might expect me with the coming of the spring When ...Read Full Lyrics