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Artist: Xtc
Canonical path: /xtc/ladybird
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Ladybird
Read Ladybird lyrics by Xtc on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Ladybird
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O ladybird
I have heard you wish
To walk me through your garden
I crave your pardon
If I woke you with my thinking
Ladybird
O ladybird
I have heard you wish
To walk me through your meadow
You'll spread no wings to fly in fright
If I'm beside you
Ladybird
All through the winter time
When wood was warm and splintered
Time seemed longer than a goods train
Now that spring is back
Again I'll ask your name
Your name
O ladybird
I have heard you wish to walk across my pillow
No weeping willow was ever as beautiful
Sad as you are
Ladybird
And as you're walking past
I'm laying on the grass
And making chains of thought
To snare you with my wit
But bit by bit you fade to gone
Gone
All through the iron season
Love was hanged and treason became
Something of a parlour game
Now sun is back in power
I'll ask your name
Your name
O ladybird
I have heard you have to run to tend your children
No flood can drown
Nor fire blacken purest longing
For ladybird
Ladybird
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