Van Morrison - Summertime In England lyrics
rate meSummertime In England (Track#2) 15:30
Van Morrison
(Van Morrison)
Album: Common One 1980
Recorded at Super Bear Studios - South France
February 11-19th 1980
Epic (Polydor Remaster) 537 541-2
Transcriber: Awcantor@aol.com
Would you meet me in the country
In the summertime in England
Will you meet me?
Will you meet me in the country
In the summertime in England
Will you meet me?
We'll go riding up to Kendal in the country
In the summertime in England
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Wordsworth and Coleridge, baby?
Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge?
They were smokin' it up in Kendal
By the lakeside
Can you meet me in the country in the long grass
In the, in the summertime in England
Will you meet me?
With your red robe danglin' all around your body
With your red robe danglin' all around your body
Will you meet me?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about?
Did you ever hear about, hu!
William Blake, T. S. Elliot
In the summer in the countryside
Yeah, they were smokin', now
Summertime in England
Won't you meet me down by Bristol
Meet me down by Bristol?
We'll go ridin' down
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon
In the countryside in England
With your red robe danglin'
With your red robe
Danglin' all around your body free
Let your red robe go
Goin' ridin', down by Avalon
Would you meet me in the country
In the summertime in England
Would you meet me?
In the Church of Saint John
Saint John, Saint John
In the Church of Saint John
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon
(short instrumental)
Holy Magnet, give you attraction
And I was attracted to you
Your coat was old, ragged and worn
And you wore it down through the ages
But all the sufferin' did show in your eyes
And we spoke
And the gospel music
The voice of Mahalia Jackson
Came through the ether
Oh, my common one
With the coat so old and light in the head
Said, 'Daddy, don't stroke me call me, the common one'
I said, 'My common one, my illuminated one
Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
Take a walk with me
Take a walk with me down by Avalon'
Oh, my common one with the coat so old
And light in the head
Keep sufferin' so fine
Yeah, been sufferin' so fine
Take a walk with me down
Down by Avalon
And I will show you
It ain't why, why, why
It ain't why, why, why
It ain't why, why ain't why
It just is
(short instrumental)
Could you meet me in the country?
Could you meet me in the long grass
Down in the country in the summertime, oh lady?
Could you meet me in the long grass?
Wait a minute!
With your red robe
With your red robe
Danglin', all around your body
Yeats and Lady Gregory corresponded
Corresponded
Corresponded
Corresponded
And James Joyce wrote
Streams of consciousness books
Streams of
T.S. Eliot chose England
T.S. Eliot chose England
T.S. Eliot joined the ministry
Joined the ministry
Joined the ministry
Did you hear about
Did you hear about
Wordsworth and Coleridge?
Smokin' up in Kendal
They were smokin' by the lakeside
Yes, they did
Let your red robe go
Let your red robe go
Let your red robe dangle
In the countryside in England
You'd go ridin' down by Avalon
In the country
In the summerti-i-i-i-ime
In England
You'll be by my side
Let your red robe go
Let your red robe go
You'll be happy dancin'
You'll be happy dancin'
You'll be happy dancin'
Oh-in your red robe
Let it go
Let it go
Let it go
Let your red robe go
Would you meet me down by Avalon
In the summertime in England?
In the Church of St. John
In the Church of St. John
In the Church of St. John
In the Church of St. John
In the Church of St. John
Did you ever hear about Jesus, walkin'
Jesus, walkin' down by Avalon?
Can you feel the light in England?
Can you feel the li-i-ight in England?
Can you feel the li-i-ight in England?
And you fe-ee-el the light in each other?
(instrumental)
Oh, my common one
With the light in the head
And the coat so old
Yeah, an' the sufferin' so fine
Take a walk with me
Oh, my common one
Oh, my illuminated one
Down by Avalon
Down by Avalon-lon-on
Oh, my common one
My illuminated one
Oh, my storytime one
Oh, my treasury in the sunset
Take a walk with me
And I will show you
It ain't why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why it ain't why
It just is
Yeah!
It ain't why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, why, why, why
Why, why
It ain't why, why, why
It just is
Alright!
It ain't why, why, why
Why, why, why, why, why
It just is
Oh, my common one
With the light in the head
And the coat so old
Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
Yeah!
Oh, my high
Oh, my high
Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
Oh my high
In the art of sufferin' one
Only one
(instrumental & sax solo) yeah!
Oh, my common one
Take a walk with me
Down by Avalon
And I will show you it ain't
It ain't why, why, why
It ain't why, why, why, why
It ain't why
It ain't why
It just is
Oh, my common one
With the light in the head
And the coat so fine
And the sufferin' is, is so high
Alright now!
(Instrumental)
Nn-nn-nn
Ye-ye-yeah-yeah
Oh, my common one
Oh, my common one-un (Herbie)
Oh, my common one
Yeah, yeah
Ah, my common one
With your sufferin', so fine
Yeah!
It ain't why, why
It ain't why, why, why
It ain't why, why
It ain't why
It just is, that's all
It just is, that's all
Oh!
Oh-oh, my common one
With the coat so old
And the light in the head
And the sufferin'
And the sufferin' so fine
And the sufferin' so high
It ain't why
It ain't why
It ain't why
No, it ain't why
It just is
That's all about it
It just is
It just is
That's all there is to it
It just is
That's all there is about it
It just is
That's all there is to it
It just is
It just is
It just is, right now
Yeah, I'm gonna
I wanna go to church right now an' pray
It just is
It just is
It just is
Oh, my common one
Ah, my illuminated one
Ah, my high
Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
Yeah!
It ain't why, why
It just is
That's all there is about it
Take a walk with me
Talk with me
I will show you
It ain't why
It ain't why
It just is, yeah
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
Can you feel the light?
In your soul?
In your soul?
In your soul?
In your soul?
In your soul?
Ain't it high?
Ain't it high?
Ain't it high, now?
Whoa, my common one
Oh, my storytime one
Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one
Put your head on my shoulder
Put your head on my shoulder
And ya listen
And ya listen to the silence
Can you feel the silence?
Can you feel the silence?
~<br />
<br />
Thanks to Awcantor
