Gently Tender lyrics

Song information

Artist: The Incredible String Band
Album: The Chelsea Sessions 1967

Lyrics

Gently tender falls the rain
Washing clean the slate again;
But leave me please, behind my brain
This light doesn't shadow on her
Shadows dancing through
The pink milk blankets
Where my mind
Lay dreaming gently of my loving you
Sometimes I think I was true, but then I loved the
Stone beneath my feet as much, usually

Gently tender snow-drop grows
See the past tense quietly go
Kill the chord but let me know this light
Doesn't shadow on her
Shadows crawling through the green bush trees
Where my toes crept
Breathing lightly of my loving you
Sometimes I think I was true, but then I loved the
Stone beneath my feet as much, usually

Slowly spitting crawls the snake
See the branches bend and break
Venom that might easily shake
This light doesn't shadow on her

Good, good loving, she gave me good loving, good
Good, loving, she gave me good loving
Good, good loving, she gave me good
And now all my wine is water
To her all my wine is water
All water, and my pearls are clear
And now all my wine is water
To her all my wine is water
All water, and my pearls are clear

She gave to me good loving
She gave to me good loving
Oohhhhhhh good loving

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"The Chelsea Sessions 1967" album track list