John & Mary & The Valkyries Poppy
Dance in the emerald square
All the people
are swinging every, everywhere
Storm clouds
In the trees at night
Sparrows singing come alive,
Church bells chime at nine and five.
Starlings back to the nest
For your mind should be
Oh, it should be at rest
Clouds break
In the morning sky
Tears will find,
tears will find a way to dry.
On a winding stair to find an upstairs room
My darkened ways
The distant view
Shards of lightning, peals of thunder, moonlight way
There in the cloud, falling at night, somebody's voice says "Knock all you like" and "The things that don't change."
On a winding stair to find an upstairs room
My darkened way
And the distant view
Shards of lightning, peals of thunder, moonlight way
There in the cloud, falling at night, somebody's voice says "Knock all you like" and you may
And then holding the nurse's flower
All through the dreaming hour
The north wind gave it lights around
In my own dreaming
Hiding from friends and days we thought would never end, so bold, so brave
So bold, so brave, so far from home
And near the grave.
There in a cloud, somebody's voice
There in a cloud, somebody's voice
Falling apart
Knock all you want
Knock all you like.
