Strawbs - I'll Show You Where To Sleep lyrics

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Just paint a picture of the world<br />

In gentle pastel shades<br />

Indistinct and somehow blurred<br />

Like childhood escapades<br />

The painting box is rather dear<br />

But the paints themselves are cheap<br />

Leave your pack at the side of the road<br />

I'll show you where to sleep.<br />

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Dead brown weeds in a ditch at the side<br />

Of a field of burning corn<br />

The road opens out before you<br />

Like the womb where you were born<br />

There's no need to pretend again<br />

To try and earn your keep<br />

Leave your pack at the side of the road<br />

I'll show you where to sleep.<br />

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And crowds will gather in the sun<br />

As stone madonnas weep<br />

And the shepherd is a good man<br />

As he tends his flock of sheep.<br />

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In case you find your tortoise shell<br />

Is getting rather tight<br />

You can wrap yourself in your magic cloak<br />

And disappear from sight<br />

And I will stand guard over you<br />

As through the door you creep<br />

Leave your pack at the side of the road<br />

I'll show you where to sleep.