Joe Harper Saturday Morning - Van Morrison

when ya thought I was a stranger

when you looked upon me

when I came back

but to take you from disaster

I cannot master the four winds in your shack

In the roamin', in the gloamin'

you have brought and set before me

and I think that it's an omen

I'm just not what so many people see

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And you shined your glory all around

Do not disguise what we did

I asked you for half a pound and you said

'Go see Joe Harper saturday morning, kid'

'Go see Joe Harper saturday morning, kid'

And the child held a ball

in the garden with the old queen

and ya kissed her lips and heart

another stranger, ya know what I mean

and ya walked the streets so lonely

in your own childish way

and ya thought that ya would only, ha

do it for today

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and just stood outside the club

and the rain came down on his head

and he got all soakin' wet

he said 'go for yourself'

and I said 'I know'

'Show Joe I ain't conquered yet'

And I walked away from the backstreets in the rain

and I saw how many times I had died

then we turned on outside the bus shelter

and i jumped on and said 'good bye'

And I shined my glory all around

did not disguise what I did

Tried to keep it underground

but they said

'Go see Joe Harper saturday morning, kid'

'Go see Joe Harper saturday morning, kid'