[Intro]
[Verse 1]
I was 19 when I came to town they call it the summer of love
They were burning babies, burning flags, the hawks against the doves
I took a job at the steamie down on Caldrum Street
Fell in love with a laundry girl that was workinâ next to me
Brown hair zig-zagged around her face and a look of half surprise
Like a fox caught in the headlights there was animal in her eyes
She said young man, oh can t you see I m not the factory kind
If you don t take me out of here I ll surely lose my mind
[Chorus]
Ah, She was a rare thing fine as a bee s wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, she was runnin wild (she said)
As long as thereâs no price on love I ll stay
And you wouldn t want me any other way
[Verse 2]
We busked around the market towns & picked fruit down in Kent
We could tinker lamps and pots or knives wherever we went
And I said that we might settle down and get a few acres dug
With a fire burning in the hearth and babies on the rug
She said Oh man, you foolish man it surely sounds like hell,
You might be lord of half the world but you ll not own me as well
[Chorus]
Ah, She was a rare thing fine as a bee s wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, she was runnin wild (she said)
As long as thereâs no price on love I ll stay
But you wouldn t want me any other way
[Break]
[Verse 3]
Last I hear sheâs sleeping out back on the Derby beat
A White Horse in her hip pocket, and a Wolfhound at her feet
And they say she even married once to a man named Romany Brown
But even a gypsy caravan was too much settlin down
They say her flower has faded now, hard weather and hard booze,
But Maybe thatâs the price you pay for the chains that you refuse
[Chorus]
Ah, She was a rare thing fine as a bee s wing
And I miss her more than ever words could say
If I could just taste all of her wildness now
If I could hold her in my arms today
And I wouldn t want her any other way
She was a rare thing fine as a bee s wing
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
She was a lost child, she was runnin wild (she said)
As long as thereâs no price on love I ll stay
But you wouldn t want me any other way
[Outro]
No you wouldn t want me any other way
