Dick Greener - Vocals Ralph Tonge - Backing Vocals Dave Claridge - Guitar, Bass, Percussion Les Cotton - Lead Guitar Pete Rand - Keyboards
prog
acoustic
folk
british
quirky
folk rock
english
mellotron
seventies
strawbs
Story behind the song
Music by Dave Claridge, words by Pete Rand
Lyrics
He lived a life of chemistry and charms
of Formulas to keep him safe from harm
Blind from looking closely
Deaf from listening too well
Dumb from speaking wisely
Living here in heaven and hell
and just like him, today the magic's gone
shivering through the haze of winter sun
She lived a life of certainty
To be unloved and undone
until her god left her to fate
shivering through the winter sun
How to measure the dark if there is no dawn
How to measure love, when a heart is torn
Blind from looking closely
Deaf from listening too well
Dumb from speaking wisely
Living here in heaven and hell
We live a life apart from all we know
No shining star arose to guide us through
She lived a life of certainty
To be unloved and undone
until her god left her to fate
shivering through the winter sun
Blind from looking closely
Deaf from listening too well
Dumb from speaking wisely
Living here in heaven and hell