See Your Face And I Know You Lyrics - Incredible String Band

I sit down in the Underground trying to be gay 

see the wild grass turn just into hay 

I see the magic movement but they don't fly away 

bad karma and it ricochets my eye 

bad karma round me 

the asp and the ashed and the infant of flame 

Murgatroyd and Doris and the leper-leaping lame 

the sad and the giggly and the black-suit swain 

I see your face and know you 

Easy as lightning I've laughed in the leaves 

and I'd feel like Ali Baba when he quit the forty thieves 

I can cruel no more so you cause me to grieve 

I see your face and know you 

I don't dig hating and I don't like to try 

but how can I love you when you want me to die 

oh Lord, live and learn 

I see your face and know you 

I wish I was springtime green as the snow 

I'd sprinkle me with growing dust green for to grow 

I'd leave here running 'cause walking's too slow 

I see your face and know you 

oh watch how the light comes new each day 

if you learn how to wonder you will know how to pray 

oh Lord, live and learn 

I see your face and know you.