John Wesley Harding - A Singer's Request

Dark the night and long til day
Do not bid us further stray
Dark the night and long til day
Do not bid us further stray

Now the sun it does decline
Pour the beer and pour the wine
Let us lead your thoughts astray
From the world and from the day

Dark the night and long til day
Do not bid us further stray

We bring songs from history Love and war and mystery
We can lead you from despair
Or can chill the darkening air

Dark the night and long til day
Do not bid us further stray

And you can choose to pass us by
With a cruel or a scornful eye
We shall see the ending through
Then we'll turn and say to you

Dark the night and long til day