No Telling - words
& music Linda
Thompson
The story of
a man in the depths of dejection, who finds solace in a love song
performed in
a bar. Recorded by Niamh Parsons on The Old Simplicity
He came
in the ballroom, just a crazy old man
His eyes
seemed to glaze in the light
Just
some old hawker to judge by his rags
Come in
from the cold of the night
And the
whole room was dancing - they paid him no mind
As he
slipped to the bar and said please be so kind
And the
music kept ringing in the back of his mind
No
telling what a love song will do
As the
queen of the ballroom sang a favorite song
He stood
with the glass in his hand
He was
weary of living the days of his life
And
tonight was the last he could stand
He shut
out the future, he shut out the past
And even
the present was running out fast
As the
queen of the ballroom said, make this the last
No
telling what a love song will do
As she
started to sing for the very last time
He
trembled as he stood there alone
And the
pain he'd been holding inside for so long
Just
fell from his heart and was gone
It was
only a love song, simple and clear
But he
bowed as it shook him with every last tear
And he
cried from relief, and he cried half from fear
No
telling what a love song will do
Oh the
queen of the ballroom still glitters and shines
Each
night at the "Old Kindness Sake"
And
maybe its something they put in the wine
But her
beauty refuses to fade
I think
she got married to a stranger they say
Just a
crazy old man who came passing one day
And the
whole town still dances and the music still plays
No
telling what a love song will do
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