*** Verse 1 *** I 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 1 *** 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
*** Verse 2 *** I got plans for us Nights in the scullery An' days instead of me I only know what to discuss Of for anything but light Wise men fighting over you
*** Verse 3 *** It's not me you see Pieces of valentine An' just a song of mine To keep from burning history Seasons of gasoline and gold Wise men fold
*** Chorus 2 *** 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
*** Middle Section *** 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 men's child
*** Chorus 3 ** 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
*** Chorus 4 / Outro ** 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...