CHILDREN OF THE SUN =================== STRANGERS --------- There was a time upon the earth When men were all of noble birth And beautiful and fair There was a world within their brain That grew from love as summer rain In their eyes that wandered free We're looking for the strangers With sunlight in their eyes Who lived on earth When man was new When time was just a coloured dew That grew inside their minds LADY MARY --------- Hey sweet prince I love your hair of darkest violet Hey sweet prince I love your eyes that twinkle at twilight Hey you're gonna be a king when the dawn rises from the sea And you're gonna love me when all our golden lands are free Lady Mary is making kisses out of starlight She's deep in love with the sweet kings of the earth Hey cool princess With your eyes hung in the milk of the moon Hey pretty princess Take me down to your cave at dawn Hey you're gonna be a queen When the stars water heaven with tears And you're gonna love me When all our golden lands are free Lady Mary is making kisses out of starlight She's deep in love with the sweet kings of the earth High king There's love on your brow like the spring tide High king Give me princes to walk by my side, Hey king of earth You are gentle and new like the moon And it's you I love, In the heaven comin' soon Lady Mary is making kisses out of starlight She's deep in love with the sweet kings of the earth CHILDREN OF THE SUN ------------------- I watch the boats go by as evening colours the sand The rain is bringing tears from my lovers land I watch the silver stars melt in love with the sea I cry to the wind bring back my lover to me Allah Allah Allah sending children of the sun My lover's hands are whiter than the wings of a dove His hair is softest fire that fall in heavenly love His smile is a blue birds cry on a midsummers morn His kiss is the touch of the sun before the earth's new dawn. Allah Allah Allah sending children of the sun My lover used to bring me stars he found in the sand I would lay the singing skies inside his tiny hand Tonight the moon is dripping on the coloured river we knew O take me where he lies cryin' in the mornin' dew A LOVER FOR ALL REASONS ----------------------- Come walk with me and I will give you Cherries from a newborn summer glimmerin' Come lie with me and I will give you Babies from a moonlit sea all shimmerin' Cos I love you lover I love you like I love the four high seasons Come run with me and I will show you Stars and lights that glow like spring on fire Come fly with me and I will show you Passions of the woodland flowers desire Cos I love you man I love you like I love the four high seasons Come dance with me and I will show you Rhythm of the thunder winds on sea sand Come move with me and I will show you Harmony that flows through the sea and the land Cos I love you woman I love you like I love the four high seasons Come take my hand and wander in the Willow river glistening with blue bells Come take my flesh and wander in the Sunny Corn that shimmers still at snowfall Cos I love you lover I love you like I love the four high seasons RIVER SONG ---------- My moon shine so softly On the hair of my killer Pour flowers on his head Help me give him some shelter Come lie by the river Rest your head don't you fear Sleep softly my baby They won't find you here And Daddy forgive them They've taken and murdered all that he loved He came with a gun his mind all undone Now he's weepin' they wanna hang him at morning. Pretty stars drop your wonder On the eyes of my killer Blind him with the lovelight Help me give him some shelter I will die on a mountain When the evening is falling Kill softly my baby For I'll rise in the morning Come take me by the river Bring your gun don't you fear Then sleep quiet my baby They won't find my body here And Daddy forgive them They've taken and murdered all that he loved He came with a gun his mind all undone Now he's weepin' they wanna hang him at morning. BANQUET ON THE WATER -------------------- I don't want your Apollo of frozen steel I don't want your lies you teach my children to feel So keep off my lovers moon or he'll blind thee As he walks in beauty on water He didn't need an aeroplane As we went flying thro' the starry rain High over rivers of light seas of pearl High into the sun Then we spent the night walking on the water Hey man catch me white bait Hey man let's have a banquet Don't wanna know your name You're just my lover Just wanna spend the night Walking beside you on the water You look like my lover but your words are cold You say words like him but thinking has made you grow old So keep off my lovers moon or he'll blind thee As he walks in beauty on water BALLOONS -------- I remember the day when I was the night And the sun was my eyes in the moon But I changed into day and the night flew away And I sang to my lover