Ballad Of An Elder Woman Lyrics - London Conversation - John Martyn

Now woman, don't you feel sad when you see your life go round 

And you realise you've been drinking all of your years like wine? 

You're gambling with time and you know you just can't win 

But still you feel that somehow you've just got to keep on trying 

And woman, it's your heart I hear crying 

Now the young man by your side is your husband, or so you say 

In reality, he's a link with a past you just can't replace 

You tell the world you're happy when you're lying in his arms 

Oh, but his youth has made you hate to see his face 

And woman, it's your heart I see crying 

Now you're standing like some tree, oh, and the blossom has blown away 

And the last leaf has gone crumbling tumbling towards the ground 

You have nothing to teach me, just have nothing at all to say 

Except to keep on telling me about all the happiness that you do think you have found 

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