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Thread #51785 Message #62398
Posted By: Philippa
11-Mar-99 - 07:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: The Lag's Song (Ewan MacColl)
Subject: RE: Ewan McColl -lyrics for song about Time
third and fourth verses above, minor corrections: Look out of the window and over the roof there Ove the wall see the sky just one flying leap, and you could make your getaway If only you could fly
The prison is sleeping, the night watch is keeping His watch over 700 men And behind every cell door, a sleeping lag is dreaming, "Oh , to be free again!"
note- a 'lag' is a long-term prisoner second verse - dreams are broken "on" those hard iron bars; 'oh' was probably a typo.