Albatross-Judy Collins

[ti:Albatross] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Voices] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Albatross (信天翁) - Judy Collins [00:13.69]The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather [00:19.78] [00:22.76]Looking north to the sea she finds the weather fine [00:28.59] [00:30.93]She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard [00:34.83] [00:35.56]All the way from town [00:37.09] [00:40.91]She watches seagulls fly [00:42.75] [00:43.76]Silver on the ocean stitching through the waves [00:46.91] [00:48.05]The edges of the sky [00:49.56] [00:55.44]Many people wander up the hills [00:57.85]From all around you [00:59.20] [01:00.50]Making up your memories and thinking they have found you [01:04.31] [01:05.17]They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride [01:09.38] [01:10.44]Young men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried [01:14.65] [01:15.59]And tell you why [01:16.80]And ask you why [01:17.69] [01:18.74]Any way you answer [01:19.82] [01:23.17]Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies [01:26.41] [01:27.98]Flowers from a Spanish friend of the family [01:30.91] [01:32.22]The embroid'ry of your life holds you in [01:34.95]And keeps you out but you survive [01:36.77] [01:37.89]Imprisoned in your bones [01:39.35]Behind the isinglass windows of your eyes [01:42.19] [01:45.53]And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain [01:50.53] [01:52.66]Down the hills through the long grass to the sea [01:55.87] [01:59.36]And in the night the hard bells ringing with pain [02:03.93] [02:06.92]Come away alone [02:15.57] [02:28.77]Even now by the gate with you long hair blowing [02:33.52] [02:35.28]And the colors of the day that lie along your arms [02:39.82] [02:41.46]You must barter your life to make sure you are living [02:46.71] [02:48.24]And the crowd that has come [02:49.93] [02:51.80]You give them the colors [02:53.13] [02:54.36]And the bells and wind and the dream [02:58.54] [03:02.99]Will there never be a prince [03:04.80]Who rides along the sea and the mountains [03:07.15] [03:08.51]Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains [03:12.22] [03:13.61]Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass [03:17.32] [03:18.48]Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass [03:21.86] [03:25.21]Day and night and day again and people come and go away forever [03:29.12] [03:30.49]While the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror [03:34.83] [03:35.93]While you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign [03:40.11] [03:41.19]The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design [03:45.43] [03:49.12]And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain [03:54.18] [03:56.43]Down the hills through the long grass to the sea [03:59.84] [04:03.42]And in the night the hard bells ringing with pain [04:07.80] [04:10.43]Come away alone [04:20.29] [04:26.92]Come away alone [04:33.28] [04:40.64]With me