Collections

by Anthony Phillips

From the album: The Geese & the Ghost

Track 7 of 8 on The Geese & the Ghost (1977).

Duration: 3:07

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Lyrics for Collections

"All the world's a stage" A friend of mine, he sometimes said And though he tried to show the way They only care about his name "Love is for the fool" A blind old man, he always said But of its joys, he sometimes spoke And then it seemed he could see "Life is for the strong" A travelling monk, he told me once But of the weak, he never spoke Though their cries beat on his ears I stood my gun in hand The swallow flew to meet his love But as they touched, I shot him down But now it's me that can't fly

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More from The Geese & the Ghost

  1. Wind: Tales
  2. Which Way the Wind Blows
  3. Henry: Portraits from Tudor Times: I. Fanfare / II. Lite's Chorus / III. Misty Battlements / IV. Lute's Chorus (Reprise) / V. Henry Goes to War / VI. Death of a Knight / VII. Triumphant Return
  4. God If I Saw Her Now
  5. Chinese Mushroom Cloud
  6. The Geese and the Ghost, Pt. 1 & 2
  7. Collections
  8. Sleepfall: The Geese Fly West