This is one of my favourite Kate Rusby songs; This isn t the way she plays it - I
couldn t be bothered to figure that out - but this seems to work just fine!
How can you speak when you don t understand,
How can you change what is altered,
How can you help when you won t reprimand,
And how can you save what has faltered
Chorus:
The beasts on the wing let them fly,
The worlds in a spin let them fly,
And we will watch as they fall,
And try not to notice at all
How can you share what you ve already spent
How can you care for the harmless
How can you take when you have no consent
We will never be charmed by the charmless
Chorus:
The beasts on the wing let them fly,
The worlds in a spin let them fly,
And we will watch as they fall,
And try not to notice at all
How can you talk of the great and the good
When all that we hear is deceiving
How can we find what you never could
Oh don t let us stop you from leaving
Chorus:
The beasts on the wing let them fly,
The worlds in a spin let them fly,
And we will watch as they fall,
And try not to notice at all
How can you speak of damnation and fire
When all that we hear is misleading
We all know you speak with the tone of a liar
You will never be one we believe in
Chorus:
The beasts on the wing let them fly,
The worlds in a spin let them fly,
And we will watch as they fall,
And try not to notice at all