First of May (Live 1988)
And the light between us
Which we couldn't quite extinguish
Which we see at dawn
Burns on, burns on
First day of May
Things are beginning
Our side is winning
Hip hip hooray
Made in the shade
Deep in the shadow
Down by the meadow
Lie in my arms
And the moon will rise
Before our very eyes
We will rise too
I'll be with you
It's a rite of spring
A horizontal thing
The sweetest sort of dance
Hidden in among the plants
People are laughing
Children are singing
Come join the dance
And the walls around us
Which we kept at such a cost
When we turned around
Came tumbling down, tumbling down
She can't stop laughing
He can't stop singing
First day of May
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetching him down
Fetch him down
Which we couldn't quite extinguish
Which we see at dawn
Burns on, burns on
First day of May
Things are beginning
Our side is winning
Hip hip hooray
Made in the shade
Deep in the shadow
Down by the meadow
Lie in my arms
And the moon will rise
Before our very eyes
We will rise too
I'll be with you
It's a rite of spring
A horizontal thing
The sweetest sort of dance
Hidden in among the plants
People are laughing
Children are singing
Come join the dance
And the walls around us
Which we kept at such a cost
When we turned around
Came tumbling down, tumbling down
She can't stop laughing
He can't stop singing
First day of May
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetch him down
Fetching him down
Fetch him down
Credits
Writer(s): Barry Alan Gibb, Robin Hugh Gibb, Maurice Ernest Gibb
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