My Enemies Have Sweet Voices

Album: Zero She Flies (1970)
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  • Was in a bar called Paradise
    When the fiddler from the band
    Asked me "Why do you stand there crying?"
    I answered him: "Musician, this may come as a surprise
    I was trying to split the difference
    And it split before my eyes
    And my enemies have sweet voices
    Their tones are soft and kind
    When I hear my heart rejoices
    I do not seem to mind"

    I was playing Brag in Bedlam
    And the doctor would not deal
    Asking me: "Why do you kneel down there bleeding?"
    I answered him "Physician,
    I think you would have cried
    I was falling back on failure
    The failure stepped aside
    And my enemies have sweet voices
    Their tones are soft and kind
    When I hear my heart rejoices
    I do not seem to mind"

    I was blind side to the gutter
    And Merlin happened by
    Asking me "why do you lie down there bleeding?"
    I answered him "Magician, as a matter of a fact
    I was jumping to conclusions
    And one of them jumped back
    And my enemies have sweet voices
    Their tones are soft and kind
    When I hear my heart rejoices
    I do not seem to mind" Writer/s: ALISTAIR IAN STEWART, PETE MORGAN
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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