the moon I remember the sound when my hair felt the ground And the words that were written on you But you were not there so I slept on the stair And you came in a lemon balloon Who are you? I remember the breeze and the soft creamy cheese That we gave to the dowes on the lawn But the grass was so green that it soaked up the cream And the dowes flew away and were gone But I saw the smiles that were deep in their eyes And saw the joke was on you but I could not laugh I went back to the grass and you came in a rainbow balloon Who are you? MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S HAPPENING --------------------------- Sunlight falling bright over the village garden walls Moonlight showers gold where living water falls People walk in splendour under trees hung in starlight Candlelight lawns sweep down to the river that ripples on pebbles of turquoise Fountains of golden light burst in quavers that float among the stars The tables are laid with fruits of the wine and cedar from Samarkand The golden gates are open wide for the people all over the land A thousand dancing chandeliers shine in my lady's chamber My lord comes swaying through the hall with a goblet of shining amber Then nectar and brandy, wine and mead come flowing from shimmering springs They all menuet to a string quartet and the Marquis's daughter shall sing Gentle maidens walking in the garden While they'r courted by the knights from the palace of love They are all dressed in white with flowers of palest colour They are all singing songs to the yellow moon above Come to the Ball my love, sip sweet ambrosia Tip in the forest Titania my love Would you like brandy wine? Shall we go now and dine? We'll do the merry minuet till the yellow moon has set We shall dance through the midsummer night Come my pretty Oberon trip, trip, trip Come and sing a summer song trip, trip I know a bank where cowslips trip Whereon the wild thyme sits trip, trip Dance in the midsummer night Come my pretty puck and squeeze this magic flower In the eyes of lovers in the midnight hour This a flower of wonder is a magic seed When they shall awake lay heaven at their feet Would you like brandy wine? Shall we go now and dine? We'll do the merry minuet till the yellow moon has set We shall dance through the midsummer night LOVE IN ICE CRYSTALS -------------------- O my love being your songs to my door And come and rest inside While the snow is falling coloured through The windy world outside the crystal window And the snowy wind is breathing sounds of icicles---melting in love. O my love let your teats warm my hand And shower your gentle kisses Where the desert sands are running dry And parched in summer burning heat and hunger And the warm Indian sun is shedding Pearl stones---melting in love. O my love let your hands rest in my hair As white birds in the forest making love upon the fingers of the trees And in the wild woodland simmering And the bodies of the trees are bursting sunflowers Melting in love---melting in love. O my love you're searching for your name Beside the sea of dreams where shadows dance And for your glance the sky would chance the granting Of a dream to the restless soul that dwells within your heart And your eyes are open windows to your mind Your eyes are open windows to your mind THE MURDER OF THE CHILDREN OF SAN FRANCISCO ------------------------------------------- A child of love is walkin' thro' the San Franciscan night He's barefoot and his eyes are open wide with heavenly light His head is covered over with leaves of darkest red He drinks the milk of paradise and on honey dew has fed O my tiny hands are frozen won't you give me bread to eat My father is St.Francis and there's snow upon my feet. O Joseph what's the knockin' in the howlin' wind without Is it the rain or what that's strikin' fear into my heart O Mary calm your mind while I open up the door If it be beggars or gypsy sellers they wont't come back no more O my tiny hands are frozen won't you give me bread to eat My father is St.Francis and there's snow upon my feet. O Joseph there's that call again pray go and let him in We have a litte wine to spare if he be tired and thin O Mary where's your sense I have to work both night and day For you and all our childrens sakes I'll drive the child away O my tiny hands are frozen won't you give me bread to eat My father is St.Francis and there's snow upon my feet. His head is covered over with leaves of darkest red He drinks the milk of paradise and on honey dew has fed O Joseph my love has died with this cruel deed of yours Take care my man for you did drive an angel from your door A child of love is walkin' thro' the San Franciscan night He's barefoot and his eyes are open wide with heavenly light His head is covered over with leaves of darkest red He drinks the milk of paradise and on honey dew has fed