Rick Wakeman - Recollections: The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman (1973-1979) [compilation] (2001) by Rick Wakeman (보컬) on maniadb.com

Five days out on an infinite sea
They prayed for calm on an ocean free
But the surface of the water
Was indicating some disturbance

The raft was hurled by an unseen source
Two hundred feet with a frightening force
And a dark mass rising showed to be a giant porpoise

Rising out of the angry sea
Towered the creatures enemy
And so the two sea monsters closed for battle

Crocodile teeth, lizard's head
Bloodshot eye, stained ocean red
Battle won, a victor's pride
The three men thanked the Lord and cried
"Save me, save me, save me, save me"

Save me
Save me
Save me

Serpent's fight went on for hours
Two monsters soaring up my towers
And diving down to the depths in a single motion

Suddenly the serpent's head
Shot out of the water bathed in red
And the serpentine form lay lifeless on the ocean

Crocodile teeth, lizard's head
Bloodshot eye stained ocean read
Battle won, a victor's pride
The three men thanked the Lord and cried
"Praise God, praise God, praise God, praise God"

Who so pulleth out this
Sword from this stone
And anvil, is the true
Born king of all Britain

Upon a new year's day
A host of knights did pray
That from the anvil one could draw the sword.
As each knight took his turn
They found the anvil, held it firm;
None worthy of a future king and lord.
Sir Kay the bravest knight
Appeared to try his might
He dreamed of being king, as all the rest
To Arthur Sir Kay called to search
And bring for him a sword
In earnest Arthur set about his quest.
A churchyard in the wood
The sword and anvil stood
And Arthur drew the sword out of the stone
The anvil now defeated
His quest for the sword completed
A sword that was to place him on the throne
A sword that was to place him on the throne.
Sir Hector and Sir Kay saw the sword
And knelt to pray
Then gently took it from young Arthur's hand
They marveled at his quest
Proclaiming to the rest
Arthur is the king of all this land
Arthur the king of all this land.

The shadow of the noose grew long
A sundial of the time
The prisoner had left to live
A self-inflicted crime
To pay with death for pain he gave
To those he soon will meet
The rope hung loosely 'round his neck
The devil at his feet

You shall hang, said the judge
For your presence here on earth
Is no use to those who want to live in peace
Your evil is forever
You shall hang, said the judge
You shall hang
You shall hang
You shall hang

The hangman checked the rope
Aware the prisoner was afraid
The preacher softly praying
To our Lord his soul to save
The blindfold placed around his eyes
An unlit funeral pyre
The hangman pulled the lever
He heard an astral choir

One man's life has cost another
You shall not lie in sacred ground
The time has come to meet your maker
Down on earth they heard no sound

Your evil is forever
You shall hang, said the judge
All earthy life in you has ceased

He tried to call out to the maker
On no earthly soil he fell
The maker motioned all around
He felt his soul dragged down to hell
He saw the man that he had murdered
People he had pained on earth
Of souls returning reincarnate
No hope for his rebirth

You shall hang, said the maker
For your presence on our planes
Is no use for those who wish to rest in peace

Your evil is forever
You shall hang, said the maker
You shall hang
You shall hang
You shall hang

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Written By R. WAKEMAN
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