The Seer-Big Country

[ti:The Seer] [ar:Big Country] [al:Classic] [offset:0] [00:02.21]Artist：big country [00:03.52]Songs Title：the seer [00:15.84]Long ago I heard a tale [00:17.52]I never will forget [00:19.21]The time was in the telling [00:20.83]On the bank the scene was set [00:22.71]The sky was rolling blindly on [00:24.83]The daylight had not gone [00:26.58]She washed her hair among the stones [00:28.69]And saw what was to come [00:30.50]All this will pass [00:35.87]There will be blood among the corn [00:40.18]And heroes in the hills [00:41.99]But there is more to come my boy [00:44.11]Before you've had your fill [00:45.79]Men will come and rape the sail [00:47.97]As though it were their own [00:49.66]And they will bathe their feet in oil [00:51.84]As I have bathed my own [00:53.78]All this will pass [01:00.46]All things must come [01:03.89]Just as I tell you here [01:07.39]Stones will stand together [01:10.57]As if searching for the stars [01:12.69]And all come crashing down again [01:14.49]Before they reach too far [01:16.12]She turned to face the setting sun [01:18.12]I turned to walk away [01:19.93]But then she called my name again [01:21.92]And beckoned me to stay [01:24.17]All this will pass [01:29.00]All things must come [01:34.75]Just as I tell you here [01:39.24]She told me of the famous sons [01:41.05]Who write their names in peace [01:42.73]Yet be cut down before the time [01:44.92]Has come for our release [01:46.48]Just as I tell you here [01:54.28]Even now [01:57.21]I wait for the coming day [02:02.33]Even now [02:04.51]She waits in the dawn [02:07.51]For the tales she tells [02:13.24]For the gifts that she will sell [02:16.75]For the sight she knows [02:20.25]For a vision that still grows [02:24.43]With the dream in her eyes no one's seen [02:30.30]I listened for so long that day [03:05.18]That I can hardly tell [03:06.62]If what she said was heaven sent [03:08.55]Or brought to bear in hell [03:10.48]That men of hope would stand alone [03:12.54]And still be cast a lie [03:14.23]Just as Romans cast them [03:16.10]On the day they were to die [03:19.16]All this will pass [03:23.34]There is more of what she told [03:29.89]Much better left alone [03:32.57]For who are we to question her [03:38.37]Who stands among the stones