[Verse 1]
Take me back to where the ale is golden
And where the rum is black
Where the welcome s bright, where lamplights invite
Through a doorway s thinning cracks
See the dancers swing by the windows
Looking in from the falling snow
For I turned away to the break of day
Singing, off to work I go
[Verse 2]
Well, there was no end to our unrest
We couldn t leave that town too soon
Til we found ourselves by the benches
Our guardian, the moon
And then the skies grew all the blacker
And rain came a drumming down
And it fouled our nest and we got no rest
Take me back to that ing town
[Chorus]
Laughter, a song of the free
Drink this toast proposed to thee
Laughter, a song of the free
Drink this toast proposed to thee
[Verse 3]
Now we re standing by the clockworks
A rope around our necks
Placing bets on what strange morning
We shall greet after this rest
And it s late on doomsday evening
And we slept all afternoon
Craving days of yore so feared before
Crying,