mark Seymour
Lorelei
 Versions
Commentary
Lyrics
Versions
| Version |
Length |
Source |
Availability |
Live Acoustic
 |
3:08 |
Played live starting before 2001. |
Unreleased. |
Recommended Version.
Commentary
Originally by The Pogues (from their "Peace & Love"
album).
Lyrics
You told me tales of love and glory
Same old sad songs, same old story
The sirens sing no lullaby
But no-one knows but Lorelei
By castle's out of fairy tales
Timbers shivered where once they sailed
The lovesick men who caught her eye
But no-one knows but Lorelei
River, river of mercy
Take me down to the sea
For if I perish on these rocks
My love no more I'll see
I thought of you in far off places
I've puzzled over lipstick
traces
So help me God, I will not cry
And then I think of Lorelei
I traveled far and wondered why
No photograph of you beside me
Old man river's not too shy
And he remembers Lorelei
River, river of mercy
Take me down to the sea
For if I banish on these rocks
My love no more I'll see
Oh Lorelei
Lorelei...
If I should float upon this stream
And see you in the madman's dream
I'd sink into your troubled eye
And then I think of Lorelei
But if my ship which sails tomorrow
Should crash against these rocks my sorrows
I will drown before I die
Then it's you I'll see, not Lorelei
Oh Lorelei
Lorelei...
Oh Lorelei
[The Pogues]
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