Fairport Convention - Chelsea Morning Lyrics
Woke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heardWas a song outside my windowAnd the traffic wrote the wordsIt came ringing up like Christmas bellsAnd rapping up like pipes and drumsOh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day and we'll wear it till the night comesWoke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I sawWas the sun through yellow curtainsAnd a rainbow on my wallBlue, red, green and gold to welcome youCrimson, crystal peaks to beckonOh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day, there's a side-show every secondNow the curtain opens on a portrait of todayAnd the streets are paved with passers-byAnd pictures fly and papers lieJust waiting to blow awayWoke up big this Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knewThere was milk and toast and honeyAnd a bowl of oranges tooAnd the light poured in like butterscotchAnd stuck to all my sensesOh, won't you stay, we'll put on a day and we'll talk in present tensesNow the curtain closes and the rainbow runs awayI'll bring you incense owls by nightBy candle-light, by jewel-lightIf only you will stayPretty baby, won't youWake up, it's the Chelsea morning
