Eleventh Earl of Mar

The sun had been up
for a couple of hours,
It covered the ground
with a layer of gold.
Spirits were high
and the raining had stopped,
The larder was low,
but boy that wasn't all.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Couldn't get them very far.
Daddy!
Oh Daddy.
You Promised.

Out on the road
in the direction of Perth,
Backwards and forwards
in a circle they went.
Found a city half open
and ready to greet,
Those conquering heroes,
with blisters on their feet.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Somehow got them all this far.
Daddy!
You Promised,
You Promised!

See the Stewart
all dressed up
He's got eyes
in the back of his head.
Who came
in a cockleshell boat
That could only just float.
Couldn't even lift a sword.
Dressed too fine
and smelling of wine.

Daddy
you've got to go!
Here comes the Bishop
all dressed up
He's gonna bless you
if you're ready to pay
One wave
of his funny old stick,
There's a band of light
across your eyes.

Waited a week
still they hadn't appeared.
That glorious timing
that everyone feared.
So they're riding along
on the crest of a wave.
They're headed for London,
And that will be their grave
Eleventh Earl of Mar,
Well he couldn't get them
down that far
Daddy!
I'm waiting,
I'm waiting!

Time to go to bed now
Never seems too keen
To be a guest now
In a house of dreams

Flying from a hillside
Beckoning the trees
A sailboat's awning
Mimicking the breeze

I'm fighting
gravity falling
My Daddy
won't let them get me
A voice screams
seems to be calling
The face turns
features are burning.

Daddy,
you've got to go!
See the fifteen going by,
Tell the Lairds and the Lords
They're running
backwards today,
And once again
you stand alone.

Bury your memories
bury your friends,
Leave it alone
for a year or two.
Till the stories go hazy
and the legends come true,
Then do it again.
Some things never end.
Eleventh Earl of Mar
Won't be going very far.
You Promised.

You Promised.

You Promised.

DADDY!