Magna Carta

If I had words like a hammer
If I had powers unreal
Then I would tear down Megiddo
And I would bring you songs of love
And every child of tomorrow
Safely in his bed could lie
And hate would die of starvation

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

I’ll find an old man lonely
In the autumn of his years
I’ll find a young girl hoping
To lose herself in love
And to both I’d give a rainbow
For neither side can make it on their own
Young and old come together

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

I’ll find some magic morning
I’ll take a boat out on the sea
Maybe run before the west wind
To bring you songs of love
And every fear for tomorrow
In my head could surely lie
And you and I, we’d be together

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

Two old friends of mine
I saw them only yesterday
They where there
But I got the feeling
They had gone away
And I was alone
Killing time
A stranger in the silence of their company

Two old friends of mine
Is this all life has left of you?
Who took the laughter?
Who took the times
We said what we were going to do?
When we were grown
Grown and ready
To take on the world, with a song
And now the tune is one
You dont remember

Who lost the reason
For being together?
Who says the money wont go round?
For once it was love
And well live on a shoestring
But they dont give no mortgage
On a castle in the air

Two old friends of mine
A dripping tap
And a broken old chair
And if I read between the lines
Someones lonely
Someone doesnt care
If its all gone by tomorrow
For tomorrows been and gone
Just like a bird
That has no home

Lord of the ages rode one night
Out through the gateways of time
Astride a great charger
In a cloak of white samite
He flew on the air
Like a storm
Dark was the night
For he gathered the stars in his hand
To light a path through the sky
While the hooves of his charger
Made comets of fire
Bewitching all eyes
Beheld them

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whether he goes, nobody knows

Below a dark forest in caves of black granite
The children of darkness dwelt in oblivion
Betraying one another in endless confusion
But the lord of the dark
Had bewitched them
From time's first creation
The wise men and prophets
And all workers of magic
Had warned of the reckoning
The wind and the fire
And the plague of destruction that follows the path
Of evil

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whether he goes, nobody knows

Far above the wide ocean and thundering rivers
Through the sun and the rain
The turn of the seasons
Rode the god of all knowing
While all around him celestial companions
Friends from the void before time was woven
Honour his crown with words of white fire
And carry his robes of light

Whither he goes, nobody knows

But in the peace of a valley
A young child was born
Filling the night with his crying
And an old man gave thanks to the lord of the ages
Who's battle is not with innocence
But the birds of the air were silent
Knowing that time had come when time was forgotten
The waters were stilled
The mountains stood empty
And the cities were deaf
Long, long ago

Enough
Cried a voice
And the earth was awakened
Poor and the rich fell to ring of the fire
Death and destruction rode out together
Turning the world to a funeral pyre

It was the lord of the ages,
Gathering in the harvest
I said the lord of the ages
Gathering in the harvest
Oh, lord
Gathering in the harvest

Gathering in the harvest (repeated by backing vocals)

And from the blood and the thunder of men and their dying
His eyes dark with sorrow
The lord of the ages
Gathered in his harvest

Gathering in the harvest (repeated by backing vocals)

But to the old and helpless
The weak and the humble
To the children of light
His words of compassion breezed on them gently
Dissolving the darkness across the great valley that rumbled with fire
And from the death and destruction
The lord of the ages
Carried the fruit to the harvest
To freedom

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whither he goes, nobody knows

Were I the morning star
I could never shine so fair
Lady in your sequin gown
Riding on a milk with palfrey
Popinjay and minstrel gaily
Riding down a forest road
Knights and ladies come ye well
To be at Falkland Grene
To be at Falkland Grene

Sand your coat of steel my lord
You could have a winesome favour
Ride you fair and speak you well
Maybe know a ladys pleasure
Stuart lord in gold and crimson
Hunt the boar and fleetfoot deer
Poet if your lines be true
Then come to Falkland Grene
Come to Falkland Grene

Blow cold the winter wind
Whistle you a mournful song
Jesters words they pealed like bells
Down below the rims of Lomond
Flew the hawk and waltzed the courtier
In the gardens were they seen
In days of wine and madrigal
Down at Falkland Grene
Down at Falkland Grene

