Artist: Nick Drake Album: Time Of No Reply {1986}

Summer was gone when the heat died down
And Autumn reached for her golden crown
I looked behind as I heard a sigh
But this was the time of no reply

The sun went down and the crowd went home
I was left by the roadside all alone
I turned to speak as they went by
But this was the time of no reply

The time of no reply is calling me to stay
There's no hello and no goodbye
To leave, there is no way

The trees on the hill had nothing to say
They would keep their dreams till another day
So they stood and thought and wondered why
For this was the time of no reply

Time goes by from year to year
And no one asks why I am standing here
But I have my answer as I look to the sky
This is the time of no reply

The time of no reply is calling me to stay
There's no hello and no goodbye
To leave, there is no way

Summer was gone when the heat died down
And Autumn reached for her golden crown
I looked behind as I heard a sigh
But this was the time of no reply

I was born to love no one
No one to love me
Only the wind in the long green grass
The frost in a broken tree

I was made to love magic
All its wonder to know
But you all lost that magic
Many, many, many years ago

I was born to use my eyes
Dream with the sun and the skies
To float away in a lifelong song
In the mist where melody flies

I was made to love magic
All its wonder to know
But you all lost that magic
Many, many years ago

I was born to sail away
Into a land of forever
Not to be tied to an old stone grave
In your land of never

I was made to love magic
All its wonder to know
But you all lost that magic
Many, many years ago

Joey will come to see your flowers
Joey will come to while away your hours
But she will tell you you're not so good for her
She wouldn't be there if it could be that you were

Joey has loved, never shown her tears
So she may laugh in the autumn of your years
But when you're with her, you'll wonder if it's true
All that they said of a world without you

Where she may come from, where she may go
Who she may run from no one will know
Why she was late may trouble you some
But still you wait for Joey to come

Joey will come when once more it looks like snow
Joey will come when it's really time to go
And you may smile when you find that you've been wrong
You thought you'd found her but she knew you all along
Joey will come to say hello, Joey

Who has dressed you in strange clothes of sand
Who has taken you far from my land
Who has said that my sayings were wrong
And who will say that I stayed much too long

Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me

Does it now seem worth all the color of skies
To see the earth through painted eyes
To look through panes of shaded glass
See the stains of winter's grass

Can you now return to from where you came
Try to burn your changing name
Or with silver spoons and colored light
Will you worship moons in winter's night

Clothes of sand have covered your face
Given you meaning but taken my place
So make your way on down to the sea
Something has taken you so far from me

Well, there was a man, who lived in a shed
Spent most of his days out of his head
For his shed was rotten, let in the rain
Said it was enough to drive any man insane
When it rained he felt so bad
When it snowed he felt just simply sad

Well, there was a girl who lived nearby
Whenever he saw her he could only simply sigh
But she lived in a house so very big and grand
For him it seemed like some very distant land
So when he called her, his shed to mend
She said, "I'm sorry you'll just have to find a friend."

Well, this story is not so very new
But the man is me, yes, and the girl is you
So leave your house, come into my shed
Please stop my world from raining through on my head
Please don't think I'm not your sort
You'll find that sheds are nicer than you thought

Mayfair, strange in the morning light
Mayfair, strange in a summer night
Mayfair, strangest in the afternoon
Mayfair stretching far above
Full of fame but lacking love
Could it be we see the Mayfair moon

Mayfair, strange across the park
In the day or in the dark
There's no need to walk or even run
Mayfair, faces clean and nice
But beauty here is cold as ice
Could it be we see the Mayfair sun

Mayfair strange at every hour
Hidden frowns with mystic power
Starry heights and golden throne
Down below you're on you're own

Mayfair, strange for passers-by
Sights of wonder for the eye
Could it be that they'll pass by again
Mayfair, calling far and near
For even trees are wealthy here
Could it be move and deh, deh, deh

Strum a little bit

Mayfair, strange in the morning light
Mayfair, strange in a summer night
Mayfair, strangest in the afternoon
Mayfair stretching far above
Full of fame but lacking love
Could it be we see the Mayfair moon

Please give me second grace
Please give me a second face
I've fallen far down 
The first time around
Now I just sit on the ground in your way

And now if it's time to recompense for what's done
Come, come sit down on the fence in the sun
And the clouds will roll by
And we'll never deny
It's really too hard for to fly

