00:00I think the poem we're singing here is the first that Brandad wrote.
00:03Certainly the earliest that he kept.
00:05He dated it, September 1968.
00:08And there's a reference to a film from that time.
00:10He would have been 18 and about to go to university.
00:13The original title, poem written on a windy night, is crossed out and replaced by trappings,
00:17so I've called it that.
00:18I'll leave interpretation to you.
00:20It seems to be a dialogue between a man and a woman,
00:23so I called in my chum Jeff to do the male bits.
00:31Saffold to the east of us
00:38Shakespeare on the other side
00:44And we are somewhere in between
00:50Taking each other for a ride
00:56If you are Tarzan of the Apes
01:03And I am Marilyn Monroe
01:11Shall we be forever played
01:16In this unending movie show
01:22Answer not my love
01:24For we must stay here to eternity
01:32Love of woman, love of man
01:38Love of God and love of beast
01:44And I am so strong as love of money
01:51Love of power, love of beast
01:58Will you be my bride forever
02:05Staying always by myself
02:10Or will you be transformed
02:15Will you be transformed as others
02:16Into someone worldly wise
02:22Answer not my love
02:25For they
02:26Who
02:27Love best
02:30Who love not
02:32Cry yesterday
02:44Saffold to the west of us
02:50Sister George and Oscar Wilde
02:56Shall we yet stay here in between
03:01Unfulfilled
03:02Unfulfilled
03:03But undefiled
03:05For I'm cursed with intelligence
03:08And you're cursed with virginity
03:12Must we go on
03:19Forever on
03:21Yet stay in this vicinity
03:26Answer not my love
03:29Answer not my love
03:30For you
03:31Must do what I say
03:37You must do
03:42Not really
03:43Oh wait
03:46Won't be
03:47Thud
03:51To be
03:52case
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