Sweet Child Lyrics - Sweet Child - Pentangle

You've been working so hard all day won't you take your rest 

You 've been driving my blues away 

Now it is my turn 

Come climb beneath my wings 

Sweet child it may not be for long 

Well I may be a-drinking hard 

Like a fish that swims 

And I could be riding high 

Like a floating cloud 

And if the rain does fall 

Sweet child I would not let you drown 

Well, I would not care to see untruth in your eyes 

I would not care to know 

Where your heart does lie 

I've tried to trust my heart 

But my eyes are failin' me 

Sweet child come to me now 

Let me take your hand 

Well I do not know you well yet I've tried so hard 

Through four and twenty years 

Sweet child, I still don't understand 

Well, I've heard there are great men 

Who could save our soul 

With kind and gentle hearts 

And love is their goal 

I really want to know 

Sweet child, who could shoot them down 

And I've a-thought about a man 

Who does sing his life 

Who sheds his tears upon every mortal soul 

And I wonder does he yearn 

Sweet child, for death to come for him 

And I once did see a child, she did sit and cry 

Where has the pretty flower in the darkness gone? 

In summer you shall see 

Sweet child, I guess it won't be long 

Won't you lay yourself down and rest 

Let your mind relax 

Won't you cuddle into the night 

I will guide your path 

Well, I may not be here long 

'Cause I got a feeling to be gone