Nik Kershaw - The Riddle lyrics

rate me

i've got two strong arms

blessings of babylon

time to carry on

and try for sins and false alarms

so to america the brave

wise men save

[chorus]

near a tree by a river

there's a hole in the ground

where an old man of Aran

goes around and around

and his mind is a beacon

in the veil of the night

for a strange kind of fashion

there's a wrong and a right

but he'll never, never fight over you

i got plans for us

nights in the scullery

and days instead of me

i only know what to discuss

oh for anything but light

wise men fighting over you

it's not me you see

pieces of valentine

and just a song of mine

to keep from burning history

seasons of gasoline and gold

wise men fold

[chorus repeat]

i got time to kill

sly looks in corridors

without a plan of yours

a blackbird sings on bluebird hill

thanks to the calling of the wild

wise mens child

[chorus repeat (2x)]

..but he'll never, never fight over you