Margret Roadknight sings "Albatross" from GTK in 1973.
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00:00The Lady comes to the gate Dressed in lavender and leather
00:22Looking north to the sea She finds the weather fine
00:28She hears the steeple bells Ringing through the orchard
00:32All the way from town She watches seagulls fly
00:38Silver on the ocean Stitching through the waves
00:41The edges of the sky
00:47Many people wander up the hills From all around you
00:54Making up your memories And thinking they have found you
01:00They cover you with veils of wonder As if you were a bride
01:06Young men holding violets Are curious to know if you have cried
01:12And tell you why and ask you why Either way you answer
01:19Lace around the collars Of the blouses of the ladies
01:25Flowers from a Spanish friend Of the family
01:31The embroidery of your life Holds you in and keeps you out
01:35But you survive Imprisoned in your bones
01:39Behind the ice and glass windows of your eyes
01:46And in the night the iron wheels Rolling through the rain
01:54Down the hills through the long grass To the sea
02:02And in the dark the hard bells Ringing the pain
02:09Come away
02:16Alone
02:33Even now by the gate With your long hair blowing
02:42And the colours of the day That lie along your arms
02:49You must barter your life To make sure you are living
02:56And the crowd that has come You give them the colours
03:01And the bells and the wind and the dream
03:10Will there never be a prince Who rides along the sea and the mountains
03:16Scattering the sand and the foam Into amethyst fountains
03:22Riding up the hills from the beach In the long summer grass
03:28Holding the sun in his hands And shattering the ice and glass
03:34Day and night and day again And people come and go away forever
03:40While the shining summer sea Dances in the glass of your mirror
03:46While you search the waves for love And your vision for a sign
03:52The knot of tears around your throat Is crystallizing into your design
04:01And in the night the iron wheels Rolling through the rain
04:09Down the hills through the long grass To the sea
04:17And in the dark the hard bells Ringing with pain
04:25Come away
04:33Along with me