Ritchie Blackmore - Listen, Learn, Read On lyrics

[Intro] In ages past when spells were cast In a time of men in steel When a man was taught no special thing It was all done by feel [Chorus] So listen, so learn, so read on You got to turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn [Verse 1] Hear the song of lovely Joan Her sound so sweet and clear In the courtroom of the King Among children and the peers [Chorus] [Verse 2] "Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn On the foaming beach of the ocean In the day of trouble I shall be of more service to thee Than three hundred salmon The hare he bounds across the page Past castles white and fair Past dreaming chessmen on their boards With a fool's mate as a snare [Chorus] [Verse 3] Three times I have been born I know this from meditation The bird he flies the distance From pages two to six Past minstrels in their boxes To the waters of the Styx [Chorus] [Verse 4] Don't take the pictures lightly Listen to their sound For from their coloured feeling Experience is found [Chorus] [Verse 5] All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast For I know what has been, what is now And what hereafter will occur