The Gift

INTRO: verse 1 I was clearing out the attic When I found this battered case With its handle broke and that old word ‘folk’ Still stencilled on its face Now it's cobwebbed and it's dusty But it takes me to the past And it was Nineteen-sixty-nine I opened this guitar case last When they said try your luck in London That's where the rainbow ends But I got lost in lonely London With so many friends I got lost in lonely London Where the rainbow ends verse 2 You should have seen the big man, Alex When he sang us up a storm He had heart and soul, and he set the goal If you wanted to perform So, I bought myself a Gibson Just the same as Alex had And I practised night and day Until I drove my parents mad And they said try your luck in London That's where the rainbow ends But I got lost in lonely London With so many friends I got lost in lonely London Where the rainbow ends BRIDGE I knew every Seeger ballad I knew every Campbell song And I sang them right, every day and night Till I'd been on that road too long 'Cause there were others out there working Singing Choruses galore But there was only one called Alex We were all just one clone more verse 3 So I climbed up to the attic With this bent and battered case Its handle broke, that old word ‘folk’ Still stenciled on its face Now it's been for too long silent With its memories of the past So it's time it went to someone Who could make it sing at last So, try your luck in London That's where the rainbow ends But don't got lost in lonely London With so many friends Don't got lost in lonely London Where the rainbow ends Try your luck in London That's where the rainbow ends But don't got lost in lonely London With so many friends Don't got lost in lonely London Where the rainbow ends Where the rainbow ends