Fairport Convention
Album - 1968 - Debaser id 47396

She doesn’t see the day today
No colours where the children play
She doesn’t see the things she saw
White crosses painted on the door

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it’s a rainy day

He didn’t see the summer go
Though he knew what the shadows know
He didn’t see his arms grow old
He didn’t feel his blood run cold

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it’s a rainy day

They listened to his voice grow pale
No stamps were on the morning mail
They all listened to the white truck ring
Words just didn’t mean a thing

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window
And the traffic wrote the words
It came ringing up like Christmas bells
And rapping up like pipes and drums
Oh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day and we'll wear it till the night comes

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I saw
Was the sun through yellow curtains
And a rainbow on my wall
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you
Crimson, crystal peaks to beckon
Oh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day, there's a side-show every second

Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
And the streets are paved with passers-by
And pictures fly and papers lie
Just waiting to blow away

Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey
And a bowl of oranges too
And the light poured in like butterscotch
And stuck to all my senses
Oh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day and we'll talk in present tenses

Now the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away
I'll bring you incense owls by night
By candle-light, by jewel-light
If only you will stay

Dying’s not easy today
Trying but can’t get away
Feel just the almost touch of her hand and the trees in her hair
Eyes float, the sun she saw only me in the sky
What could be higher than we

Wind grows cold in the trees
She cries so hard to please
My restless feet, the rain in the street, and her vanity fair
Sighs in the eyes of the boarding house lady who stares
Thinking I care

So it’s a long dusty road
Feelings I shouldn’t have showed
Follow me with a sweet heart when I’m ready to fade
Lights like these burn so bright, keep me out of my shade
Wish I could fade

Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
See me fade

Looking through the window
To see which way the wind blows
It seems as though a hurricane is due today
Sunny on the outside
Stormy on the inside
Stormy weather’s always best for making hay

In comes everlasting
Looks like he’s been fasting
With his friends in a den with director’s robe
Like a bandoliero
With his cigarillo
Robs the rich, robs the rest, brings it all back home

Please don’t get us wrong, man
This is just a song, man
No matter what we say
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
You better start worrying, witchcraft’s here to stay

In blows snow white
The dwarves are kind of off-white
The vision’s his decision so they’re out of luck
Associates are reeling
The wallpaper is peeling
He doesn’t see the paperwork that’s come unstuck

Please don’t get us wrong, man
This is just a song, man
No matter what we say
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
You better start worrying, witchcraft’s here to stay

In comes Saville
Had his fill of travel
Grabbed a bite on the flight, just touched down today
Looking drawn and haggard
Through the door he staggered
With a sound that he found over Frisco way

Please don’t get us wrong, man
This is just a song, man
No matter what we say
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
This is the season
Stormy weather’s on the way
You better start worrying, witchcraft’s here to stay