Verdi Cries-June Tabor

[ti:Verdi Cries] [ar:June Tabor] [al:Aqaba] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Verdi Cries - June Tabor [00:10.32]The man in 119 takes his tea all alone [00:16.69] [00:19.18]Mornings we all rise [00:22.27] [00:23.45]To while his Verdi cries [00:26.51] [00:27.70]I'm hearing opera through the door [00:31.75] [00:44.92]Souls of men and women impassioned all [00:50.79] [00:52.91]Voices rise and fall [00:55.84] [00:57.15]Battle trumpets call [01:00.21] [01:01.15]I fill the bath and climb inside [01:06.51] [01:07.42]Singing la la la la la la la [01:14.38] [01:26.24]He will not touch that pastry but every day they bring [01:31.80]Him more [01:33.11] [01:34.48]Gold from the breakfast tray [01:36.97] [01:38.60]I steal them all away [01:41.71] [01:43.21]And go eat them on the shore [01:47.20] [01:51.13]La la la la la la la [01:54.74] [01:58.95]La la la la la la la [02:02.45] [02:15.68]I draw a jackal headed woman in the sand [02:21.67] [02:23.79]Sing of the lover's fate [02:26.35] [02:27.91]Ruled by jealous hate [02:30.90]Then go wash my hands in the sea [02:33.50] [02:36.67]In just a few days more [02:39.61]I'd just about learned the entire score [02:43.16] [02:44.42]To Aida [02:45.53] [03:12.33]Holidays must end as you work on [03:16.83] [03:19.70]All these memories [03:22.35] [03:23.41]I take them home with me [03:26.22] [03:26.91]The opera the stolen tea [03:30.27] [03:31.15]The sand drawings the virgin sea [03:35.46] [03:36.70]Old years ago