Richard Thompson - Beeswing

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Cleapatr
November 30, 2008

I was nineteen when I came to town, they called it the Summer of Love
They were burning babies, burning flags. The hawks against the doves
I took a job in the steamie down on Cauldrum Street
And I fell in love with a laundry girl who was working next to me

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

Brown hair zig-zag around her face and a look of half-surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights, there was animal in her eyes
She said "Young man, oh can't you see I'm not the factory kind
If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
She was a lost child, she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We busked around the market towns and picked fruit down in Kent
And we could tinker lamps and pots and knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down, get a few acres dug
Fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said "Oh man, you foolish man, it surely sounds like hell.
You might be lord of half the world, you'll not own me as well"

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, oh she was running wild
She said "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay.
And you wouldn't want me any other way"

We was camping down the Gower one time, the work was pretty good
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost and I thought maybe we should
We was drinking more in those days and tempers reached a pitch
And like a fool I let her run with the rambling itch

Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough back on the Derby beat
White Horse in her hip pocket and a wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once, a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settling down
And they say her flower is faded now, hard weather and hard booze
But maybe that's just the price you pay for the chains you refuse

Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a bee's wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
Well I wouldn't want her any other way

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Elliexir (1 day ago) Show Hide

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Oh my god. This is so fucking beautiful.

FatArsedScouser (2 days ago) Show Hide

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What a lad... a truly rare thing

kenorian (3 days ago) Show Hide

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One of my top ten song favorite songs of all time - and I've heard a lot in 53 years....

shanlepm1 (3 days ago) Show Hide

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fuckin amazin.. guitar spot on.. man wrote the tune, its his...

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kccathey (2 days ago) Show Hide

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@PAULIE6612 No disrespect to Christy, but Thompson wrote the damn song, sings it better than your so called "mile", and plays it better by at least a light year!! Go hear him live, and get ready to apologize!!!

AnnihilatingAngel (6 days ago) Show Hide

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Wonderful.

magocacana (1 week ago) Show Hide

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and why? I wanted to express my appreciaton for richard thompson and you offend me ..
I'd like to know what's your problem..

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you're an human retard

gummoboy333 (1 week ago) Show Hide

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I hopppeee one day I can play like that!!!

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