Please show me your second game
Please tell me your second name
I've fallen far down
The first time around
Now I just sit on the ground in your way

So come, come ride in my merry car by the bay
For now I must know how fine you are in your way
And the sea, she was I
And I'll never deny
It's really too hard for to fly

Who can know the thoughts of Mary jane
Why she flies or goes out in the rain
Where she's been and who she's seen
In her journey to the stars

Who can know the reason for her smile
What are her dreams when they've journeyed for a mile
The way she sings and her long forgotten rings
Make her the princess of the sky

Who can know what happens in her mind
Did she come from a strange world, leave her mind behind
Her long lost sighs and her brightly colored eyes
Tell her story to the wind

Who can know the thoughts of Mary jane
Why she flies or goes out in the rain
Where she's been and who she's seen
In her journey to the stars

Well I wake up in the morning, look at my clock
It's way past noon time, now I'm late for work
Tell me, tell me what have I done wrong
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too long

Well, I go to find me some breakfast but I ain't got no food
Take me a shower but the water don't feel no good
Tell me, tell me what have I done wrong
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too long

I've got opium in my chimney, no other life to choose
Nightmare made of hash dreams, got the devil in my shoes
Tell me, tell me what have I done wrong
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too long

Well, when I'm smoking put my worries on a shelf
Don't think about nothin', try not to see myself
Tell me, tell me what have I done wrong
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too long

Well in this blues I'm singin' there's a lesson to be learned
Don't go around smokin' less you want to get burned
Tell me, tell me what have I done wrong
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too
Ain't nothing go right with me, must be I've been smoking too
Everything go wrong with me, must be I've been smoking too long

Deep down in the depths of forgotten dreams
So far away, so long ago it seems
The memory comes of a distant beach
Pale sand stretching far from reach
It was then I found my princess of the sand

As I traced the foam look at peebles beneath my feet
I looked behind and I saw this one so sweet
She came to me and I saw in her eyes
The heavy toll of a thousand sighs
I called her my princess of the sand

She stared at me and my mind was in a maze
As we moved along in a summer sea-dream haze
She moved her mouth but there came no sound
The message she brought can never be found
But I called her my princess of the sand

One moment we walked with the night breeze in our face
Then I looked, she'd gone, of her presence there was no trace
Where she went or came from who can know
Or if she'll ever return to help me know
Who she is, my princess of the sand

Sometime when the summer nights come back
I'll go back to the sea and I'll follow that sandy track
I'll look around and I'll hope to find
That strange young dream close behind
I'll call her my princess of the sand

And now you know my name
But I don't feel the same
But I ain't gonna blame
The rider on the wheel

You know my song is new
You know it's new for you
I tell you how it's true
For the rider on the wheel

And round and round we go
We take it fast and slow
I must keep up a show
For the rider on the wheel
For the rider on the wheel

And now you know my name
But I don't feel the same
But I ain't gonna blame
The rider on the wheel
The rider on the wheel

A black eyed dog, he called at my door
The black eyed dog, he called for more
A black eyed dog, he knew my name
A black eyed dog, he knew my name
A black eyed dog
A black eyed dog

I'm growing old and I wanna go home
I'm growing old and I don't wanna know
I'm growing old and I wanna go home

A black eyed dog, he called at my door
A black eyed dog, he called for more

Why leave me hanging on a star
When you deem me so high
When you deem me so high
When you deem me so high

And why leave me sailing in a sea
When you hear me so clear
When you hear me so clear
When you hear me so clear

And why leave me hanging on a star
When you deem me so high
When you deem me so high
When you deem me so high

Voice from the mountain and a voice from the sea
Voice in my neighborhood and a voice calling me
Tell me my friend, my friend, tell me with love
Where can it end, it end, this voice from above

The sound on the ocean wave and the sound in the tree
Sound in a country lane say you can be free
Tell me crowd, you crowd, tell me again
Tell me out loud, out loud, well, this sound is rain

A tune from the hillside and a tune full of light
A flute in the morning and a chime in the night
I know the game, the game, I know the score
I know my name, my name, but this tune is more

Voice from the mountain and a voice from the sea
A voice in my neighborhood and a voice calling me
Tell me my friend, my friend, tell me with love
Where can it end, it end, this voice from above