Albatross-Judy Collins

[ti:Albatross (LP Version)] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Wildflowers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Albatross (信天翁) - Judy Collins [00:15.11]The lady comes to the gate [00:18.22] [00:20.04]Dressed in lavender and leather [00:23.45]Looking North to the sea [00:27.65]She finds the weather fine [00:31.10]She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard [00:35.15]All the way from town [00:38.40]She watches seagulls fly [00:41.23]Silver on the ocean stitching through the waves [00:44.25]The edges of the sky [00:47.07] [00:54.06]Many people wander up the hills [00:58.54]From all around you [01:01.41]Making up your memories [01:02.22] [01:02.81]And thinking they have found you [01:06.72]They cover you with veils of wonder [01:09.46]As if you were a bride [01:12.83]Young men holding violets are curious [01:14.63] [01:15.20]To know if you have cried [01:17.60]And tell you why [01:18.66]And ask you why [01:19.21]Any way your answer [01:22.94]Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies [01:28.69]Flowers from a Spanish friend of the family [01:33.31]The embroidery of your life holds you in [01:35.79]And keeps you out but you survive [01:37.60]Imprisoned in your bones [01:40.02]Behind the isinglass windows of your eyes [01:45.03]And in the night [01:46.22]The iron wheels rolling through the rain [01:52.53]Down the hills through the long grass to the sea [01:59.10]And in the dark [02:00.34]The hard bells ringing with pain [02:06.05]Come away alone [02:14.25] [02:22.38]Even now by the gate [02:30.07]With your long hair blowing [02:33.69]And the colors of the day [02:36.69]That lie along your arms [02:40.16]You must barter your life [02:43.53]To make sure you are living [02:46.97]And the crowd that has come [02:48.41] [02:50.68]You give them the colors [02:53.11]And the bells and wind and the dream [02:57.33] [02:59.70]Will there never be a prince [03:03.05]Who rides along the sea and the mountains [03:07.05]Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains [03:12.99]Riding up the hills from the beach [03:15.42]In the long summer grass [03:16.86] [03:18.36]Holding the sun in his hands [03:19.55]And shattering the isinglass [03:21.87] [03:23.36]Day and night and day again [03:25.86]And people come and go away forever [03:30.43]While the shining summer sea dances [03:32.74]In the glass of your mirror [03:36.43]While you search the waves for love [03:38.80]And your visions for a sign [03:41.55]The knot of tears around your throat [03:43.35]Is crystallizing into your design [03:48.45]And in the night [03:49.45]The iron wheels rolling through the rain [03:55.45]Down the hills through the long grass to the sea [04:02.40]And in the dark [04:03.77]The hard bells ringing with pain [04:09.02]Come away alone [04:19.52] [04:20.77]Come away alone with me