The King And Queen Of England
Bring back the king to his throne,
And the smile may return to the queen.
How can she rule on her own,
When the glory of what might have been is all she feels?
The fire still burns in the hearth,
The music still plays for her pleasure.
But the air is as cold as the death,
And the soft melodies only measure her bittersweet tears.
Every note of each song brings a vision
Of love and of pain back to me,
Like a captive I've locked in a prison
And whose liberty rests upon me.
But I can't find the key.
You may never be free.
The servants still hang on his every word,
But his youthfulness passes him by.
The king only watches the seasons
And they watching him see his sparkling eye
Holds no diamond any more.
In the folds which begin every ending,
I wish I forever could lie.
But the cloth I wear is not for mending,
For what tailor could stitch up the torn blue sky?
So the battle is done.
Nobody won.
And the smile may return to the queen.
How can she rule on her own,
When the glory of what might have been is all she feels?
The fire still burns in the hearth,
The music still plays for her pleasure.
But the air is as cold as the death,
And the soft melodies only measure her bittersweet tears.
Every note of each song brings a vision
Of love and of pain back to me,
Like a captive I've locked in a prison
And whose liberty rests upon me.
But I can't find the key.
You may never be free.
The servants still hang on his every word,
But his youthfulness passes him by.
The king only watches the seasons
And they watching him see his sparkling eye
Holds no diamond any more.
In the folds which begin every ending,
I wish I forever could lie.
But the cloth I wear is not for mending,
For what tailor could stitch up the torn blue sky?
So the battle is done.
Nobody won.
Credits
Writer(s): Sandy Denny
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Other Album Tracks
- Solo
- Like An Old Fashioned Waltz
- Whispering Grass
- Friends
- Carnival
- Dark The Night
- At The End Of The Day
- Until The Real Thing Comes Along
- No End
- At The End Of The Day - Alternate Take Without Strings
All Album Tracks: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (Remastered) >
Altri album
- Early Home Recordings
- I've Always Kept A Unicorn - The Acoustic Sandy Denny
- The Lady: The Essential Sandy Denny
- The Lady - The Essential Sandy Denny
- The Notes And The Words: A Collection Of Demos And Rarities
- The Notes and the Words - A Collection of Demos and Rarities
- Rendezvous (Deluxe Edition)
- The Notes and The Words : A Collection of Demos and Rarities
- Sandy (Deluxe Edition)
- Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (Deluxe Edition)
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