Peddler's Toy

[Verse 1]

The answer lies in the nest of thorns

The Baltic breeze and the broken hearts

So says I to the Darcey Boys

Paying out their lives to the Peddler's toys

You once were a child all feather and shield

To your keen eye was the whole world new

You sit around town, you've not a smile to spare

Your melted prayer on the city hall square

[Chorus]

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You don't mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

[Verse 2]

I was so far past on the sunny hill rail

Where the old train tracks go no place cold

Let life leave a bit of love for you

And then you'll not be heard and you'll not be true

The Darcey Boys got a wind so far

But I'm still drinking in the same old bar

And there, a lost love to these long nights still

All things considered, I wish you well

[Chorus]

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You don't mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

[Verse 3]

A sand-downed fury like a dead man's cast

So the body-bob curse will be down to the trail

It all came rushing in a stream of fire

I make the last draft in the grasper's buyer

Back in the day, all the people would sing

Back, ring the bell, that's the gun that we'd ring

I see us all safe living through the mire

A laughing breeze and some sad desires

[Chorus]

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You don't mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

You mean nothing by it

Look at your face