To Have And To Hold letra

In the dark continents of famine
The swollen bellied children stare
But apathy defeats despair
Unfortunates in place and time
Surely someday the bells must chime for you
Chorus:
To have and to hold
The have nots have always been told
Their day will come
So they sit and watch and wait
While fate fails to deliver
They sit and shiver through the cold light of day

In the mean lands of the plenty
In empty rooms everywhere
The sad eyed lovers stare
At letters or at telephones
Praying for loved ones to come home again

Chorus

The waiting and the yearning
The burning turning inside out
The silent shout of need
Gentle tempting whispered greed
Will twist your heart and turn your head about

2x Chorus

Maddy Prior - Letras

• A Boy Was Born
• Accapella Stella
• After The Death
• Ali Baba
• All Around My Hat
• Allelujah
• Almost Every Circumstance
• Another Drink
• Autumn: Marigold/Harvest Home
• Baggy Pants
• Bitter Withy
• Blood and Gold / Mohacs
• Bloomers
• Bold Poachers
• Boney
• Boy On a Horse
• Boys Of Bedlam
• Brother Lawrence
• Canals
• Catseyes
• Cold Flame
• Commit The Crime
• Dance On The Wind
• Deep In The Darkest Night
• Deep Water
• Dives And Lazarus
• Each Heart
• Face To Face
• Fanny Blair
• God Squad
• Great Silkie Of Sules Skerry
• Gutter Geese
• Hail The Ball
• Half Listening
• Heart Of Stone
• Hind Horn
• Honest Work
• Hope Lies Now
• I Heard The Banns
• I Sall Goe Until A Hare
• I Shall Run And Run
• I Told You So
• In Fighting
• In The Company Of Ravens
• Jade
• Lark In The Morning
• Long Shadows
• Loot
• Mater Dolorosa
• Morning Girls
• Mother And Child
• Oh No
• Once And Future King
• Pater Noster
• Pity The Poor Night Porter
• Queen And Sovereignty
• Ravenchild
• Reynardine
• Rich Pickings
• Rigs Of The Time
• Rollercoaster
• Rosettes
• Ruled By The Moon
• Saboteur
• Saucy Sailor
• Scent Of Dog
• Scorched Earth
• Sentry
• Sheath And Knife
• Snowdrops
• Somewhere Along the Road
• Sorry The Day I Was Married
• Spring: Snowdrops/Birth
• Summer: Swimming Song
• The Cruel Mother
• The Duke Of Marlborough
• The Fabled Hare
• The Hallows
• The Hare Said
• The Laugh And The Kiss
• The Masts Of Morrigan
• The Mountain
• The Name Of Arthur
• The Rolling English Road
• The Sovereign Prince
• To Have And To Hold
• Tribal Warriors
• Trivial Hymn
• Twankydillo
• Veturae Remembering
• What Had You For Supper?
• Who Am I
• Winter: Long Shadows
• Winter: Red And Green
• Woman In The Wings
• Young Bloods