Summertime in England

[Verse 1] Can you meet me in the country In the summertime in England Will you meet me? Will you meet me in the country In the summertime in England Will you meet me? We'll go riding up to Kendal in the country In the summertime in England Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge, baby? Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge? They were smokin' up in Kendal By the lakeside Can you meet me in the country in the long grass In the, in the summertime in England? Will you meet me? With your red robe dangling all around your body? With your red robe dangling all around your body Will you meet me? Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about (Huh) William Blake T. S. Eliot In the summer In the countryside They were smokin' Summertime in England Won't you meet me down by Bristol Meet me along by Bristol We'll go ridin' down Down by Avalon Down by Avalon Down by Avalon In the countryside in England With your red robe danglin' all around your body free Let your red robe go Goin' ridin' down by Avalon Would you meet me in the country In the summertime in England Would you meet me? In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John Down by Avalon Down by Avalon Down by Avalon Down by Avalon [Chorus] Holy magnet Give you attraction Yeah, I was attracted to you Your coat was old, ragged and worn And you wore it down through the ages Ah, the suffering did show in your eyes as we spoke And the gospel music The voice of Mahalia Jackson came through the ether Oh, my common one with the coat so old And the light in the head Said, Daddy, don't stroke me Call me the common one I said, oh, common one, my illuminated one Oh, my high in the art of suffering one Take a walk with me Take a walk with me down by Avalon Oh, my common one with the coat so old And the light in her head And the suffering so fine And the suffering so fine Take a walk with me down, down by Avalon And I will show you It ain't why, why, why It ain't why, why, why It ain't why, why, why It just is [Verse 2] Would you meet me in the country? Can you meet me in the long grass In the country in the summertime, oh really? Can you meet me in the long grass? Wait a minute With your red robe With your red robe Danglin' all around your body Yeats and Lady Gregory corresponded Corresponded, corresponded, corresponded And James Joyce wrote streams of consciousness books Streams of T.S. Eliot chose England T.S. Eliot chose England T.S. Eliot joined the ministry Joined the ministry, joined the ministry Did you ever hear about Did you ever hear about Wordsworth and Coleridge? Smokin' up in Kendal They were smokin' by the lakeside Let your red robe go Let your red robe go And let your red robe dangle in the countryside in England (Come on) We'll go riding down by Avalon In the country In the summertime in England With you by my side Let your red robe go Let your red robe go You'll be happy dancin' You'll be happy dancin' You'll be happy dancin' Let your red robe Let it go, let it go, let it go Let your red robe go Won't you meet me down by Avalon In the summertime in England? In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John In the Church of St. John Did you ever hear about Jesus walkin' Jesus walkin' down by Avalon? Can you feel the light in England? Can you feel the light in England? Can you feel the light in England? Can you feel the light in England? [Chorus] Oh, my common one with the light in her head And the coat so old And the sufferin' so fine Take a walk with me Oh, my common one Oh, my illuminated one Down by Avalon Down by Avalon, oh Oh, my common one, my illuminated one Oh, my storytime one Oh, my treasury in the sunset Take a walk with me And I will show you It ain't why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why It ain't why, it just is (Yeah) It ain't why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why Why, why, why, why, why It ain't why, why, why, it just is (Alright) It ain't why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why It just is Oh, my common one With the light in the head And the coat so old Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one (Yeah) Oh, my high, oh, my high Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one Oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one (Yeah) Oh, my common one Take a walk with me Down by Avalon And I will show you It ain't It ain't why, why, why It ain't why, why, why, why It ain't why, it ain't why It just is Oh, my common one with the light in the head And the coat so fine And the sufferin' is so high Alright now Uh, uh Oh, my common one Oh, my common one (Alright) Oh, my common one (Yeah, yeah) Oh, my common one With your sufferin' so fine (Yeah) It ain't why, why It ain't why, why, why It ain't why, why It ain't why It just is That's all It just is That's all Oh, oh my common one With the coat so old and the light in the head And the sufferin', and the sufferin' so fine And the sufferin' so high It ain't why, it ain't why, it ain't why, no it ain't why It just is That's all about it It just is It just is That's all there is to it It just is That's all there is about it It just is That's all there is to it It just is It just is It just is right now Tell me brother I wanna go to church right now and say It just is, it just is, it just is Oh, my common one Oh, my illuminated one Oh, my high, oh, my high in the art of sufferin' one It ain't why, why It just is That's all there is about it Take a walk with me Talk with me I will show you It ain't why It ain't why, it just is Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? Can you feel the light? [Outro] Can you feel the light? In your soul In your soul In your soul In your soul In your soul Ain't it high? Ain't it high? Ain't it high now? Oh, my common one Oh, my storytime one Oh, my high in the art of suffering one Put your head on my shoulder Put your head on my shoulder And you listen And you listen to the silence Can you feel the silence? Can you feel the silence?