Two old friends of mine
I saw them only yesterday
They where there
But I got the feeling
They had gone away
And I was alone
Killing time
A stranger in the silence of their company

Two old friends of mine
Is this all life has left of you?
Who took the laughter?
Who took the times
We said what we were going to do?
When we were grown
Grown and ready
To take on the world, with a song
And now the tune is one
You dont remember

Who lost the reason
For being together?
Who says the money wont go round?
For once it was love
And well live on a shoestring
But they dont give no mortgage
On a castle in the air

Two old friends of mine
A dripping tap
And a broken old chair
And if I read between the lines
Someones lonely
Someone doesnt care
If its all gone by tomorrow
For tomorrows been and gone
Just like a bird
That has no home

Lord of the ages rode one night
Out through the gateways of time
Astride a great charger
In a cloak of white samite
He flew on the air
Like a storm
Dark was the night
For he gathered the stars in his hand
To light a path through the sky
While the hooves of his charger
Made comets of fire
Bewitching all eyes
Beheld them

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whether he goes, nobody knows

Below a dark forest in caves of black granite
The children of darkness dwelt in oblivion
Betraying one another in endless confusion
But the lord of the dark
Had bewitched them
From time's first creation
The wise men and prophets
And all workers of magic
Had warned of the reckoning
The wind and the fire
And the plague of destruction that follows the path
Of evil

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whether he goes, nobody knows

Far above the wide ocean and thundering rivers
Through the sun and the rain
The turn of the seasons
Rode the god of all knowing
While all around him celestial companions
Friends from the void before time was woven
Honour his crown with words of white fire
And carry his robes of light

Whither he goes, nobody knows

But in the peace of a valley
A young child was born
Filling the night with his crying
And an old man gave thanks to the lord of the ages
Who's battle is not with innocence
But the birds of the air were silent
Knowing that time had come when time was forgotten
The waters were stilled
The mountains stood empty
And the cities were deaf
Long, long ago

Enough
Cried a voice
And the earth was awakened
Poor and the rich fell to ring of the fire
Death and destruction rode out together
Turning the world to a funeral pyre

It was the lord of the ages,
Gathering in the harvest
I said the lord of the ages
Gathering in the harvest
Oh, lord
Gathering in the harvest

Gathering in the harvest (repeated by backing vocals)

And from the blood and the thunder of men and their dying
His eyes dark with sorrow
The lord of the ages
Gathered in his harvest

Gathering in the harvest (repeated by backing vocals)

But to the old and helpless
The weak and the humble
To the children of light
His words of compassion breezed on them gently
Dissolving the darkness across the great valley that rumbled with fire
And from the death and destruction
The lord of the ages
Carried the fruit to the harvest
To freedom

Lord of the ages, nobody knows
Whither he goes, nobody knows

If I had words like a hammer
If I had powers unreal
Then I would tear down Megiddo
And I would bring you songs of love
And every child of tomorrow
Safely in his bed could lie
And hate would die of starvation

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

I’ll find an old man lonely
In the autumn of his years
I’ll find a young girl hoping
To lose herself in love
And to both I’d give a rainbow
For neither side can make it on their own
Young and old come together

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

I’ll find some magic morning
I’ll take a boat out on the sea
Maybe run before the west wind
To bring you songs of love
And every fear for tomorrow
In my head could surely lie
And you and I, we’d be together

Wish it was (I wish it was)
Wish it was today it was
Wish it was (wish it was)
Wish it was today

Two old friends of mine
I saw them only yesterday
They where there
But I got the feeling
They had gone away
And I was alone
Killing time
A stranger in the silence of their company

Two old friends of mine
Is this all life has left of you?
Who took the laughter?
Who took the times
We said what we were going to do?
When we were grown
Grown and ready
To take on the world, with a song
And now the tune is one
You dont remember

Who lost the reason
For being together?
Who says the money wont go round?
For once it was love
And well live on a shoestring
But they dont give no mortgage
On a castle in the air

Two old friends of mine
A dripping tap
And a broken old chair
And if I read between the lines
Someones lonely
Someone doesnt care
If its all gone by tomorrow
For tomorrows been and gone
Just like a bird
That has no home