The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #115234   Message #3245001
Posted By: Jim Dixon
26-Oct-11 - 07:59 AM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: The Poorest Company (Kris Drever)
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: The Poorest Company (Kris Drever)
That's an excellent video of an excellent performance of an excellent song! How often do you get such perfect clarity?

Now we know that "orrery" is the correct word after all. I notice several words are sung differently in the video than in the audio file I transcribed previously. I think they are an improvement. I have boldfaced them below:


When the wind feels like the water breathing in and out of me,
And I'm standing beside you, with a shadow where a man should be,
I would be glad enough if wherever I might be,
People would remember we're woven in a tapestry.

When we steal what we can, with the courage to be free,
And I've found where I belong among the poorest company.

When the world feels like the world, a useless spinning orrery,
A country round its shoulders, a flag raised on a gallows tree,
I won't let it get me down. I know there are people now
Who bind together what they do and live their lives like I want to.

When we steal what we can, I take everything I see,
And I've found where I belong among the poorest company.

When we steal what we can, with the courage to be free,
And I've found where I belong among the poorest company.