The Snow Goose Lyrics - Electric - Richard Thompson

Northern winds will cut you 

Northern girls will gut you 

Leave you cold and empty 

Like a fish on the slab 

She is like a snow goose 

Pale and rare and footloose 

Will the joys that tempt me 

Soon turn and kick and stab 

In the dream I am running 

Down a street of molasses 

In the dream my feet gain no ground 

I must take some measure 

To pursue my treasure 

Guided by confusion 

My compass through the storm 

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But if I call her sister 

Manfully resist her 

Believe my own illusion 

Or will passions warm 

In the dream I am running 

Down a street of molasses 

In the dream my feet gain no ground 

If I call her lover 

Will I soon discover 

That her eye is taken 

By some fawning friend 

Then my glass would shatter 

And my mind would scatter 

Being so mistaken 

The world must end 

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In the dream I am running 

Down a street of molasses 

In the dream my feet gain no ground 

In the dream I am calling 

But there's never an answer 

In the dream my voice makes no sound 

Northern winds will cut you 

Northern girls will gut you 

Leave you cold and empty 

Like a fish on the slab