Ladybird Lyrics - Mummer - Xtc

O ladybird 

I have heard you wish to walk me through your garden 

I crave your pardon if I woke you with my thinking 

Ladybird 

O ladybird 

I have heard you wish to walk me through your meadow 

You'll spread no wings to fly in fright if I'm beside you 

Ladybird 

All through the winter time 

When wood was warm and splintered 

Time seemed longer than a goods train 

Now that spring is back again I'll ask your name 

Your name 

O ladybird 

I have heard you wish to walk across my pillow 

No weeping willow was ever as beautiful, sad as you are 

Ladybird 

And as you're walking past 

I'm laying on the grass and making chains of thought 

To snare you with my wit 

But bit by bit you fade to gone 

Gone 

All through the iron season 

Love was hanged and treason became 

Something of a parlour game 

Now sun is back in power I'll ask your name 

Your name 

O ladybird 

I have heard you have to run to tend your children 

No flood can drown nor fire blacken purest longing 

For ladybird 

Ladybird