Nik Kershaw - The Riddle

[00:32.26] I got two strong arms [00:35.26] Blessings of Babylon [00:37.86] Time to carry on and try [00:41.22] For sins and false alarms [00:44.89] So to America the brave [00:49.53] Wise men save [00:51.55] Near a tree by a river [00:53.74] There's a hole in the ground [00:56.28] Where an old man of Aran [00:58.53] Goes around and around [01:01.02] And his mind is a beacon [01:03.34] In the veil of the night [01:05.70] For a strange kind of fashion [01:08.08] There's a wrong and a right [01:10.47] But he'll never, never fight over you [01:14.72] I got plans for us [01:17.83] Nights in the scullery [01:20.22] And days instead of me [01:22.61] I only know what to discuss [01:27.19] Oh, for anything but light [01:31.91] Wise men fighting over you [01:36.13] It's not me you see [01:39.07] Pieces of valentine [01:41.45] And just a song of mine [01:43.92] To keep from burning history [01:48.32] Seasons of gasoline and gold [01:53.08] Wise men fold [01:55.09] Near a tree by a river [01:57.40] There's a hole in the ground [01:59.73] Where an old man of Aran [02:02.16] Goes around and around [02:04.56] And his mind is a beacon [02:06.99] In the veil of the night [02:09.13] For a strange kind of fashion [02:11.68] There's a wrong and a right [02:14.08] But he'll never, never fight over you [02:18.56] I got time to kill [02:21.53] Sly looks in corridors [02:24.03] Without a plan of yours [02:26.34] A blackbird sings on bluebird hill [02:30.77] Thanks to the calling of the wild [02:35.35] Wise men's child [02:38.70] [02:58.79] Near a tree by a river [03:01.08] There's a hole in the ground [03:03.43] Where an old man of Aran [03:05.76] Goes around and around [03:08.00] And his mind is a beacon [03:10.47] In the veil of the night [03:12.88] For a strange kind of fashion [03:15.21] There's a wrong and a right [03:17.97] But he'll never, never fight [03:20.10] Near a tree by a river [03:22.25] There's a hole in the ground [03:24.54] Where an old man of Aran [03:26.95] Goes around and around [03:29.27] And his mind is a beacon [03:31.77] In the veil of the night [03:33.94] For a strange kind of fashion [03:36.37] There's a wrong and a right [03:38.87] But he'll never, never fight over you [03:43.38] No he'll never, never fight over you [03:46.83]