Van Morrison - Summertime in England

rmj

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTOKYjh9-TU

can you meet me in the country
in the summertime in England
can you meet me

we'll go riding up to Kendal in the country
in the summertime in England

can you meet me down by Bristol
meet me down by Bristol
we'll go ridin' down
down by Avalon
in the country
in the summertime in England

did you ever hear about

Wordsworth and Coleridge, baby
they were smokin' up in Kendal
they were smokin' by the lakeside

can you meet me in the country in the long grass
in the summertime in England
can you meet me in the long grass
with your red robe dangling all around your body

can you meet me
in the summertime in England

Holy Magnet
give you attraction
and I was attracted to you
your coat was old, ragged and worn
and you wore it down through the ages

ah, the sufferin' did show in your eyes as we spoke
and the gospel music
the voice of Mahalia Jackson came through the ether
oh my common one with the coat so old
and the light in the head
and the sufferin' so fine
take a walk with me
down by the shrubs and the trees

can you meet me in the long grass
in the summertime in England
can you meet me in the long grass
with your red robe dangling all around your body

Yeats and Lady Gregory corresponded
James Joyce wrote streams of consciousness books
T.S. Eliot joined the ministry
W.B. Yeats (???)
(???)
Ginsberg (???)
Ferlinghetti published John Wilson

did you ever hear about
Wordsworth and Coleridge
they were smokin' up in Kendal
they were smokin' by the lakeside

let your red robe go

let your red robe dangle in the countryside in England
we'll go ridin' down by Avalon
in the summertime
can you meet me in the long grass
with your red robe dangling all around your body
let your red robe go
and then meet me
in the long grass
in the Church of St. John
down by Avalon

let me introduce the band from the right to the left corner:

Mark Isham on trumpet
Pee Wee Ellis on sax
Peter Wingfield on keyboards
Peter Van Hooke on drums
David Hayes on bass
Herbie Armstrong on guitar
Mick Cox guitar

oh, my common one
with the coat so old
and the light in the head
and the sufferin' so fine
and the sufferin' so high
take a walk with me
among the bridges
I believe a man come through

put your head on my shoulder
can you feel the silence