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| You saw sagacious Solomon | You saw sagacious Solomon | |||||||||||||
| 1 | You know what came of him | You know what came of him, | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | To him complexities seems plain | To him complexities seemed plain. | 2 | |||||||||||
| He cursed the hour that gave birth to him | He cursed the hour that gave birth to him | |||||||||||||
| 3 | And saw everything was vain | And saw that everything was vain. | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | How great and wise was Solomon | How great and wise was Solomon. | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | The world however did not wait | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | The world however didn't wait | But soon observed what followed on. | 6 | |||||||||||
| 7 | But soon observed what followed on | It's wisdom that had brought him to this state. | 7 | |||||||||||
| 8 | It’s wisdom that had brought him to this state | How fortunate the man with none. | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | How fortunate the man with none | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | How fortunate the man with none | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| You saw courageous Caesar next | You saw courageous Caesar next | |||||||||||||
| 9 | You know what he became | You know what he became. | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | They defied him in his life | They deified him in his life | 10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Then had him murdered just the same | Then had him murdered just the same. | 11 | |||||||||||
| And as they raised the fatal knife | And as they raised the fatal knife | |||||||||||||
| 12 | How loud he cried, "You too my son" | How loud he cried: you too my son! | 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | The world however did not wait | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | The world however didn't wait | But soon observed what followed on. | 14 | |||||||||||
| 15 | But soon observed what followed on | It's courage that had brought him to that state. | 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | It’s courage that had brought him to that state | How fortunate the man with none. | 16 | |||||||||||
| 4 | How fortunate the man with none | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | How fortunate the man with none | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| You heard of honest Socrates | You heard of honest Socrates | |||||||||||||
| 17 | The man who never lied | The man who never lied: | 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | They weren’t so grateful as you’d think | They weren't so grateful as you'd think | 18 | |||||||||||
| Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried | Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried | |||||||||||||
| 19 | And handed him the poisoned drink | And handed him the poisoned drink. | 19 | |||||||||||
| 20 | How honest was the people’s noble son | How honest was the people's noble son. | 20 | |||||||||||
| 21 | The world however did not wait | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | The world however didn't wait | But soon observed what followed on. | 22 | |||||||||||
| 23 | But soon observed what followed on | It's honesty that brought him to that state. | 23 | |||||||||||
| 24 | It’s honesty that brought him to that state | How fortunate the man with none. | 24 | |||||||||||
| 7 | How fortunate the man with none | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | How fortunate the man with none | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Here you can see respectable folk | Here you can see respectable folk | |||||||||||||
| 25 | Keeping to Gods own laws | Keeping to God's own laws. | 25 | |||||||||||
| 26 | So far He hasn’t taken heed | So far he hasn't taken heed. | 26 | |||||||||||
| You who sit safe and warm indoors | You who sit safe and warm indoors | |||||||||||||
| 27 | Help to relieve out bitter need | Help to relieve our bitter need. | 27 | |||||||||||
| 28 | How virtuously we had begun | How virtuously we had begun. | 28 | |||||||||||
| 29 | The world however did not wait | 29 | ||||||||||||
| 30 | The world however didn't wait | But soon observed what followed on. | 30 | |||||||||||
| 31 | But soon observed what followed on | It's fear of god that brought us to that state. | 31 | |||||||||||
| 32 | It’s fear of God that brought us to that state | How fortunate the man with none. | 32 | |||||||||||
| 33 | How fortunate the man with none | performed by Lisa Gerrard & Brendan Perry | 33 | |||||||||||
| How fortunate the man with none | engineered and produced by Brendan | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Perry at Quivvy Church | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 4-A-D, P.O. BOX 461599, Los | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Angeles, CA 90046-9599. | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | (c) 1993 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Written by Dead Can Dance | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | except | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | "The Wind that Shakes the Baley" | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | words and music: Dr. Robert Dwyer Joyce | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | "How Fortunate the Man with None" | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | music: Dead Can Dance | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | words: Bertold Brecht (Translation John Willet) | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | (send a mail and you'll get the | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | original german text) | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 14 | ISC file date vom 22.11.1993 (in | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | Alpena, Michigan, USA) | 15 | ||||||||||||
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