Beeswing

Was 19 when I came to town They called it the summer of love They were burning babies, burning flags The hawks against the doves I took a job at the steaming Down on Caltrim Street Fell in love with a laundry girl That was workin' next to me Brown hair, zig-zagged around her face And a look of half surprise Like a fox caught in the headlights There was animal in her eyes Ah, she said, 'Young man, can't you see I'm not the factory kind? If you don't take me out of here I'll surely lose my mind" Ah, she was a rare thing Fine as a bee's wing So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child She was runnin' wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay But you wouldn't want me any other way" We busked around the market towns And picked fruit down in Kent We could take lamps and pots Or knives, wherever we went I said that we might settle down And get a few acres dug But the fire burning in the heart And babies on the rug She said, "Oh man, you foolish man That surely sounds like hell You might be lord of half the world Then you'll not own me as well" Ah, she was a rare thing Fine as a bee's wing So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child She was runnin' wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay Bet you wouldn't want me any other way" Last I hear she's sleeping out Back on the Derby beat White horse in her hip pocket And a wolfhound at her feet They say she even married once To a man named Romany Brown But even a gypsy caravan Was too much l settlin' down They say her flower has faded now Hot weather and hard booze But maybe that's the price you pay For the change that you refuse Ah, she was a rare thing Fine as a bee's wing And I miss her more than ever words could say If I could just taste all of her wildness now If I could hold her in my arms today Then I wouldn't want her any other way Ah, she was a rare thing Fine as a bee's wing So fine, a breath of wind might blow her away She was a lost child She was runnin' wild She said, "As long as there's no price on love, I'll stay But you wouldn't want me any other way" But you wouldnt want me any other way