SWEET CHILD
(Cox/Jansch/McShee/Renbourn/Thompson)

You've been working so hard all day
Won't you take your rest?
You've been driving my blues away
Now and it is my turn
Come hide beneath my wings
Sweet child, it may not be so long

Well, I may be a-drinking hard
Like a fish downstream
And I could be riding high
Mark me floating by
And if the rain does fall
Sweet child, I would not let you drown

Well, I would not care to see me hunger within your eyes
I would not care to know where your heart does lie
I would try to trust my heart
But my eyes are maidenly
Sweet child, come to me now, let me take your hand
Well, I do not know you well, yet I tried so hard
Through four and twenty years
Sweet child, I still don't understand

Well, I've heard there are great men
Who could save our souls
With kind and gentle hearts
And love is their goal
I really want to know
Sweet child, who could shoot them down

And I would rather tear him down
With the sin in his life
For such is tears sublime, every mortal soul
I wonder does he yearn
Sweet child, I'll have to comfort him

And I once did see a child, she did sit and cry
Where has the pretty flower in the darkness gone?
In the summer you shall see
Sweet child, I guess it won't be long

Won't you lay yourself down to rest
Let your mind relax
And won't you cuddle into the pines
Of the valley we have passed?
Well, I may not be here long
'Cause I got a feeling to be gone

~Masato