Richard Thompson - King of Bohemia

Let me rock you in my arms
I'll hold you safe and small
A refugee from the seraphim
In your rich-girl rags and all

Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all

Your eyes seem from a different face
They've seen that much that soon
Your cheek too cold, too pale to shine
Like an old and waning moon

And there is no peace, no true release
No secret place to crawl
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all

If tears unshed could heal your heart
If words unsaid could sway
Then watch you melt into the night
Adieu, and rue the day

Did your dreams die young, were they too hard won
Did you reach too high and fall
And there is no rest for the ones God blessed
And he blessed you best of all

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• Thompson
• Fairport
• Convention

[laoban1954]

RT is, quite, simply, one of the great musical geniuses of our era: poetic, melodic, soulful. I don't have words capable of describing his talent and contribution to our times.

[padraigpurseal]

I agree with you Kegwithlegs, there so many Thompson "gems" been a fan since the late 60's, and still am

[57adjrean]

This beautiful song touches me so deeply, I lack words to describe it.

It is one of my favorite of RT's songs, though all of his music is so wonderful that it is hard to select favorites. Sometimes I think that they all are. We are blessed to have a talented man like him creating such music for all of us, and that they are being preserved as videos so many more people can enjoy them.

RT, please live a long, healthy life, we need you with us for many years to sooth our souls with your music.

[MaxofBH]

what a gorgeous song, jeez...

[oracleofaltoona]

Beautiful! <3 Thank you, Richard Thompson.

[AQuags]

Which video/tv program is this from? It's obviously professionally shot etc.

[MarthaT108]

Thank you for posting this..thank you Richard for writing this ..Truly a parent's lament of watching your grown children go through great difficulties in their lives.

I believe I read somewhere that Richard wrote this for his daughter when she was going through a hard time in her life. Once your a parent the worst pain you can feel is when your children are hurt..no matter how old they are. This song could be for anyone you care about going through hard times..

[Kenentigern7]

Happened to press this on the MP3 this morn on the way to collect newspaper, the humanity spills from every note and breath.

needless to say Mirror Blue has been murdered all day.

[1945poole]

I believe this was written for his daughter when she was going through a bad time

[OneBigRetard]

Never seen him use that Lowden.

Man I hate how tramps are supposed to represent things in films.

A million film school shorts = at least 750,000 tramps.

[Kegwithlegs]

This is 1 of RT's gems, like Beeswing, the more you hear it the better it gets.