Biography:
Strawbs are an English rock band founded in 1964. Led throughout by talented musician Dave Cousins, they are best-known for their folk-rock and progressive rock albums of the 1970s and for including Sandy Denny as an early member of the band (before she joined Fairport Convention) and Rick Wakeman for two albums (before he moved on to Yes).
Strawbs were originally known as the Strawberry Hill Boys. Their long-time leader and most active songwriter is guitarist and singer Dave Cousins (guitar
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- A Mind Of My Own
- Afraid To Let Go
- Alexander The Great
- Alices Song
- All The Little Ladies
- Another Day
- Autumn
- Back In The Old Routine
- Back On The Farm
- Backside
- Barcarole For The Death Of Venice
- Beneath The Angry Sky
- Benedictus
- Beside The Rio Grande
- Burning For Me
- Carry Me Home
- Changes Arrange Us
- Christmas Cheer
- Christmas Cheer Everythings Going To Be Alright
- Close Your Eyes
- Cold Steel
- Cry No More
- Cut Like A Diamond
- Deadly Nightshade
- Deep In The Darkest Night
- Do You Remember
- Dont Try To Change Me
- Everybody Knows
- Face Down In The Well
- Flight
- Flying
- Forever Ocean Blue
- Further Down The Road
- Goodbye Is Not An Easy Word To Say
- Grace Darling
- Hanging In The Gallery
- Heartbreaker
- Heavy Disguise
- Here Today Gone Tomorrow
- Here Todaygone Tomorrow
- Hero And Heroine
- Hey Little Man Thursdays Child
- Hey Little Man Wednesdays Child
- I Dont Want To Talk About It
- I Feel Your Loving Coming On
- I Only Want My Love To Grow In You
- I Turned My Face Into The Wind
- Ill Carry On Beside You
- Ill Show You Where To Sleep
- In Amongst The Roses
- Is It Today Lord
- Ive Been My Own Worst Friend
- Joey And Me
- Josephine For Better Or For Worse
- Keep On Trying
- Keep The Devil Outside
- Lady Fuschia
- Lay A Little Light On Me
- Lay Down
- Lemon Pie
- Little Sleepy
- Midnight Sun
- Might As Well Be On Mars
- Morning Glory
- My Friend Peter
- New Beginnings
- New World
- No Return
- Not All The Flowers Grow
- October To May
- Oh How She Changed
- On A Night Like This
- On Growing Older
- Or Am I Dreaming
- Out In The Cold
- Part Of The Union
- Pieces Of 79 And 15
- Poor Jimmy Wilson
- Revenge Can Be So Sweet
- Rhythm Of The Night
- Ringing Down The Years
- Round And Round
- Russian Front
- Sealed With A Traitors Kiss
- Shadowland
- Shine On Silver Sun
- So Close And Yet So Far Away
- Starshine Angel Wine
- Stone Cold Is The Womans Heart
- Stormy Down
- Strange Day Over The Hill
- Sunday Morning
- Taking A Chance
- Tell Me What You See In Me
- Thank You
- The Battle
- The Flower And The Young Man
- The Hangman And The Papist
- The Journeys End
- The King
- The Last Resort
- The Man Who Called Himself Jesus
- The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby
- The Plain
- The Promised Land
- The River
- The Soldiers Tale
- The Weary Song
- The Winter Long
- Thirty Days
- This Barren Land
- Til The Sun Comes Shining Through
- To Be Free
- Too Many Angels
- Under A Cloudless Sky
- Wasting My Time Thinking Of You
- Well Meet Again Sometime
- When The Lights Came On
- Where Am I
- Where Do You Go
- Where Do You Go When You Need A Hole To Crawl In
- Where Silent Shadows Fall
- Will You Go
- Winter And The Summer
- Witchwood
- Words Of Wisdom
- You And I When We Were Young
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The gilt-edged invitation came and I said, "What can this mean?
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To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen
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And sit upon her right hand, where the Prince is normally seen?"
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The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise
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To see a man of such good taste, appear before their eyes
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Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise
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As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls
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Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes
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That belong to Queen and Country, but do not permit their souls
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To be free like me
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To be free like me
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The Perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away
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The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence
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I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun
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Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns
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Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone
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Who is free like me
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Oh, who is free__
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The solitary peasant in his home above the lake
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Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake
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Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake
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His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation
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Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation
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At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation
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Now the power station worker, though his aim is too disjointed
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Finds himself around the corner, while his gun is never pointed
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He is ever at the ready, he desires to be anointed
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And be free like me
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And be free like me
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And be free__
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[Verse]
C F
The gilt-edged invitation came and I said, "What can this mean?
C F
To attend the coronation as the first guest of the Queen
G F
And sit upon her right hand, where the Prince is normally seen?"
C F
The maids of honour stared at me and registered surprise
C F
To see a man of such good taste, appear before their eyes
G F
Now bring rather humble, I adopted a disguise
G F
As the Minister of State for Mass Environment Controls
G F
Who condemn the working classes for inhabiting the holes
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That belong to Queen and Country, but do not permit their souls
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To be free like me
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To be free like me
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Oh, to be free__
[Verse]
C F
The Perspex chandelier began to melt and slip away
C F
One million candle-powered, it kept the night at bay
G F
While the power station workers were busy making hay
C F
The workers in the fields were engaged in self-defence
C F
Which involved the use of barbed wire as a self-containing fence
G F
But as a means of self-protection, it was needlessly immense
G F
I stopped to ask them for a light, they pointed at the sun
G F
Which raised their hopes of harvesting a better crop than guns
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Can ever mass produce at the expense of anyone
C G
Who is free like me
C G
Who is free like me
C F C F
Oh, who is free__
[Verse]
C F
The solitary peasant in his home above the lake
C F
Raised high on wooden stilts, has made the singular mistake
G F
Of revolutionary conduct at the celebration wake
C F
His urban counterpart engaged in mundane occupation
C F
Enjoys the chance of laughing at the Queen's humiliation
G F
At the hands of Ministers of State for Rehabilitation
G F
Now the power station worker, though his aim is too disjointed
G F
Finds himself around the corner, while his gun is never pointed
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He is ever at the ready, he desires to be anointed
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And be free like me
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And be free like me
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And be free__
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