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23 Feb 05 - 06:16 PM (#1418963) Subject: Lyr Add: Nothing but time (Tony Bird) From: Stewie 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. |
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23 Feb 05 - 07:31 PM (#1419031) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but time (Tony Bird) From: Margret RoadKnight Good to see Tony Bird make a too-rare appearance Onya, Paul! |
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14 Oct 23 - 08:23 PM (#4183670) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird) From: GUEST warmth and her slender legs -> warmth and slenderness sigh and murmer best -> sigh upon my breast |
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14 Oct 23 - 08:23 PM (#4187389) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird) From: GUEST warmth and her slender legs -> warmth and slenderness sigh and murmer best -> sigh upon my breast |
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01 Nov 23 - 12:37 PM (#4191331) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird) From: MaJoC the Filk |
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01 Nov 23 - 12:37 PM (#4185012) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Nothing but Time (Tony Bird) From: MaJoC the Filk |