Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird)

Subject: Lyr Add: Nothing but time (Tony Bird)
From: Stewie
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 06:16 PM

NOTHING BUT TIME
(Tony Bird)

Well, once there was a wild girl a-runnin' by my side
Her hair was a rusty red all around her face
Ah but that was long ago and so much time has taken place
And now she ain't nothing but time

Ah but when I see the red rocks on the mountain after rain
Or see the red deer running in the brush just after dawn
Like streaks of sunset red, her hair is hanging in the sky
And then she ain't nothing but time

And her eyes were leopard green and they burned within her smile
They almost spoke her mind without a word
Ah but now those eyes are closed and are faded from my sight
And now she ain't nothing but time

Ah but when I see the sunlight shining through the leaves
Or see the mountain waters where they meet the sea
Like the green within a rainbow her eyes are shining up at me
And then she ain't nothing but time

And her laughter was so light, it danced upon her breath
And the lips from whence it came are berry red
Ah but now her smile has gone and I hear no more her song
And now she ain't nothing but time

Ah but when I hear the laughter 'round a janglin' country fair
Or hear a penny-whistler in a merry market square
In a field of twilight children, her face is laughing up at me
And then she ain't nothing but time

And her skin was velvet soft and her limbs were lean and brown
And tender were her words at midnight rest
Ah but now I no longer feel her warmth and her slender legs
And now she ain't nothing but time

Ah but when I touch the mosses or the satin on a tree
Or feel the surging waters, swimming naked in the sea
Like the wind that cries in the night, I hear her sigh and murmur best
And then she sure ain't nothing but time

Well, once there was a wild girl a-runnin' by my side
Her hair was a rusty red all around her face
Ah but that was so long ago and so much time has taken place
And now she ain't nothing but time

Source: transcription from Tony Bird 'Tony Bird of Paradise' CBS Special Products LP CSPS 1809.

--Stewie.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but time (Tony Bird)
From: Margret RoadKnight
Date: 23 Feb 05 - 07:31 PM

Good to see Tony Bird make a too-rare appearance
Onya, Paul!

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird)
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Oct 23 - 08:23 PM

warmth and her slender legs -> warmth and slenderness
sigh and murmer best -> sigh upon my breast

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird)
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 01 Nov 23 - 12:37 PM

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird)
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Oct 23 - 08:23 PM

warmth and her slender legs -> warmth and slenderness
sigh and murmer best -> sigh upon my breast

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird)
From: MaJoC the Filk
Date: 01 Nov 23 - 12:37 PM