When The Damsons Are Down

歌詞

Peach, pear, strawberry and lime Peach, pear, strawberry and lime Peach, pear, strawberry and lime Short seasons run out of time When summer has gone, you wake. And you get in the queue Nectarines and cherries gone too One tangerine sun In the sky To blind your crowsfeet eyes She was always shopping In a market of far gone days Fall of forbidden fruits in the autumn time When the damsons are down Light change, Constable sky Mid-September and the stubble is dry Fields hazier now... they plough. And then the Michaelmas Fair Diddicoi nights and a chill in the air Then home with some wood The first fire. You sigh. It's sad but good. She was always shopping In a market of far gone days Fall of forbidden fruits after lammas-tide When the damsons are down She was always shopping In a market of far off days Fall of forbidden fruits in the autumn time When the damsons are down When the damsons are down And the damsons The damsons The damsons are down...