Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention

IF (Stomp) (I MacDonald/R Thompson)
If I were rich enough
To make you need me as much as I need you
If I could pitch enough
You'd realise what a little country bread can do
Well, if my ma had come very far
And if my pa was an old great bigwig around our money-town

If I were rich enough
To give you anything within the manner that you'd been accustomed to
If I could stitch enough
I'd save you nine and throw in a daisy too
Well if I knew that you'd give me good times too
And if I knew every loved one that I loved, loved me too

If I were rich enough
To make you need me too

If I were rich enough
To see you pretty looking like a scene I dreamed
If you were bitch enough
You'd leave me here, a king without a queen
Well, if you do, if you leave your little boy blue
If you do, I'd shut you out, and you'd shout, and you know it too

If I were rich enough
To have a pair of pants, oa hat, and boots for every single day I wake
And if I acted rough
You'd want me more than just for wanting sake
Hm, that ain't so, I'll always be this way
Feelings grow, I'll give you time when the sun shines then we'll know

If I were rich enough
To make you need me too
DECAMERON (P Ghosh/A Horvitch/R Thompson)
She doesn't see the day-to-day
No colours where the children play
She doesn't see the things she saw
White crosses painted on the door

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it's a rainy day

He didn't see the summer go
Though, he knew what the shadows know
He didn't see his arms grow old
He didn't feel his blood run cold

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it's a rainy day

They listened to his voice grow pale
No stamps were on the morning mail
They all listened to the white truck ring
Words just didn't mean a thing

See me fly, see me cry, see me walk away
Every time the sun shines, to me it's a rainy day
SUN SHADE (P Ghosh/A Horvitch/R Thompson)
Dying's not easy today
Trying but can't get away
Feel just the almost touch of her hand
And the trees in her hair
Eyes float the sun, she saw only me in the sky
What could be higher than we

Wind grows cold in the trees
She cries so hard to please
My restless feet, the rain in the street
And her Vanity Fair 
Sighs in the eyes of the boarding-house lady who stares
Thinking I care

So it's a long dusty road
Feelings I shouldn't have showed
Follow me with a sweet heart
When I'm ready to fade
Lights like these burn so bright
Keep me out of my shade
Wish I could fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
Just see me fade
See me fade
THE LOBSTER (G Painter/A Hutchings/R Thompson)
Like a lobster I can swim
And can grow another limb
Where a powerless stump you saw
I have grown a powerful claw

When you thought me safely drowned
In the depths I swim around
Thither when you do descend
With my claw I'll tear you, friend
IT'S ALRIGHT MA, IT'S ONLY WITCHCRAFT (A Hutchings/R Thompson)
Looking through the window
To see which way the wind blows
It seems as though a hurricane is due today
Sunny on the outside
Stormy on the inside
Stormy weather's always best for making hay

Here comes Everlasting
Looks like he's been fasting
With his friends in the den with director's robe
Like a bandarillo
With his cigarillo
Robs the rich, robs the rest, brings it all back home

Please don't get us wrong man
This is just a song man
No matter what we say
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
You'd better start worrying, witchcraft's here to stay

In blows Snow White
The dwarves are kinda off-white
The vision's his decision, so they're out of luck 
Associates are reeling
The wall paper is peeling
He doesn't see the paper work has come unstuck

Please don't get us wrong man
This is just a song man
No matter what we say
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
You'd better start worrying, witchcraft's here to stay

In comes Saville
Had his fill of travel
Had a bite on the flight, just touched down today
Lookin' drawn and haggard
Through the door he staggered
With a sound that he found over Frisco way

Please don't get us wrong man
This is just a song man
No matter what we say
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
This is the season, stormy weather's on the way
You'd better start worrying, witchcraft's here to stay

All songs by Richard Thompson except where noted.