They saw the flags, it didn't look so bad they heard the news and how we could not lose And they sang with the marching band The sailors' wives with anxious eyes But it impressed them too They even cheered up as the ships pulled clear And though it was no-one's fault That men went off to war I saw a thousand faces all along the shore... The women were watching So no-one thought of turning back He didn't fight for his country's pride His life was sold cos it was better than the dole He even waved as they sent him away But something's changed - no this is not a game She held his hand and it was cold and damp She couldn't hide from the feelings inside Cos in the storm the night before She heard him calling... goodbye goodbye goodbye Won't you give me a smile I could be gone for a long long while And though it was no-one's fault That he had to go to war Among a thousand faces all along the shore A woman was watching He never thought of turning back
Say no word She watched as she waited By the iron gate Veiled in black brocade Tom was all alone She spoke soft but breathless, He took the half-a-crown And thought how strange
Long ago, she knew a man Who sailed the seas And gave her a daughter Through the vanished years Fate bestowed a lady's seat She honoured it with grace Hid the past and with it me
And now, she is everything to me Though I was denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle She's bitterly breaking now Why is my dream disturbed?
Cold cut the wind We pitched as we tossed From cobblestone to track Along the old canal Fierce came the frost The stone changed to pasture Could anyone survive? Has anybody seen?
Long ago a fox found out, They laid the captain dead at his masthead Searching everywhere, Questioning the wind and trees I beat the empty air, Knowing it has seen her face And now, I'd give everything to know Why my flesh and blood must suffer so Turning and tossing From river to crossing Causing great confusion If only she knew she was everything to me, Alone now, somewhere, she's imploring me Oh, please forgive me I've been so thoughtless She's bitterly breaking now
For, she is everything to me Though I denied her tenderness Years spent in gloom I cried in my room I believed I'd been quite deserted But now that I find She gave everything to me Until it became quite impossible Scorn upon scandal Helpless to handle I pray we are not too late...
Bleak rose the towers The rain lashed the horses We found the gate ajar Her cloak lay in a heap The captain's furled his sails It comes as no surprise She's no longer here.
See, the days grown long Winter comes upon us Like a storm at sea. And the will to live Seems a little thin sometimes When those you love are Lost beneath the snowfall.
"Give and you will live", Said a man who lived In a funny way. So we share our cup With the thirsty fawn of life Who leaves us on the Highway without water.
Master of Time, take me back through the years. Master of Time, let me try once again And I will give more, oh how I'll try, And with this, a new life I'll buy.
Hush! The marsh-duck cries, Far away, she knows That her love will be, And she nestles down, Sobbing still, she dries her eyes, Knowing that the world Will cry the rest out.
Where did beauty go? Seek it here, there But it's slipped away. And when they come to lay me down, I will take your memory too, They'll know that in my final hour, I loved you.
Master of Time, take me back through the years. Master of Time, let me try once again And I will give more, oh how I'll try, And with this, a new life I'll buy.
