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The Weight of Years Lyrics
Girls, be good to these spirits
Of music and poetry,
And lift the lyre so clear and sweet
They need with you (?)
But as for me, this body,
Which is now so arthritic:
I cannot play,
I Can barely even hold the instrument,
And oh,
The song grows heavy with the body
Some gloomy poems
Came from these thoughts
And useless,
We are all born to lose life,
Like we lose our youth
And oh,
The song grows heavy with the body.
And so I stepped in quite clearly
From my hiding place
To then suspect
That she would grow old and grey
And he despaired in his mortal way and said
Oh,
The song grows heavy with the body.
Of music and poetry,
And lift the lyre so clear and sweet
They need with you (?)
Which is now so arthritic:
I cannot play,
I Can barely even hold the instrument,
The song grows heavy with the body
Came from these thoughts
And useless,
We are all born to lose life,
Like we lose our youth
The song grows heavy with the body.
From my hiding place
To then suspect
That she would grow old and grey
And he despaired in his mortal way and said
The song grows heavy with the body.
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:: Idlewild & Edwin Morgan - The Weight of Years ::
Girls, be good to these spirits of music and poetry and lift the lyre so clear and sweet They knead with you
And, as for me, this body which is now so arthritic I cannot play can hardly even hold the instrument
And, oh, the soul grows heavy with the body And, oh, the soul grows heavy without the body
Some gloomy poems came from these thoughts And useless we are all born to lose life like we lose our youth
And, oh, the soul grows heavy with the body And, oh, the soul grows heavy without the body
So I stepped in quite clearly from my hiding place to then suspect that she would grow old and gray and he despaired in his mortal way and said
Oh, the soul grows heavy with the body And, oh, the soul grows heavy without the body
And, oh, the soul grows heavy with the body And, oh, the soul grows heavy without the body