Underneath the wide
And open skies
Where the sea
And land meet for all time
Listen for the lonely buzzards cry
As she searches
For her partner in crime
Golden gangster
Polishing his guns
On fields of green
He keeps a lazy eye
One night goes out
Drinking at the nelson
And finds there,
Drinking rum, a russian spy
With a jackdaw standing
On her shoulder
A raven haired
Young girl at her side
The golden gangster
Gazed at her in wonder
And asked if
She would be his bride
He made her a crown of golden fur
Of the like that you have never seen
Only msde more beautiful worn by her
On the day he crowned
Her his woodland queen
Time went by
He kept an eye on her
But nothing that she
Did seemed strange at all
Except the time she
Disappeared to colchester
But she claimed she
Was teaching art, thats all
Then one night a thud
Came at their door
He went off to see
Who'd made the din
On opening a fist
Threw him to the floor
And a drunken raving
Man came rushing in
With all his threats
And noise he didn't hear
Until the gun was pressed
Against his head
The quiet beauty
Whispered in his ear
If you ever touch
Whats mine again
I'll shoot you dead!
In fear the big man sank
Down to his knees
The golden gangster
Looked on in surprise
Finally he knew that he had seen
Proof that he had married a deadly spy
Underneath the wide
And open skies
Where the sea
And land fight for all time
Listen for the lonely buzzards cry
And forty years on you will find
The gangster & the spy
Underneath the wide
And open skies
Where the sea
And land meet for all time
Listen for the lonely buzzards cry
As she searches
For her partner in crime
Golden gangster
Polishing his guns
On fields of green
He keeps a lazy eye
One night goes out
Drinking at the nelson
And finds there,
Drinking rum, a russian spy
With a jackdaw standing
On her shoulder
A raven haired
Young girl at her side
The golden gangster
Gazed at her in wonder
And asked if
She would be his bride
He made her a crown of golden fur
Of the like that you have never seen
Only msde more beautiful worn by her
On the day he crowned
Her his woodland queen
Time went by
He kept an eye on her
But nothing that she
Did seemed strange at all
Except the time she
Disappeared to colchester
But she claimed she
Was teaching art, thats all
Then one night a thud
Came at their door
He went off to see
Who'd made the din
On opening a fist
Threw him to the floor
And a drunken raving
Man came rushing in
With all his threats
And noise he didn't hear
Until the gun was pressed
Against his head
The quiet beauty
Whispered in his ear
If you ever touch
Whats mine again
I'll shoot you dead!
In fear the big man sank
Down to his knees
The golden gangster
Looked on in surprise
Finally he knew that he had seen
Proof that he had married a deadly spy
Underneath the wide
And open skies
Where the sea
And land fight for all time
Listen for the lonely buzzards cry
And forty years on you will find
The gangster & the spy