Battlefield Band

This song by Richard Thompson performed by the Battlefield Band "How Will I Ever Be Simple Again" the pipes make feel all the more real

"Oh she danced in the street with the guns all around her
All torn like a rag doll, barefoot in the rain
And she sang like a child, toora-day toora-daddy
Oh how will I ever be simple again
She sat by the banks of the dirty grey river
And tried for a fish with a worm on a pin
There was nothing but fever and ghosts in the water
Oh how will I ever be simple again
War was my love and my friend and companion
And what did I care for the pretty and plain
But her smile was so clear and my heart was so troubled
Oh how will I ever be simple again
In her poor burned-out house I sat at her table
The smell of her hair was like cornfields in May
And I wanted to weep and my eyes ached from trying
Oh how will I ever be simple again
So graceful she moved through the dust and the ruin
And happy she was in her dances and games
Oh teach me to see with your innocent eyes, love
Oh how will I ever be simple again
Oh how will I ever be simple again"

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• Richard
• Thompson

[csl65]

A really nice tune.

[cheerydavie]

thanks for your comment i agree its a great tune...but i feel its the pipes that make the song more haunting

[kjohns2001]

Wow, what a beautiful song by such a wonderful band! Thank you for putting it up so more people can be exposed to both the band and their music.

[killiekentman]

he was born exactly 2 years before me . your cds on the way

[DamianNixon]

As always Davy....Great!