Douglas Traherne Harding lyrics
Song information
Artist: The Incredible String Band Album: The Big Huge
Lyrics
When I was born I had no head My eye was single and my body was filled with light And the light that I was, was the light that I saw by And the light that I saw by, was the light that I was
One light, light that is one though the lamps be many One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
And many's the time that I crossed the river And saw no tollman and I needed no ferryman to cross And I enjoyed the world aright For the sea itself floweth And warm I was and crowned
One day walking towards the river I saw a tollman with an angry face And many's the time that I passed his tollgate And I paid no silver and I paid no fee Rather I did hide my sheep and goats under the bags of oatmeal And cold I was, no crown did I wear
But if you're walking down the street Why don't you look down to the basement For sitting very quietly there is a man who has no head His eye is single and his whole body also is filled with light
One light, light that is one though the lamps be many One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
And as he sits there, so he will walk all among you And the streets are his and all the people And even the temples and the whole world
And many's the time that he walks to the river And seeing the tollman and seeing the ferryman The light within him leaps to greet them For he sees that their faces are none but his own
One light, light that is one though the lamps be many One light, light that is one though the lamps be many
You'll never enjoy the world aright "Till the sea itself floweth In your veins till you are clothed With the heavens and crowned with the stars"
You'll never enjoy the world aright "Till the sea itself floweth In your vein till you are clothed With the heavens and crowned with the stars"
[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]
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