tupelo honey - van morrison
you can take all the tea in china
put it in a big brown bag for me
sail right around the seven oceans
drop it straight into the deep blue sea
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
shes an angel of the first degree
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
just like honey from the bee
you cant stop us on the road to freedom
you cant keep us cause our eyes can see
men with insight men in granite
knights in armor bent on chivalry
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
shes an angel of the first degree
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
just like honey from the bee
you cant stop us on the road to freedom
you cant stop us cause our eyes can see
men with insight men in granite
knights in armor intent on chivalry
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
shes an angel of the first degree
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
just like honey from the bee
you know shes alright
you know shes alright with me
shes alright, shes alright (shes an angel)
you can take all the tea in china
put it in a big brown bag for me
sail it right around the seven oceans
drop it smack dab in the middle of the deep blue sea
because shes as sweet as tupelo honey
shes an angel of the first degree
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
just like honey from the bee
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
shes an angel of the first degree
shes as sweet as tupelo honey
just like the honey baby from the bee
shes my baby, you know shes alright
a posting to the van mailing list may/96 notes the existence of a lost verse to this song, here transcribed from a performance on the van morrison in ireland concert video:
theres a rose pressed inside a bible
that she reads on the balcony
shes sweet in slumber and ive got her number
for the beginning of the century
van list member art siegel comments in nov/97 that i dont think the rose in the bible is a true lost verse, but rather one that van added to his live performances years after the origin
here is though a true lost verse which is in the original sheet music
ill tell a tale of old manhattan
adirondack bus to go
standing waiting on my number
and my numbers gonna show
the dusty springfield cover version on the van morrison songbook cd has a variant of this
i heard a tale of old manhattan
ive never been there but i want to go
standing waiting on my number
and my numbers gonna show
