Wake up, put your shoes on Take a breath of the northern air And rub those eyes Genuflect beneath the starry skies Before you climb the mountain First
As I lay upon my bed I begin dreaming How it's gonna be the day that I am free Once I settle like the dust upon the table But then you came along, you
Pick up the pieces and pack up your mind You don't ask for what you have to find Many people rolling out to sea Let loose those floodgates that have held
Here comes the weather It's looking like another storm If all desire Would leave this tired boy alone Hopes haunt me like ghost They point their fingers
Pretty little hairdo don't do what it used to Can't disguise the living All the miles that you've been through Looking like a train wreck Wearing too
Well, they stood prepared as you took the chair There was no need to satisfy you I'll be damned though I held your hand They felt the need to crucify
Where have all my friends gone They've all disappeared Turned around maybe one day You're all that was there Stood by on believing Stood by on my own
What led me to this town Room to roam but no place called home Dazed at first but shaking off the Sunday gloom What led me to this town Such a lazy afternoon
Left running, you said you were flying Left running, you said you were cold Any statue you can name Like the ones that I fell for I've been looking over
remembers me at all, A hundred times I've hoped and prayed That way up there near the Roman wall She didn't suffer when the fall-out sprayed. North Country
A NORTH COUNTRY MAID from the Watersons 1. A north country maid up to London has strayed All though with
North country. No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease, Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come. But he that I wed must be North country
north country. No doubt if I please, I could marry with ease, Where maidens are fair, many lovers will come. But he that I wed must be north country
me that her red hair is long For that's the way I remember her the best North Country girl, ooh North Country girl, ooh North Country girl, ooh North Country
I'm heading back to the north country With the cold wind in my eye I'll be there by sunset Before the first snow flies Rustlin' leaves are on the ground
If you're traveling in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to the one who lives there She was once a true love
Well, if you're travelin' in the north country fair, Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline, Remember me to one who lives there. She once was a true