Flying from a hillside, beckoning the trees
Time to go to bed now, never seems too keen
Who came in a cockleshell boat
And once again you stand alone
The face turns, features are burning, oh
So they're riding along on the crest of a wave
Bury your memories, bury your friends
See the fifteen going by,tell the lairds and the Lords
That could only just float, couldn't even lift a sword
A sailboat's awning, mimicking the breeze
One wave of his funny old stick
Dressed too fine and smelling of wine
Found a city half open and ready to greet
I'm fighting gravity falling
Then do it again, some things never end
Those conquering heroes, with blisters on their feet
Daddy, I'm waiting, I'm waiting
Daddy, you promised, you promised
A voice screams, seems to be calling
Out on the road in the direction of Perth
Spirits were high and the raining had stopped
Daddy you've got to go
They're running backwards today
Backwards and forwards in a circle they went
The larder was low but boy that wasn't all
That glorious timing that everyone feared
To be a guest now in a house of dreams
Here comes the bishop all dressed up
See the Stewart all dressed up
Eleventh Earl of Mar, won't be going very far
My daddy won't let them get me
Daddy, you've got to go
Daddy, oh Daddy, you promised
Eleventh Earl of Mar, well he couldn't get them down that far
There's a band of light across your eyes
Leave it alone for a year or two
They're headed for London and that will be their grave
Eleventh Earl of Mar, couldn't get them very far
Eleventh Earl of Mar, somehow got them all this far
He's got eyes in the back of his head
Waited a week still they hadn't appeared
He's gonna bless you if you're ready to pay
Till the stories go hazy and the legends come true
