Movement Vii - Crises lyrics
Song information
Artist: Paul Mccartney Album: Liverpool Oratorio
Lyrics
(Mary dee and shanty's home) Mary dee (alone in bedroom) The world you're coming into Is no easy place to enter Every day is haunted By the echoes of the past Funny thoughts and wild; wild dreams Will find their way into your mind
The clouds that hang above us May be full of rain and thunder But in time they slide away To find the sun still there Lazy days and wild. wild flowers Will bring some joy into your heart And I will always love you I'll welcome you into this world
Mary dee and boy solo You-re mine and I will love you
Shanty ]Where-s my dinner? I've been working hard all day And a man can work up quite an appetite that way
What's for dinner? Something nourishing and hot? I could tackle quite a lot of 'you know what' And all I've got to say to you is 'why no dinner?'
I've got nothing on my plate It's expected of a mate Whyd 'ya have to make me wait? Where's my..
Mary dee This is the way we put out the candle Farewell to childhood Deep in the wild wood a fire goes out And what are we left with Now we are grown up?
Shanty This is the way we pull up the anchor Goodbye to romance Out on the ocean a good ship is lost And what are we left with Now we are grown up?
Mary dee Time to be thinking of real life feelings I must get on
Shanty Time to be buying those little trinkets I can't afford Lord knows I want to give her the best But where will I find the rest of the cash?
Mary dee It's one mad dash To fame and fortune The cymbals clash And then you're gone
Shanty So what are my chances Of getting promotion? The way things are going It doesn't look good
Mary dee What good is complaining It's getting you nowhere And I'm in the middle of your whirlwind In the eye of your storm
Shanty Let's not argue
Mary dee Spare me your excuses
Shanty No excuses
Mary dee Pardon my anger
Shanty Why are you driving me so hard?
Mary dee I can't believe what I'm hearing
Shanty You didn't cook any dinner
Mary dee I'm not a slave I work for a living I can command the respect of my peers Where did you go? You were out with the boys
Shanty So what if I went for a drink? You'd think to listen to you It was some sort of crime
Mary dee I needed someone to talk to But all I could find was myself If you were the same man I married You'd know that your woman needs love
Shanty And what about me? I suppose I don't matter I'm not even sure If you ever loved me
Mary dee Right! That's it! I'm off!
Oh, and by the way...you're about to become a father
(She rushes our into the street)
Chorus Stop Wait Hold on Hold on to life
Stay
(Hospital)
Nurse Do you know who you are As you lie there sleeping? Take the time to rest your troubled head I will watch over you till the moment you awake
Can you hear what I say As you lie there sleeping? When misfortunes crowd into your day And the dark side of life Has become too much to bear I will stay by your side Though we don't yet know if there's something wrong You were brought in from the street And a witness said you gave a shout As you fell down at his feet
We are running tests And soon the results will be known But I feel I have to warn you There may be complications
But we don't yet know if your child is in danger We shall have to wait and see In the meantime There is nothing more for you to do But sleep
Boys Ghosts of the past left behind
Men's chorus (ghosts) You're sleeping Amongst us We're in your dream
Nurse You're dreaming. try to rest, my child
Men's chorus (ghosts) You called us We heard you And we are here
Nurse To save your child you must be still
Men's chorus (ghosts) We're ready to listen To what you ask
Nurse Go to sleep
Women's chorus (ghosts) You're crossing The water The tide is strong
Mary dee No!
Women's chorus (ghosts) Your child is drawn to us Into our throng
Shanty No!
Full chorus (ghosts) This child is Most welcome Soon one of us
Mary dee No, I tell you! You'll never get through I'll never let you No-one is stealing this child I'm not afraid of ghosts that the past left behind
Shanty Let her recover Then let me love her Until we run out of time And in the future I will promise to be the man She had in mind
Nurse Be still Be calm Your child is safe
Mary dee Do we live in a world With an uncertain future Where a man is unsure of his fate? Will we come to our senses Be fair to each other? Can we turn it around Before it's too late?
Do I know that we have the answer? Yes, I know now we are together
So we must bear in mind That the pages are turning And the sand will run out of the glass In the heat of the battle We will drive out the demons And we'll carry the day For we must save the child
Mary dee and nurse (Ah)
Mary dee and shanty We have come to our senses We are part of each other And we'll carry the day For we must save the child
Chorus Do you know that you have the answer?
Mary dee and shanty Yes, we know now
Chorus We know now
Mary dee and shanty We know now
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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