מילים לשיר Percy's Song – Fairport Convention

Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep"
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"Say, one of your friends is in trouble deep" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
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"Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear"
"Joliet prison and ninetyTurn, turn, to the rain and the wind "Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be?"
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"Manslaughter in the highest degree" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write
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Explaining to the judge I'd be there on Wednesday night
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind Without a reply, I left by the moon
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And was in his chambers by the next afternoon "Would you tell me the facts," I said without fear
Turn, turn, turn again "That a friend of mine could get ninetyTurn, turn, to the rain and the wind
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"A crash on the highway, flew the car to a field"
"There was four persons killed and he was at the wheel"
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"But I knew him as good as I'm knowing myself"
"And he wouldn't harm a life that belonged to someone else"
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Saying "The witness who saw, he left without doubt"
The judge he spoke out of the side of his mouth
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind "But ninety"That may be true, he's got a sentence to serve" Turn, turn, turn again
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"Too late, too late, for his case it is sealed"
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"His sentence it is passed and cannot be repealed" Turn, turn, turn again
"But he ain't no criminal and his crime it is none"
"What happened to him could happen to anyone" Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind
At that the judge jumped forward and his face it did freeze
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Saying "Could you kindly leave my office now please?" His eyes looked funny and I stood up so slow
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With no other choice except for to go
Turn, turn, to the rain and the wind I walked down the hallway and I heard his door slam
Turn, turn, turn again I walked down the courthouse stairs and did not understand
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And I played my guitar through the night to the day
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And the only tune my guitar could play was "The Old Cruel Rain And The Wind.