[Lyric] Granite Years 1994 (Oysterband)

[Verse 1]
Night has drawn the curtain
Covered up their eyes
The angels will not hear you
Your spirit starts to rise
There's music from the bar
Drunken laughter down the hall
Is it pain or is it pleasure
You're hearing through the wall?

[Verse 2]
"Cruising for a bruising"
Tattooed above the heart
It'd take the strength of Mary
To hold the boys apart
They flicker in their footsteps
A voltage overload
Dazzling the dancers like they're
Fixing to explode
You find 'em later lying in the road
[Chorus]
Granite years
Harbour lights, city nights and bitter tears
And you don't care where you're going
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind

[Verse 3]
Love you for a lifetime, but
I haven't time to try
If I loved you for an hour
It wouldn't be a lie
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
A seller bought a buyer
And the buyer didn't mind
Anything you ask I'll pay in kind

[Chorus]
Granite years
Harbour lights, city nights and bitter tears
And you don't care where you're going
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
[Verse 4]
The wind is off the sea tonight
It whistles through his soul
The solitary copper
Hopes that God is on patrol
A single star is shining
Across the evening sky
Sending us a message
They are waving us goodbye
They are waving us a long, long goodbye
Thousands of light-years
Goodbye

[Chorus]
Granite years
Harbour lights, city nights and bitter tears
And you don't care where you're going
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
Granite years
Granite years
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
[Chorus]
Granite years
Granite years
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
Granite years
Granite years
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
Granite years

[Chorus]
Granite years
Granite years
And you don't care where you're going
Say that I was foolish
Say that I was blind
Never say that I got left behind
Granite years
Granite years