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Thread #60663 Message #971936
Posted By: Joe Offer
25-Jun-03 - 12:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney)
Subject: DTADD: Suit of Grey (Cyril Tawney)^^
THE SUIT OF GREY (Cyril Tawney)
I took a walk one September day When I met a young man dressed in grey A glaze of sadness was in his eye I heard his grief as he passed me by
Oh, love is fine in the month of June But the autumn winds come around too soon They'll cool her heart like some devil's fan And then you find you're a lonely man
When I wore the Navy blue No girl on earth could I find as true But now my suit's of the sober grey Her love belongs to another day
She had those eyes that belong to queens The sharpest blue that I've ever seen Her hair was soft as the passing cloud Her skin as pure as an angel's shroud
I know my pleas, they're no good at all ("bear no good at all" ?) Just a summer breeze on a castle wall Yet who can tell but some day I'll find A window through to her changing mind
And now he walks down on the strand A bunch of pebbles in his hand Each time he casts one at the tide He feels the pain of the way she lied
So, sailors all, if you'd have her true Don't court your girl in the Navy blue For when you change to the sober grey You'll see her heart will turn the other way.