One Way Donkey Ride

Song One Way Donkey Ride
Artist Sandy Denny
Album Listen, Listen - An Introduction To Sandy Denny

Lyrics

[00:05.90] There you may stand in your splendour and jewels
[00:10.80] Swaying me in both directions.
[00:14.36]
[00:15.92] One is the right one, the other for fools
[00:20.97] How do I make my selection?
[00:26.09] The city lies silent in the warm morning light
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[00:30.83] The sand is as golden as saffron.
[00:35.83] Oasis of love, sweet water of life
[00:40.75] God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried.
[00:46.75]
[00:51.07] Someone is drowning down there in the flood
[00:55.06]
[00:56.06] But this river will dry by tomorrow.
[00:58.80]
[01:00.74] Is it ocean or stream, this love in my blood
[01:05.04]
[01:05.79] Bringer of joy or of sorrow?
[01:09.79]
[01:11.03] The end of the journey must soon be in sight
[01:15.23]
[01:16.10] Birth is the start of the swansong.
[01:19.24]
[01:20.93] Oasis of love, sweet water of life
[01:24.87]
[01:26.01] God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied.
[01:31.88]
[01:36.49] No one is given the map to their dreams
[01:40.43]
[01:41.17] All we can do is to trace it.
[01:44.42]
[01:46.35] See where we go to
[01:48.66] Know where weve been
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[01:51.35] Build up the courage to face it
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[01:56.06] While we fumble in the darkness where once there was light
[02:00.25]
[02:01.20] Roaming the land of the ancients.
[02:04.57]
[02:06.07] Oasis of love, sweet water of life
[02:11.06] God bless the poor ones whose patience never died.
[02:17.55]
[02:18.55] While we stumble in blindness where once there was sight
[02:22.55]
[02:23.73] Searching for trees in the forest.
[02:26.98]
[02:28.49] Oasis of love, sweet water of life
[02:32.75]
[02:33.68] God bless the poor ones, so helpless they have cried.
[02:41.61] God bless the poor ones who have none though they have tried.
[02:46.91]
[02:48.85] God bless the poor ones who want some but are denied.
[02:54.65]
[02:56.27] God bless the poor ones whose patience never died.
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[03:03.76] God bless the poor ones on that one way donkey ride.