[ti:Cell Song (Live At Fairfield Halls, 1973)] [ar:Fairport Convention] [al:Come All Ye - The First Ten Years (1968 To 1978)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Cell Song (Live At Fairfield Halls, 1973) - Fairport Convention [00:33.92]Written by:Dave Swarbrick [01:07.84]There's a tiny little window [01:13.84]And the sun comes shining [01:16.77]Through [01:19.54]Dancing with the dust that's in my cell [01:28.06]There's a sparrow sitting on the sill [01:34.06]And he stays for a [01:35.96]Minute or two [01:39.23]But he's frightened by the ringing of the bell [01:49.11]There's a bed that I must lie on [01:55.09]When at night I take my [01:58.49]Rest [02:00.61]And a chair for me to sit on through the day [02:11.79]The men who wait beside me always know what's best [02:22.78]For a man who doesn't have too much to say [03:13.60]Throw a laugh against the window [03:19.74]And blow a tear against the [03:22.88]Wall [03:26.32]Learn a game to play and improve the mind [03:36.23]Confess your sins you sinner [03:41.25]And think how the seconds [03:45.18]Fall [03:47.70]Leave all earthly cares and woes behind [03:58.08]Now when I short affair with life is ended [04:06.15]And I'm gone [04:08.93]Will you tell the world the story of john lee [04:21.43]All that you see is nothing and yet everything lives on [04:32.62]I was born to pay the hangman's fee