Fairport Convention - "Part Ii" lyrics
*** Complimentary Part Ii Ringtone ***
I was sixteen now and full of life, life was full of things to see
Grown up in my little town and only seen Torquay
So it's off I went to Newton Abbot to get myself the deeds to sign
"John, my son, don't join the Navy, there's no good in it, I know
My father took them and tore them up, saying "That's no life for a boy of mine"
Grown up in my little town and only seen Torquay
So it's off I went to Newton Abbot to get myself the deeds to sign
"John, my son, don't join the Navy, there's no good in it, I know
My father took them and tore them up, saying "That's no life for a boy of mine"
John, my son, don't join the Navy, don't go leaving your kith and kin"
John, my son, don't join the Navy, that's clay that's underneath your skin
Plant your seeds on solid ground and watch your harvest grow
So I would see some foreign shores and I would be a sailor
So I went off to my mother for a week or more and wiled and wheeled and won my way
A boy must breathe and . . . or call himself a failure
Father put the pen to paper in the fields at lunch the very next day
John, my son, don't join the Navy, that's clay that's underneath your skin
Plant your seeds on solid ground and watch your harvest grow
So I would see some foreign shores and I would be a sailor
So I went off to my mother for a week or more and wiled and wheeled and won my way
A boy must breathe and . . . or call himself a failure
Father put the pen to paper in the fields at lunch the very next day
*** Complimentary Part Ii Ringtone ***
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