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Crazy Man Michael
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Singer/Songwriter
Crazy Man Michael was released on March 6, 2001 by Riptone Records as a part of the album Things That Strangers Say
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Release DateMarch 6, 2001
LabelRiptone Records
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM99

Credits

Lyrics

Within the fire and out on the sea
Crazy man Michael went walking
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals
And shortly they fell a-talking
"Your future, your future, I'll tell it to you
Your future you often have asked me
Your true love will die by your own right hand
And crazy man Michael will curse thee"
Michael he ranted and Michael he raved
And beat at the foul wings with his fist-o
He laughed and he cried, he shouted and swore
For his mad mind betrapped him in a mist-o
"You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad land?
Yes, sorcerer's words are to taunt me"
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
And struck down that raven to the heart-o
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
And the cold earth did wonder and startle
"Oh where is that raven that I struck down dead?
Here did lie on the ground-o
I see but my true love with a wound so red
Her lover's heart did pound-o"
Crazy man Michael he wanders and walks
And he talks to the night and the day-o
But his eyes they are sane, his speech it is plain
And he longs to be far away-o
And Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes
And asks of the wild wolves their pardon
For his true love is flown into every flower grown
And he must be keeper of the garden
Written by: Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson
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