Joan Baez - Children Of Darkness Lyrics
(words by Richard Farina)Oh, now is the time for your loving, dear,And the time for your companyNow when the light of reason failsAnd fires burn on the seaOh, now in this age of confusionI have need for your company.For I am a wild and a lonely childAnd the son of an angry manNow with the high wars ragingI would offer you my handFor we are the children of darknessAnd the prey of a proud, proud land.It's once I was free to go roaming inThe wind of the springtime mindAnd once the clouds I sailed uponWere sweet as lilac wineOh, why are the breezes of summer, dearEnlaced with a grim design?So, now is the time for your loving, dear,And the time for your companyNow when the light of reason failsAnd fires burn on the seaOh, now in this age of confusionI have need for your company.....................................the original song of RICHARD FARINA(copyright Whitmark and Sons) is the followingNow is the time for your loving, dear,And the time for your companyNow when the light of reason failsAnd fires burn on the seaNow in this age of confusionI have need for your company.It's once I was free to go roaming inThe wind of the springtime mindIt's once the clouds I sailed uponWere sweet as lilac wineSo why are the breezes of summer, dearEnlaced with a grim design?And where was the will of my father whenWe raised our swords on high?And where was my mother's wailing whenOur flags were justified?And where will we take our pleasures whenOur bodies have been denied?For I am a wild and a lonely childAnd the child of an angry manNow with the high wars ragingI would offer you my handFor we are the children of darknessAnd the prey of a proud, proud land.
