Ian Anderson - Velvet Green lyrics

[Chorus] Walking on velvet green, Scot's pine growing Isn't it rare to be taking the air? Singing, walking on velvet green Walking on velvet green, distant cows lowing Never a care, with your legs in the air Loving, walking on velvet green [Verse 1] Won't you have my company? Yes, take it in your hands Go down on velvet green with a country man Who's a young girl's fancy and an old maid's dream Tell your mother that you walked all night on velvet green [Verse 2] One dusky half hour's ride up to the North There lies your reputation and all that you're worth Where the scent of wild roses turns the milk to cream Tell your mother that you walked all night on velvet green [Verse 3] And the long gra** blows in the evening cool And August's rare delights may be April's fool But think not of that my love, I'm tight against the seam And I'm growing up to meet you down on velvet green [Verse 4] Now I may tell you that it's love and not just lust And if we live the lie, let's lie in trust On golden daffodils, to catch the silver stream That washes out the wild oat seed on velvet green [Verse 5] We'll dream as lovers under the stars Of civilizations raging afar And the ragged dawn breaks on your battle scars As you walk home cold and alone upon velvet green [Chorus]