Strange Affair-Martin Simpson

[ti:Strange Affair] [ar:Martin Simpson] [al:Purpose Grace] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Strange Affair - Martin Simpson [00:18.39]This is a strange affair [00:20.95] [00:26.59]The time has come to travel but the road is filled with fear [00:32.97] [00:35.72]This is a strange affair [00:38.48] [00:43.67]My youth has all been wasted and I'm bent and grey with years [00:50.46] [00:53.21]And all my companions are taken away [00:59.46] [01:01.32]And who will provide for me against my dying day [01:07.12] [01:08.80]I took my own provision [01:10.93] [01:12.05]But it fooled me and wasted away [01:16.44] [01:20.09]Oh where are my companions [01:22.76] [01:27.62]My father mother lover friend and enemy [01:33.27] [01:37.32]Where are my companions [01:39.90] [01:44.47]They're prisoners of death now [01:47.83] [01:48.61]And taken far from me [01:50.78] [01:54.02]And where are the dreams I dreamed [01:56.84] [01:57.54]In the days of my youth [01:59.64] [02:01.31]They took me to illusion when they [02:04.80]Promised me the truth [02:06.93] [02:08.63]And what do sleepers need to make them listen [02:13.02] [02:14.09]Why do they need more proof [02:16.73] [02:19.69]This is a strange this is a strange affair [02:28.56] [03:07.77]Won't you give me an answer [03:10.38] [03:14.97]Why is your heart so hard [03:17.22] [03:17.99]Towards the one who loves you best [03:21.17] [03:24.58]When the man with the answer [03:26.97] [03:31.68]Has wakened you and warned you [03:34.86] [03:35.42]And called you to the test [03:37.56] [03:40.74]Wake up from your sleep that builds [03:44.53]Like clouds upon your eyes [03:46.71] [03:48.70]And win back the life you had [03:51.27] [03:51.99]That's now a dream of lies [03:54.17] [03:55.50]Turn your back on yourself and if you follow [03:59.89] [04:01.44]You'll win the lover's prize [04:03.55] [04:06.93]This is a strange this is a strange affair