Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Marianne Faithfull
Canonical path: /marianne-faithfull/cockleshells
Related lyric paths: 6
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Cockleshells
Read Cockleshells lyrics by Marianne Faithfull on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Cockleshells
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When cockleshells turn silver bells
Then will my love return to me
Then will my love return to me
Then will my love return to me
Love return to me
Love return to me
Love return
Love return
Love return to me.
In pastures green
I shall be seen
With my true love right by my side
With my true love right by my side
With my true love right by my side
Love right by my side
Love right by my side
Love right by
Love right by
Love right by my side.
When I return then you shall learn
That I shall be my true love's bride
That I shall be my true love's bride
That I shall be my true love's bride
Be my true love's bride
Be my true love's bride
Be my true love's
Be my true love's
Be my true love's bride.
When love gets old it grows cold
And then true love will fade away
And then true love will fade away
And then true love will fade away
True love fades away
True love fades away
True love fades
True love fades
True love fades away.
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Marianne Faithfull performs "Cockleshells", and this lyric page sits inside the Marianne Faithfull catalog on LyroVerse.
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