Richard Thompson - Sunset Song Lyrics






With you or without you, love
I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long
With you or without you
Though it breaks my heart
To hear the sunset song

Wasn't that a time we had
And bless you for it
But I'm a stranger here, I don't belong
The band's down on the jetty
If you cup your ear
You'll hear the sunset song

You said, if I hold my breath
Dive down deep enough
I might grow fins
Seems to me I've held my breath
Held my breath to please you
Ever since

Early morning, that's the time
For fare-thee-wells
Slip out of the warm sheets and gone
But I want to hear it as I walk along
Hear the sunset song

In your waking, in your dreams
I won't be martyred
On that cross where some say
I belong
Opinions are coffins, I'll just trust my feet
To find the sunset song

Every day I'll wear your memory
Like a favourite shirt upon my back
In the hallway, there's my suitcase
By the door, I never did unpack

With you or without you, love
I must be moving
Never meant to linger here so long
With you or without you
Though it breaks my heart
To hear the sunset song





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  1. H.... H....

    Unbelievable talent, writing, playing, and singing !

  2. D.... H....

    Masterpiece rendered masterfully.

    D.... H....

    I get a feeling he'd think this a simple accompaniment.

  3. S.... W....

    This is breath taking. The more I play guitar the more I believe he is the greatest guitarist of our age, maybe ever. 1. quantity 2. quality 3. versatility between acoustic &electric and also between genre's etc....... 4. the sheer amount of touring he's done solo. 5. He is singing and playing, much harder than playing alone. A virtuoso with hundreds of thousands of hours on an instrument . He can pick or strum , he played this song with the ease you or I would walk to the car.

  4. e.... d....

    awe inspiring