Riddle Lyrics

I got two strong arms
blessings of babylon
with time to carry on
and try
for sins and alarms
so to america the brave
wise men save

near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ground
where an old man of aran
goes around and around
and his mind is a beacon
in the veil of the night
for a strange kind of fashion
there's a wrong and a right
but he'll never, never fight over you

i got plans for us
nights in the scullery
and days instead of me
i only know what to discuss
of for anything but light
wise men fighting over you

it's not me you see
pieces of valentine

with just a song of mine
to keep from burning history
seasons of gasoline and gold
wise men fold

near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ground
where an old man of aran
goes around and around
and his mind is a beacon
in the veil of the night
for a strange kind of fashion
there's a wrong and a right
but he'll never, never fight over you

i got time to kill
sly looks in corridors
without a plan of yours
a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
thanks to the calling of the wild
wise mens child

near a tree by a river
there's a hole in the ground
where an old man of aran
goes around and around
and his mind is a beacon
in the veil of the night
for a strange kind of fashion
there's a wrong and a right
but he'll never, never fight over you

Nik Kershaw - The Essential

Oct 2005

1. Wouldn't It Be Good
2. I Won't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
3. Dancing Girls
4. Riddle
5. Wide Boy
6. Nobody Knows
7. One Step Ahead
8. Human Racing
9. Don Quixote
10. Drum Talk
11. Shame on You
12. Bogart
13. When a Heart Beats
14. Wild Horses
15. Gone to Pieces
16. Radio Musicola
17. Cloak and Dagger
18. Save the Whale