Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Future Won't Be Long, artist - Spirogyra. Album song St. Radigunds, in the genre Фолк-рокDate of issue: 14.06.1971
Record label: Akarma
Song language: English
The Future Won't Be Long |
| «Do you mind a question? |
| Please sir, stay |
| What was life like in the olden days?» |
| «Long ago, ago, ago, ago before the war» |
| «Contractors to Her Majesty’s Government we were |
| Dealers in honest trade, aye |
| There were some mighty queer folk about |
| But most were honest workers and knew their place |
| I was a skilled craftsman, mark you |
| The work was hard and the hours, they were long |
| Ah, but there was a maiden |
| And her name was Marjorie |
| Long black hair she had like a gypsy |
| And the prettiest smile I’ve ever seen |
| And I called her an angel |
| And I was right, she was |
| Then there was the war |
| The war… |
| Forging a pathway for freedom |
| Using resources we need them |
| Though our foes are human beings |
| We stand between them |
| And the life we do condone |
| Shipped out to Belgium to stop them |
| Plastered and shelled them |
| But lost ground |
| Bombs and rockets, V2s over London city |
| And the world at their command |
| And back in Yeadon, Marjorie |
| Stood beneath a factory |
| I was assured she felt no pain |
| Withdrawn from Dunkirk in cruisers |
| Who cares says I, we’re all losers |
| No-one wins — both sides the victims of our nature |
| May the future learn |
| And back in Yeadon, Marjorie |
| Died beneath the factory |
| A Messerschmidt her destiny |
| You who think the rest are wrong |
| And stand so tall and feel so strong |
| Please be sure that you yourselves are not mistaken |
| For the future won’t be long" |