A Careless Life

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Oysterband (originally The Oyster Band) is an English electric folk or folk rock band formed in Canterbury in or around 1976. more »

Year:

1987

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If nothing is given 
Nothing is required 
Sent early to bed 
The boy never tired 
Alone in the dark 
He learned not to cry 
Then in his dream 
He could fall, he could fly 

(The bird's on the wing 
There's blood on the thorn) 
Alone in the dark 
He learned not to cry 
Then in his dream 
He could fall, he could fly 

(The bird's on the wing 
There's blood on the thorn 
The snails on the runway 
A comet is born) 

It was a careless life in any sense 
A long way out with no defense 
Another careless life 
Another tilt at staying free 
Blessed are the poor in spirit 
We'd better be 

The women fell silent 
When trouble began 
They carried the babies 
They carried the can 
They carried his cases 
Out to the car 
Waving him off to 
Another small war 
(Everyone thinks and 
No one knows 
Everyone knows and 
No one thinks) 

It was a careless life in any sense 
A long way out with no defense 
Another careless life 
Another tilt at staying free 
Blessed are the poor in spirit 
We'd better be 

Trawling the desert 
The whole press-card jive 
Tempting the guns 
To be sure he's alive 

Dictating impressions 
For memoirs to come 
The sky held its breath 
The stones were dumb 
They blew his driver 
Out of the jeep 
Headlines on Sundays 
Make editors weep 
All these adventures 
All of these rhymes 
Don't stand a prayer 
In desperate times 

(The bird's on the wing 
There's blood on the thorn 
The snails on the runway 
A comet is born 
Everyone thinks and 
No one knows 
Everyone knows and 
Nobody knows) 

It was a careless life in any sense 
A long way out with no defense 
Another careless life 
Another tilt at staying free 
Blessed are the poor in spirit 
We'd better be

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