Mike Batt: Songs Of Love And War
(EPIC 4806122, Released in 1988) |
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They tell me that she's alright in Warsaw,
But I don't believe anything they say.
I remember some crazy nights in Warsaw,
And it only seems like yesterday.
We tried to break away.
In Warsaw, a heart is breaking,
And now there's nothing that we can do,
In Warsaw, she will be waiting,
But I can't go back again,
To Warsaw.
We knew at the start that it wouldn't be easy,
But we didn't think it would be so bad.
She gave up her heart and soul just to please me,
And I gave her everything I had.
Everything I had.
In Warsaw, a heart is breaking,
And now there's nothing that we can do,
In Warsaw, she will be waiting,
But I can't go back again,
To Warsaw.
(Instrumental break)
In Warsaw, a heart is breaking,
And now there's nothing that we can do,
In Warsaw, she will be waiting,
But I can't go back again,
To Warsaw.
Warsaw, Warsaw,
Warsaw, Warsaw...
Piano version. Lyrics.
And she played the harmonium down by the sea,
Singing, "God save the USA and God save me",
And though God never had, she believed him to be
On his way.
She had lived out in Paris before Paris fell,
Singing, "When will I hear again from Jean-Michel?"
And she prayed for his soul and she hoped he was well."
Anyway.
Hold on, for the sailing ships from Heaven won't be long.
Play on, till the sailing ships from Heaven come along.
And she laughed, "Don't be sad like the boys in the trees;
They're only waiting for the world to freeze."
She said, "When they were young they went down on their knees
For my love."
Hold on, for the sailing ships from Heaven won't be long.
Play on, till the sailing ships from Heaven come along.
And she walked on the beach in the wind and the rain,
Singing, "Why don't you ask me why I feel no pain?
And the reason that keeps me from going insane?
-- It's my love."
Hold on, for the sailing ships from Heaven won't be long.
Play on, till the sailing ships from Heaven come along.
Hold on, for the sailing ships from Heaven won't be long.
Play on, till the sailing ships from Heaven come along.
Hold on, for the sailing ships from Heaven won't be long.
Play on, till the sailing ships from Heaven come along.
(Instrumental)
Strange and strong;
Bad dreams of burning love gone wrong.
Driven by desire --
Fight fire with fire, blade with blade,
And curse the games that once you played
Between the sheets,
Where you made your big mistake...
So lie awake, my darling, lie awake,
You know you'll never escape
The Ring of Scorpio.Brave and tall,
The one we never thought could fall,
Beaten and betrayed;
The deals you made in foreign lands,
Smile on your face, blood on your hands;
You've had it all,
There's no more trust for you to break...So lie awake, my darling, lie awake,
You know you'll never escape
The Ring of Scorpio.
You know you never can break
The Ring of Scorpio.
(Instrumental section)
So lie awake, my darling, lie awake,
You know you'll never escape
The Ring of Scorpio.
You know you never can break
The Ring of Scorpio.
The rain that beat down on the roof last night,
Was falling loud and strong,
But that ain't why I couldn't sleep.
My lies were fighting with the truth last night,
I've lied for far too long,
I think the time has come to speak,
The time has come to speak.
'Cause Baby I can't lie no more,
Though I know it causes you pain that I can't mend,
Last night I said I loved you but I lied to you again,
Oh, Baby I can't lie no more,
And Baby don't you cry no more,
Don't forget the time when our love was deep and wide,
I always will remember how it was before it died.
Oh, Baby I can't lie no more.
Though there is sadness in your weary face,
We used to laugh a lot,
And I hate to see it end.
I know the world can be a lonely place
When the laughing has to stop,
I won't fall in love again,
I won't fall in love again.
'Cause Baby I can't lie no more,
Though I know it causes you pain that I can't mend,
Last night I said I loved you but I lied to you again,
Oh, Baby I can't lie no more,
And Baby don't you cry no more,
Don't forget the time when our love was deep and wide,
I always will remember how it was before it died.
Oh, Baby I can't lie no more.
Oh, Baby I can't lie no more.
The smoke was slowly rising as the light began to fade,
There were fires on the skyline from some distant border raid.
And I was riding out at seventeen to join my first brigade
Many years ago.
And I chanced upon a farmhouse where the woman took me in,
She gave me food and wine; she gave me shelter from the wind.
She delayed me from my regiment, and service of my king
Many years ago.
She said:
"Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight."
She took me over
In the fading fire-glow,
On that wild and misty night she was my woman.
And when I rose next morning I was gone before she stirred,
I tore myself away from there and left without a word.
The sound of distant infantry was the only thing I heared
On that morning.
And in that day I aged ten years and died a thousand deaths,
I learned the feel of frozen steel and fear within my breast.
But the lesson I'll remember till they lay me to my rest
Keeps returning.
Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight.
She took me over
In the fading fire-glow,
On that wild and misty night she was my woman.
And when the dice of war were thrown and victory was won,
My drunken young compatriots went out to have their fun.
And there was no single house they did not burn or over-run,
On that evening.
So I rode out to that place again as hard as I could ride,
But I found her by the trail along the lonely mountainside.
In the hands of those brave friends of mine she suffered and she died,
Many years ago.
Soldier, before I lose you to the fight,
Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight.
She took me over
In the fading fire-glow,
On that wild and misty night she was my woman.
Lyrics available on the album Caravans (OST)
Avenging angels or devils in disguise,
To each the same applies,
All strangers are Russian spies to the Lion of Kandahar.
All promises and words of love are lies,
There is no compromise,
Seen through the eyes of the Lion of Kandahar.
(Instrumental section)
Resist, delay, deny;
They will not break you now, though still they try.
One day they may understand,
This is the way God planned it.
Avenging angels or devils in disguise,
To each the same applies,
All strangers are Russian spies to the Lion of Kandahar.
All promises and words of love are lies,
There is no compromise,
Seen through the eyes of the Lion of Kandahar.
Old man, three times my age,
But still you cry like me with tears of rage.
The loving heart learns to hate,
No words can compensate now.
Avenging angels or devils in disguise,
To each the same applies,
All strangers are Russian spies to the Lion of Kandahar.
All promises and words of love are lies,
There is no compromise,
Seen through the eyes of the Lion of Kandahar.
(Guitar solo)
Avenging angels or devils in disguise,
To each the same applies,
All strangers are Russian spies to the Lion of Kandahar.
All promises and words of love are lies,
There is no compromise,
Seen through the eyes of the Lion of Kandahar.
(Instrumental section)