(ŠJack Bruce 1969)</p>

And so our time is fields of sleep<br>
And so our bed is endless deep<br>
And so the waves are grass in sun<br>
And so our time has just begun<br>
And so our love moves much too fast<br>
And sun and sleep can never last<br>
love is lost<br>
last</p>

but one...but once<br>
The time was ours we never cared<br>
For soaring flights that eagles dared<br>
The air was full of peaceful birds<br>
Your eyes were moist unspoken words<br>
And so our love moves much too fast<br>
And sun and eyes can never last<br>
Fire is lost<br>
last<br>
but one...but once</p>

Over the hills the good times<br>
are sitting under grey clouds<br>
And the sound of the love songs<br>
Is being lost in the crowds<br>
of the magical lessons<br>
that you taught me from the walls<br>
I forgot all the path ways<br>
and I remembered the falls<br>
remember...</p>

<b><u>Comments</b></u><br>
"I have a feeling that 'To Isengard' started out with lyrics that were more Tokien-like, but evolved over time.  When Jack and Pete write together, it usually goes something like this: Jack will come to Pete with some music; Pete will write some lyrics (at the time they were going through a literary period, referencing Tolkien (to Isengard), Shakespeare (opening lines to He the Richmond), Malcolm Lowry (The Consul at Sunset), and others).  Jack then considers the lyrics and rejects many of them, because they don't 'sing' well...so Pete writes a new line.  Jack doesn't seem to care too much about the lyrics and their meaning, so long as they sing OK.  This is how 'White Room' started as a song about selling refrigerators to eskimos and transformed into the song we know now!" [contributed by <a href="mailto:derek@jackbruce.com">Derek Araujo</a>]</p>

<b><u>Reissues</b></u><br>
Songs for a Tailor (CD 1988/1997)</p>