London Conversation Lyrics - London Conversation - John Martyn

In a foreign city once again 

You wave at weakly in the night 

The early sun of London morning 

Burned the darkness with unanswered light 

But morning found you crying 

Waiting for a woman 

Where she left you in an empty state of mind 

Waiting not for her but for relief from passing time 

And a young friend talking softly 

As the mist keep tumbling down 

But the woman waiting for him near 

Stayed and told you of the peace that could be found 

And a fallen heart was woken 

In your tired waiting time 

And you thought you might begin again 

From all the ashes of your mind 

And though he used no poetry 

His words are weaving songs 

And the peace they were recalling 

Were good roads that you might have walked along 

And the skies you saw were all the same 

Although his words were not your own 

But the words and images you've spoken 

Are the ashes from a peace you'd never known 

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