The Future Won't Be Long-Spirogyra

[ti:The Future Won't Be Long] [ar:Spirogyra] [al:A Canterbury Tale - Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Future Won't Be Long - Spirogyra [00:06.78]Do you mind a question Please sir stay [00:12.84]What was life like in the olden days [00:19.15]Long ago ago ago ago before the war [00:24.34]Contractors to Her Majesty's Government we were [00:27.17]Dealers in honest trade aye [00:31.19] [00:33.13]There were some mighty queer folk about [00:37.06] [00:38.81]But most were honest workers and knew their place [00:42.82] [00:45.19]I was a skilled craftsman mark you [00:48.13]The work was hard and the hours they were long [00:53.50]Ah but there was a maiden [00:58.93] [00:59.64]And her name was Marjorie [01:05.82]Long black hair she had like a gypsy [01:08.13]And the prettiest smile I've ever seen [01:13.51] [01:14.32]And I called her an angel [01:20.13]And I was right she was [01:26.45] [01:27.26]Then there was the war [01:30.61]The war [01:34.29] [01:42.04]Forging a pathway for freedom [01:46.73]Using resources we need them [01:51.86]Though our foes are human beings [01:55.23]We stand between them [01:57.04]And the life we do condone [02:01.54]Shipped out to Belgium to stop them [02:06.48]Plastered and shelled them [02:08.60]But lost ground [02:11.48]Bombs and rockets V2s over London city [02:16.74]And the world at their command [02:21.11]And back in Yeadon Marjorie [02:26.05]Stood beneath a factory [02:30.99]I was assured she felt no pain [02:37.42] [02:45.86]Withdrawn from Dunkirk in cruisers [02:50.05]Who cares says I we're all losers [02:54.98]No-one wins both sides the victims of our nature [02:59.10] [03:00.50]May the future learn [03:04.56]And back in Yeadon Marjorie [03:09.31]Died beneath the factory [03:14.00]A Messerschmidt her destiny [03:20.90] [03:39.85]You who think the rest are wrong [03:44.28]And stand so tall and feel so strong [03:49.29]Please be sure that you yourselves are not mistaken [03:54.22]For the future won't be long