[00:02]Nik Kershaw
[00:08]The Riddle
[00:17]
[00:27]i got two strong arms
[00:30]blessings of babylon
[00:33]with time to carry on
[00:35]and try
[00:36]for sins and false alarms
[00:40]so to america the brave
[00:44]wise men save
[00:46]near a tree by a river
[00:48]there's a hole in the ground
[00:51]where an old man of aran
[00:53]goes around and around
[00:55]and his mind is a beacon
[00:58]in the veil of the night
[01:00]for a strange kind of fashion
[01:03]there's a wrong and a right
[01:05]but he'll never, never fight over you
[01:09]i got plans for us
[01:13]nights in the scullery
[01:14]and days instead of me
[01:17]i only know what to discuss
[01:22]of for anything but light
[01:26]wise men fighting over you
[01:30]it's not me you see
[01:34]pieces of valentine
[01:36]with just a song of mine
[01:38]to keep from burning history
[01:43]seasons of gasoline and gold
[01:48]wise men fold
[01:49]near a tree by a river
[01:52]there's a hole in the ground
[01:54]where an old man of aran
[01:56]goes around and around
[01:59]and his mind is a beacon
[02:01]in the veil of the night
[02:04]for a strange kind of fashion
[02:06]there's a wrong and a right
[02:08]but he'll never, never fight over you
[02:12]i got time to kill
[02:16]sly looks in corridors
[02:18]without a plan of yours
[02:20]a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
[02:25]thanks to the calling of the wild
[02:30]wise mens child
[02:34]
[03:14][02:53]near a tree by a river
[03:16][02:55]there's a hole in the ground
[03:18][02:57]where an old man of aran
[03:21][03:00]goes around and around
[03:23][03:02]and his mind is a beacon
[03:25][03:04]in the veil of the night
[03:28][03:07]for a strange kind of fashion
[03:30][03:09]there's a wrong and a right
[03:37][03:32][03:11]but he'll never, never fight over you