Percy's Song (BBC Session - Top Gear 6/4/69) - Fairport Convention.mp3

[00:00.63]Bad news, bad news,
[00:03.27]Come to me where I sleep,
[00:08.61]Turn, turn, turn again.
[00:11.52]Sayin' one of your friends
[00:14.31]Is in trouble deep,
[00:19.92]Turn, turn to the rain
[00:21.15]And the wind.
[00:27.18]Tell me the trouble,
[00:29.28]Tell me once to my ear,
[00:36.24]Turn, turn, turn again.
[00:37.89]Joliet prison
[00:41.28]And ninety-nine years,
[00:42.12]Turn, turn to the rain
[00:44.88]And the wind.
[00:52.71]Oh what's the charge
[00:54.87]Of how this came to be,
[00:57.00]Turn, turn, turn again.
[01:05.52]Manslaughter
[01:05.88]In the highest of degree,
[01:10.89]Turn, turn to the rain
[01:12.45]And the wind.
[01:17.16]I sat down and wrote
[01:19.98]The best words I could write,
[01:21.51]Turn, turn, turn again.
[01:28.17]Explaining to the judge
[01:30.78]I'd be there on Wednesday night,
[01:36.03]Turn, turn to the rain
[01:37.08]And the wind.
[01:43.80]Without a reply,
[01:45.36]I left by the moon,
[01:51.93]Turn, turn, turn again.
[01:54.18]And was in his chambers
[01:55.59]By the next afternoon,
[01:57.12]Turn, turn to the rain
[02:00.48]And the wind.
[02:07.53]Could you tell me the facts?
[02:10.17]I said without fear,
[02:15.57]Turn, turn, turn again.
[02:18.18]That a friend of mine
[02:20.43]Should get ninety-nine years,
[02:21.27]Turn, turn to the rain
[02:34.71]And the wind.
[02:34.98]A crash on the highway
[02:35.37]Flew the car to a field,
[02:36.03]Turn, turn, turn again.
[02:43.89]There were four persons killed
[02:46.41]And he was at the wheel,
[02:51.33]Turn, turn to the rain
[02:51.96]And the wind.
[02:58.11]That may be true,
[03:00.27]He's got a sentence to serve,
[03:05.85]Turn, turn, turn again.
[03:08.37]But ninety-nine years,
[03:11.13]He just don't deserve,
[03:16.29]Turn, turn to the rain
[03:17.34]And the wind.
[03:23.13]And at that the judge jerked forward
[03:25.89]And his face it did freeze,
[03:29.58]Turn, turn, turn again.
[03:33.66]Sayin', "Could you kindly leave
[03:36.30]My office now, please,"
[03:41.16]Turn, turn to the rain
[03:41.94]And the wind.
[03:49.59]Well his eyes looked funny
[03:51.03]And I stood up so slow,
[03:52.62]Turn, turn, turn again.
[03:58.95]With no other choice
[04:05.73]Except for to go,
[04:06.12]Turn, turn to the rain
[04:07.86]And the wind.
[04:14.52]I walked down the hallway
[04:15.99]And I heard his door slam,
[04:21.24]Turn, turn, turn again.
[04:24.90]I walked down the courthouse stairs
[04:27.51]And I did not understand,
[04:28.11]Turn, turn to the rain
[04:32.16]And the wind.
[04:40.17]And I played my guitar
[04:40.62]Through the night to the day,
[04:45.93]Turn, turn, turn again.
[04:47.19]And the only tune
[04:51.21]My guitar could play
[04:52.17]Was, "The old Cruel Rain
[05:02.91]And the Wind."