Various Artists《All this time》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:15.51]I looked out across [00:19.35]The river today [00:23.79]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower [00:26.37]Where the seagulls play [00:31.20]I saw the sad shire horses walking home [00:35.25]In the sodium light [00:38.52]I saw two priests on the ferry [00:40.23]October geese on a cold winter's night [00:43.08]And all this time the river flowed [00:43.77]Endlessly to the sea [00:45.24]Two priests came round our house tonight [00:46.05]One young one old to offer prayers for the dying [00:47.04]To serve the final rite [00:49.74]One to learn one to teach [00:50.46]Which way the cold wind blows [00:53.58]Fussing and flapping in priestly black [00:54.27]Like a murder of crows [00:54.93]And all this time the river flowed [00:56.82]Endlessly to the sea [01:00.54]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river [01:08.76]And I'd bury the old man [01:11.70]I'd bury him at sea [01:15.72]Blessed are the poor for they shall inherit the earth [01:24.24]Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle [01:28.20]And as these words were spoken I swear I hear [01:34.71]The old man laughing [01:39.15]'What good is a used up world [01:40.77]And how could it be worth having [01:42.63]And all this time the river flowed [01:54.18]Endlessly like a silent tear [01:58.83]And all this time the river flowed [02:08.19]Father if Jesus exists [02:10.71]Then how come he never lived here [02:22.20]The teacher told us the Romans built this place [02:34.17]They built a wall and a temple an edge of the empire [02:37.92]Garrison town [02:41.88]They lived and they died they prayed to their gods [02:45.18]But the stone gods did not make a sound [02:49.11]And their empire crumbled 'til all that was left [02:52.41]Were the stones the workmen found [02:56.88]And all this time the river flowed [03:04.74]In the falling light of a northern sun [03:11.58]If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river [03:19.14]Men go crazy in congregations [03:21.69]But they only get better [03:23.04]One by one [03:26.37]One by one [03:26.67]One by one [03:27.12]One by one [03:27.42]I looked out across [03:28.17]The river today [03:32.19]I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower [03:37.17]Where the seagulls play [03:38.58]I saw the sad shire horses walking home [03:39.99]In the sodium light