Bert Jansch - Bert Jansch (1965) by Bert Jansch (보컬) on maniadb.com

Strolling down the highway
I'm gonna to get there my way
Dusk 'till dawn I'm walking
Can you hear my guitar rockin'?
While I stroll on down, on down the highway

People think I'm a crazy
But lord above ain't lazy
The sun shines all day long
The garlic's far too strong
While I stroll on down, on down the highway

While I stroll on down, on down the highway

The cars won't stop for no one
They'd all think your just a rollin' bum
They think you are a spy
Gonna shoot them as a they go by
No, the cars they won't stop, won't stop for no one

Strolling down the highway
I'm gonna to get there my way
Dusk 'till dawn I'm walking
Can you hear my guitar rockin'?
While I stroll on down, on down the highway

Hey girl, oh how your love is strong
Weaves a tumble-in' tearless song
Tho' you don't seem to care that you love is blind.
You don't seem to care not realise.

Hey girl, oh how my heart is torn,
Hey girl, now that your baby's born,
What shall it cost? Is my freedom lost?
What is the price of nature's own way.

Hey girl, how could I dress your child,
When this life girl I'm livin' so wild?
Will your newborn child grow to be as wild?
And walk alone to meet his destiny?

Hey girl, see how I stand a man,
Hey girl, see I've no father's hand.
Would it be a crime to leave at such a time,
When you've many claims to make on me?

I have no time to spend with you
You talk of nothing, what can you do
You live like kings and you know it's true
That if famine crossed the waters that'll be the end of you.

I've heard of people who till the earth
Who saw their seeds for all they're worth
Who cry for rain all summer long
And weep for the day when winter's passed and gone.

If cherry trees bore fruit of gold
The birds would die, their wings would fold
They'd sing no more their song of love
Nor await the morning sun that lights the sky above.

If war returns like it did before
A kiddy's penny would be no more
They'd cry for love and their candy too
But a kiddy's wants are nothing 'till killin' days are thru'.

So drink your fill be happy now
The times will change and you'll wonder how
A man could die from lack of food
But you don't give a damn, no reason why you should.

When sadness fills your heart
And sorrow hides the longing to be free
When things go wrong each day
You fix your mind to a€?scape your misery

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

How strange, your happy words
Have ceased to bring a smile from everyone
How tears have filled the eyes
Of friends that you once had walked among

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

One grain of pure white snow
Dissolved in blood spread quickly to your brain
In peace your mind withdraws
Your death so near your soul can't feel no pain

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

Your mother stands a'cryin'
While to the earth your body's slowly cast
Your father stands in silence
Caressing every young dream of the past

Your troubled young life
Had made you turn
To a needle of death

Through ages, man's desires
To free his mind, to release his very soul
Has proved to all who live
That death itself is freedom for evermore

And your troubled young life
Will make you turn
To a needle of death

Freedom fighters, speak with your tongues
Sing with the might of the wind
In your lungs, do you hear me now?

My mama told me, papa said it too
"Son, the world's divided and you know
Your cause is true", do you hear me now?

Can you see those mushrooms seed and burst
Spreading through our valleys breeding hunger
Breeding thirst. Do you hear me now?

Snowmen in the winter, blossoms in the spring
If they drop the bomb in the summertime
It don't mean a doggone thing
Do you hear me now?
Do you hear me now?

Freedom fighters speak with your tongues
Sing with the might of the wind
In your lungs, do you hear me now?
Do you hear me now?

Runnin' runnin' from home,
Breakin' ties that you'd grown
Catchin' dreams from the clouds

The city sounds burn your soul
Turn your head to the cries
Of loneliness in the night

Just like a fly when it's caught
The spider soon takes it's prey
Spins a dance round your heart

Give me your beauty and age
A pleasure pleasing my mind
Your heart will shatter and fall

Step on pavements so old
Cast a glance at the young
Girls a-making their way

The passing image of you
Reflects a pain to my heart
And disappears in a crowd

Runnin' runnin' from home
Breakin' ties that you'd grown
Catchin' dreams from the clouds

Green are your eyes
In the morning, when you arise
Don't you be afraid to lie
By me, my love,
Your father will not know.

Love can be broken,
Though no words are spoken,
Don't you be afraid to lie
By me, my love,
Your father will not know.

Love be bold,
We're not so old,
Don't you be afraid to lie
By me, my love,
Your father will not know.

Love don't cry,
I'll not try,
Don't you be afraid to lie
By me, my love,
Your father will not know.

Green are your eyes
In the morning, when you rise
Don't you be afraid to lie
By me, my love
Your father will be told someday
About our wedding day(?)

A troubled wind has chilled my heart
Killed our love right from the start
And visions of your face
Twist in my mind into knots of silken lace
A chance to win a hand so fair
Fades with night and a single prayer
Then a straw hat on her head
Brings morning dreams to alight upon my bed
If dead men swam the waters deep
Then fish would cry all in their sleep
My love, I can only try
To lift my hat from the depths as you walk by
now banjos ring and fiddles play
A candle burns to light my way
and turning in my sleep
I dream again of your love, your love to keep