Lament - Live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Nov. 23, 1973
I guess I tried to show you how
I'd take the crowd with my guitar
Business men would clap their hands
Clip another fat cigar
Publishers would spread the news
Print my music far and wide
All the kids who played the blues
Would learn my licks with a bottle neck slide...
But now it seems the bubble's burst
Although you know there was a time
When love songs gathered in my head
With poetry in every line
Strong men strove to hold the doors
While with my friends I passed the age
People stomped on dirty floors
Before I trod the rock 'n' roll stage
Thank the man who's on the phone
If he has the time to spend
Problem I'll explain once more
And indicate a sum to lend
That ten percent is now a joke
Maybe thirty, even thirty-five
I'll say my daddy's had a stroke
He'd have one now, if he only was alive
I like the way you look at me
You're laughing too down there inside
I took my chance and you took yours
You crewed my ship, we missed the tide
I like the way the music goes
There's a few good guys who can play it right
I like the way it moves my toes
Say when you want to go and dance all night
I'd take the crowd with my guitar
Business men would clap their hands
Clip another fat cigar
Publishers would spread the news
Print my music far and wide
All the kids who played the blues
Would learn my licks with a bottle neck slide...
But now it seems the bubble's burst
Although you know there was a time
When love songs gathered in my head
With poetry in every line
Strong men strove to hold the doors
While with my friends I passed the age
People stomped on dirty floors
Before I trod the rock 'n' roll stage
Thank the man who's on the phone
If he has the time to spend
Problem I'll explain once more
And indicate a sum to lend
That ten percent is now a joke
Maybe thirty, even thirty-five
I'll say my daddy's had a stroke
He'd have one now, if he only was alive
I like the way you look at me
You're laughing too down there inside
I took my chance and you took yours
You crewed my ship, we missed the tide
I like the way the music goes
There's a few good guys who can play it right
I like the way it moves my toes
Say when you want to go and dance all night
Credits
Writer(s): Robert Fripp, William Scott Bruford, John Kenneth Wetton, David Francis Cross, Richard William Palmer James
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- Improv - The Fright Watch - Live at the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Nov. 23, 1973
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