The Well-Travelled Man-Skyclad

[ti:The Well-Travelled Man] [ar:Skyclad] [al:In The All Together] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Well-Travelled Man - Skyclad [00:24.77]Seems so many years now since he set off down the road [00:28.69] [00:30.50]For the bright lights of the city and his story to unfold [00:34.42] [00:37.08]No strings no family plans no ties to hold him down [00:40.35] [00:41.15]His first avowed intent to leave this dormitory town [00:45.32] [00:47.22]At first he lay just dreaming till he hit upon a plan [00:51.36] [00:53.27]To be a true civilian and a well-travelled man [00:57.47] [01:42.76]His father told him: "Listen son the world lies at your feet [01:46.98] [01:48.06]Great lands of opportunity and strangers all to meet [01:52.26] [01:53.29]So seize the day go make your mark [01:55.52] [01:56.15]'Cause fortune loves the brave [01:57.54] [01:58.63]So many places to be seen [02:00.90] [02:01.47]Before you see your grave [02:03.04] [02:03.90]See the stars shoot over Cape Town [02:06.72]Where the oceans all converge [02:08.47] [02:09.31]Ride the desert train at midnight [02:11.24] [02:11.94]Even sail the universe" [02:13.39] [02:17.86]Gather round come one come all [02:20.53]Listen best ye can [02:21.79] [02:23.30]Raise a glass and give a cheer [02:25.72]You can see all at once he's a well-travelled man [02:28.43] [02:39.17]That long and dusty trail it ran to anywhere but home [02:43.43] [02:44.41]Dined equally with pagan chiefs and emperors of Rome [02:48.65] [02:49.97]Through ages dark and winters long lost in the strangest lands [02:53.91] [02:55.14]Through countless revolutions saw man's cruelty to man [02:59.32] [03:00.46]Been a butcher been a saviour [03:02.27] [03:03.03]Been a friend you wouldn't choose [03:04.66] [03:05.83]Built temples and filled graveyards [03:07.64] [03:08.33]For the side that couldn't lose [03:10.05] [03:11.01]Would you walk with him as spirits [03:12.80] [03:13.70]In the quiet of the night [03:15.40] [03:16.51]And seek to have the power [03:18.19] [03:19.17]For to set the world to right [03:20.89] [03:25.00]Gather round come one come all [03:27.06] [03:27.68]Listen best ye can [03:28.93] [03:30.34]Raise a glass and give a cheer [03:32.77]You can see all at once he's a well-travelled man [03:35.77]Gather round come one come all [03:37.77] [03:38.35]Listen best ye can [03:39.65] [03:41.22]Raise a glass and give a cheer [03:43.54]You can say what you like he's a well-travelled man [03:45.91] [03:59.97]Seems so many years now since he set off all alone [04:03.59] [04:05.81]To see the wonders of this world prove the stories he'd been sold [04:09.77] [04:11.27]Seeks the milk of human kindness and he takes it where he can [04:15.93] [04:16.53]From the yachts of Monte Carlo to a teahouse in Japan [04:20.32] [04:22.99]But now he sits forsaken with a beer glass in his hand [04:27.29] [04:28.82]Won't anybody listen to the well-travelled man