Tekster:
Richard Thompson Live More Or Less

High up above the crowd The great Valerio is walking The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud And time stands still while he is walking His eye is steady

real thing It will only cost a pound Down where the drunkards roll Down where the drunkards roll There goes a troubled woman She dreams a troubled dream She lives

has he got a friend for me He?s got the haunt of the sea in his eyes He wouldn?t notice me passing by I could be in the gutter, or dangling down from

I feel for you, you little horror Safe at your mother?s breast No lucky break for you around the corner ?Cos your father is a bully And he thinks that

The river flows It flows to the sea Wherever that river goes That's where I want to be Flow river flow Let your waters wash down Take me from this

I know the way That I feel about you I?m never going to run away I?m never going to run away Never knew the way When I lived without you I?m never going

Won?t you rise for the hangman His pleasure is that you should rise He?s the judge and the jury At the jester?s assize Poor Will on the gallows tree

I?m just a little beggar girl and Sally is my name You can call me a skiver and I?ll call you the same You can show me you?re sorry if you think it?s