Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Wooden Bag , by - Richard Dawson. Song from the album The Magic Bridge, in the genre АльтернативаRelease date: 19.10.2015
Record label: Domino
Song language: English
Wooden Bag |
| A knapsack made of oak |
| Purchased for thirty francs |
| From a market in Geneva |
| In 1968 |
| Carved from a single piece of wood |
| A level of workmanship one rarely comes across today |
| Many rainstorms have not dulled the lustre of the wood |
| The lid of the satchel is made up of slats |
| Affixed to a piece of sky-coloured felt |
| It closes with a click |
| And fastens with a clasp |
| The shape of a bumblebee |
| Blown in glass |
| The shoulder strap is equally quaint |
| A daisy chain of leather |
| Fraying at the zenith of its arc |
| At the centre of each flower there lies a bead of wood, oh |
| I can’t throw this bag away, oh |
| I can’t throw this bag away |
| A bar of highland toffee |
| Its wrapper still intact |
| With an expiration date |
| Of J.A.N. |
| 86 |
| A strip of contraceptive pills |
| A box of Anadin Extra |
| Half a dozen of those tiny Ladbrokes pens |
| Shells collected from the shore of Newton-by-the-Sea |
| The smell of the ocean |
| In a used handkerchief |
| A lattice of hairpins combing the beach |
| A cloth-bound diary |
| Filled with cartography |
| Countries that you saw |
| Whilst you were asleep |
| Receding into leaf |
| I can see a bridge of moonlight flowing, oh |
| Through the page |
| How I miss you, I can feel it in my molecules, oh |
| I can’t throw this bag away, oh |
| I can’t throw this bag away |