by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
There you may stand in your splendor and jewels Swaying me in both directions One is the right one, the other for fools How do I make my selection? The city lies silent in the warm morning light The
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Here comes the morning, how it pleases It always brings me something new Its golden light will wash away the dust of yesterday If I try it may let me forget you And when these winter days are over I
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
We search for everything Keeping what we would win Orchids or tiny flowers Wooden huts or ivory towers Centuries or hours Dark are the winter days Holy in many ways Vaults of time unshaken Whilst as
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Such sweet love is so hard to find Look around, these are troublesome times The sun beats down on our hunger and thirst It would soon all be over if we let it be worse Take me away, take me away T
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Everybody else has gone But you're still here with me All the world is sleeping by and by Through the windowpane The frosted light is streaming in Full moon sailing high across the sky Tonight is lik
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
You make me nervous when I see you I can't imagine what it's like to be you It's a mystery to me everyday And I've got to get away I put a bet on with a bookie For the race they put on over in Kentuc
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Baby, every cloud has a silver lining Baby every dog really has his day And it matters to me to see you smiling Why dont we blow all your cares away? Yesterday is gone and will be forgotten And tod
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
He was a stranger to himself, A spy in his own camp, And his money was his health, All thrown to the dust by his very own hand. Yet his beauty lingered still, Beyond the draining of the sand, But gre
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Silver tongues are speaking long and hard into the night, I must be myself and I'll do alright. Oh please my darling do not make me sad, Late at night nobody really wants to feel that bad. The rain i
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Red and gold, and halloween have passed us by, The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky, You are so far away, yet I could touch you if I may, But don't you worry now, I'm only dreaming anyway.
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Calling all olive branches and laid-off doves There is work to do before you say good-bye Who can see them turning to the face of love? Though I hear them pleading with me, "Don't let us die'' As I si
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
I'd work for you, i'd even slave for you, I'd be a beggar or a knave for you. And if that isn't love it'll have to do, Until the real thing comes along. I'd gladly move the earth for you, To prove my
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
Why do you whisper, green grass, Why tell the trees what ain't so? Whispering grass, The trees don't have to know. Why tell them all your secrets, Who kissed there long ago? Whispering grass, The tre
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
They said that it was snowing In astounded tones upon the news I wonder why they're always so surprised 'Cos every year it snows Frozen images of snowploughs As they churn along the motorways I haven
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
My name is Jan the gypsy I travel the land. There are no chains about me I am me own man. I can tell a fair old story which I'm sure ain't no surprise Of the places I have been, oh, And they ain't no
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
I can't believe that it's so cold And there ain't been no snow. The sound of music it comes to me From every place I go. Sunday morning, there's no one in church But the clergy's chosen man And he is
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
The lady she had a silver tongue. For to sing she said, And maybe that's all. Wait for the dawn and we will have that song. When it ends it will seem That we hear silence fall. The lady she had a gol
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
I can't believe that it's so cold As gentle tides go rolling by, Along the salt sea strand The colours blend and roll as one Together in the sand. And often do the winds entwine Do send their distant
by Sandy Denny on album Sandy Denny
If today was not an endless highway If tonight was not a crooked trail If tomorrow wasn't such a long time Then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all Yes, and only if my own true love was waiting