The Riddle

Song The Riddle
Artist Nik Kershaw
Album Oe3 Zeitreise 1984

Lyrics

[00:01.07] Nik Kershaw
[00:02.51] The Riddle
[00:03.63]
[00:31.11] i got two strong arms
[00:33.17]
[00:33.80] blessings of babylon
[00:35.67]
[00:36.32] with time to carry on
[00:38.76] and try
[00:39.70] for sins and false alarms
[00:42.13]
[00:43.13] so to america the brave
[00:45.87]
[00:48.18] wise men save
[00:49.62]
[00:50.24] near a tree by a river
[00:52.30] there's a hole in the ground
[00:54.12]
[00:54.73] where an old man of aran
[00:57.23] goes around and around
[00:58.67]
[00:59.41] and his mind is a beacon
[01:01.54] in the veil of the night
[01:03.90] for a strange kind of fashion
[01:06.28] there's a wrong and a right
[01:08.15]
[01:08.66] but he'll never' never fight over you
[01:11.46]
[01:13.39] i got plans for us
[01:15.02]
[01:15.70] nights in the scullery
[01:17.58]
[01:18.76] and days instead of me
[01:21.01] i only know what to discuss
[01:24.65]
[01:25.90] of for anything but light
[01:28.39]
[01:30.45] wise men fighting over you
[01:32.57]
[01:34.50] it's not me you see
[01:36.26]
[01:37.44] pieces of valentine
[01:39.79] with just a song of mine
[01:42.23] to keep from burning history
[01:45.41]
[01:46.72] seasons of gasoline and gold
[01:49.71]
[01:51.65] wise men fold
[01:53.46] near a tree by a river
[01:55.51] there's a hole in the ground
[01:58.03] where an old man of aran
[02:00.27] goes around and around
[02:01.90]
[02:02.78] and his mind is a beacon
[02:04.89] in the veil of the night
[02:07.33] for a strange kind of fashion
[02:09.71] there's a wrong and a right
[02:12.00] but he'll never' never fight over you
[02:15.12]
[02:16.81] i got time to kill
[02:18.65]
[02:19.78] sly looks in corridors
[02:22.02] without a plan of yours
[02:24.41] a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
[02:28.28]
[02:29.02] thanks to the calling of the wild
[02:31.47]
[02:34.02] wise mens child
[02:35.46]
[02:57.14] near a tree by a river
[02:59.14] there's a hole in the ground
[03:00.89]
[03:01.44] where an old man of aran
[03:03.82] goes around and around
[03:05.25]
[03:06.19] and his mind is a beacon
[03:08.43] in the veil of the night
[03:10.30]
[03:10.80] for a strange kind of fashion
[03:13.18] there's a wrong and a right
[03:14.93]
[03:15.54] but he'll never' never fight over you
[03:18.98] a tree near by a river
[03:20.12] there's a hole in the ground
[03:22.55] where an old man of aran
[03:24.67]
[03:25.24] goes around and around
[03:26.42]
[03:27.36] and his mind is a beacon
[03:29.54] in the veil of the night
[03:31.42]
[03:31.98] for a strange kind of fashion
[03:34.35] there's a wrong and a right
[03:36.03]
[03:36.66] but he'll never' never fight over you
[03:39.72]
[03:41.53] but he'll never' never fight over you