by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

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 Miscellaneous

I'm a long way from you I'm a long way from home And who cares for the feeling Of being alone? The notes and the words They will always unfold And I'm left with a manuscript That will grow old And th

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

Well, you left me and you went away You said that you'd be back yesterday You've broken your promise and you left me here alone I don't know why you did it babe, but I do know that you're gone Well I

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

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

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

Summer skies are gone for ever Nothing left but to remember Morning leaves a bed of echoes Tears of blood in weeping meadows Can you see me, can you hear me? Can you leave me here in silence? Drums

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

Although the flames, they are so dim I can see them from over here But this is no time to worry now No time to shed a tear The people are all smiling And the letters are all too The flowers they are

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

I don't want your lonely mansion With a tear in every room All I want's the love you promised Beneath the haloed moon But you think I should be happy With your money and your name And hide myself in

by Sandy Denny on album Rendezvous

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 ov

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

The steps he took were nice and easy He never knew he could stumble and go down As he saw the buildings and the mountains crumble Over the road he would take to the town He said, "Next year I'm comin

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

Oh babe, you are the one I love You are the one I'm thinking of You know it's still a long long way But I'll be home at the end of the day I'll sing my songs just for you And I'll bring my love home

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

It's a lesson too late for the learning Made of sand, made of sand In the winking of an eye my soul is turning In your hand, in your hand Are you going away with no word of farewell? Will there be no

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

My young man, oh, he is so fine Sweet Rosemary did say She gathered flowers and she sang All about her wedding day Oh, when I was a lass at school I looked out at the sky And now among the woodlands

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

On the night that I was married And in my marriage bed There came a bold sea captain And he stood at my bed head Saying, "Arise, arise young wedded man This night for to go with me To the low lowland

by Sandy Denny on album All Our Own Work

Jimmy Wilson had a glass eye, I could see it And he stuttered sometimes And he needed a girl friend night times Didn't know how to go about it Poor Jimmy Wilson, poor Jimmy Wilson. All the boys

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

I've been cheated, been mistreated When will I be loved? I've been made blue, I've been lied to When will I be loved? When I meet a new boy That I want for mine He always breaks my heart in two It ha

by Sandy Denny on album The North Star Grassman and the Ravens

The summer was the reason Why it took so long to see That even if I do possess Some seeds of honesty There is no garden So how come I have no land? I shall be waiting here awhile To see what

by Sandy Denny on album Miscellaneous

Where are you riding to, Sir Knight? Alone and armed for war? If not to fight for right, Sir Knight Then what are weapons for? Why do you hide your face, Sir Knight? Within the face of iron? The more

by Sandy Denny on album All Our Own Work

Half a bitter for the vicar He's here to save your soul He's looking fat and jovial Though he's nearly on the dole Anne Riley cooks his dinner She keeps him washed and fed She doesn't need much

by Sandy Denny on album All Our Own Work

by Sandy Denny on album All Our Own Work

My gate is swinging open My fence is broken down My window's staring blindly Greets the callers with a frown But I need a place to hide away When I am feeling blue. Nothing else will do, babe