Richard Harris - The Hymns From The Grand Terrace lyrics

He married her He married her He put his arms around her And he carried her The way I should have The way I could have The way I never really would And he took her, off to Notre Dame On a train There was a hill we climbed and nursery rhyme Went flying across the waving gra** like silver bells Against the curtain that the sky had made And so we played It was a sunny day and so we laid Beneath the rock that shelted us From pa**ing planes The earth caught fire when we turned Nothing burned There were nights, when the lights would take us Nowhere, for a little while Cars would pa**, we were out of gas And didn't care Though we walked a mile There was a DJ in LA Who we used to tune in at night to hear our favorite song We always heard it at the perfect time Upon the hill we climbed And now she's gone and I'm alone And though they say I should be safe, secure and sane I remember yesterday And the games that children Played If I could bind your mind To mine in time To keep you, from that world of his If I could change the strangeness in your kind Then I'd know where your soul is And then I'd know What song I'd have to sing To touch that chord within you And I would weave such wondrous songs When it was done I'd win you If I stand with the stars on either hand And say girl, this ain't the answer If I'd been where you're goin' But then I'd never be a dancer But if I was I'd know what step to take And laugh at what had freed me And smash the great wall down girl When it was done You'd need me If I could face the fate that waits to cast me into shambles And sit across the velvet boards from God, then I would gamble And if I could I'd know what chance to take And before the devil sold you I'd bet my soul against the stars And when it done I'd hold you If I'd been born A different kind With a different heart And a different mind I might have stayed Afraid of what I'd find I guess your love will keep If you just knew How close I came to stayin' But then again you never Heard a word that I was sayin' I just as well Have spent my time prayin' My but the valley's deep My but the mountain's steep And it's hard to see When you must weep Oh I loved you Oh I loved you If I'd been born A different man I might have tried To understand I might have stayed there Safely, in your hand Lord, why can't I Sleep