Francis Larson

Lyrics

Oh, ever since I left school I’ve been a rolling stone
busking my way in far and foreign lands.
For so many years I’ve been going it alone
with nae but my voice and my guitar.
And yes, I’ve tracked down every corner of this great big sky
living on shillings thrown in my hat.
But I’m growing weary of the life, no lie
Somedays I get so lonely on these streets
with music my only company
I sing—oh, I sing:

Time, time keeps slipping away.
I spend it searching for someone to whom I can say
“I’ve traveled up, down, and sideways all these long days.
And now that I’ve found you it’s here I’ll stay, I’ll stay.”

I’ve tried to win the heart of a bonnie lass.
Nae a one gives me a second glance.
I may have flattered some but that never lasts.
And so I leave and travel on.
It feels sometimes I’m fated for an empty bed
with no one there to wrap my arms around.
I lay me down under the stars instead.
Somedays I’m happy to be so free.
Somedays I ache for company.
It’s then I sing:

Time, time keeps slipping away.
I spend it searching for someone to whom I can say
“I’ve traveled up, down, and sideways all these long days.
And now that I’ve found you it’s here I’ll stay, I’ll stay.”

And then one day I turned a corner on Mound & Princes Street,
caught sight of a lass with golden flowing hair.
I felt heaven move when our eyes did meet
With her I could live out all my days.
So at the next cèilidh I asked her for a dance.
She blushed, gave me her hand and then away we went.
By the end of the night I knew at last.
She was the one for whom I wrote this song
The one I’ll sing to forever long.
But now the words in the chorus come out wrong,
oh, some don’t belong,
they don’t sound right when she sings along.
Now we sing:

Time, time had been slipping away
and then I found myself someone, now forever I say
“I traveled up, down and sideways so many days
ever since I found you it’s here I’ve stayed, I’ve stayed.”
Oh, I’ll stay, I’ll stay.
Here I’ll stay, I’ll stay.