Manafon-David Sylvian

[01:24.74]There's a man down in the valley [01:28.20] [01:32.54]Who doesn't speak in his own tongue [01:36.13] [01:40.34]He bares a grudge against the English [01:43.46] [01:47.98]A tune to which his songs are sung [01:51.72] [01:59.61]There's a man down in the valley [02:02.62] [02:06.23]Who is moving back in time [02:09.41] [02:13.77]It's a physical ascension [02:17.39] [02:20.97]You can watch him as he climbs [02:24.32] [02:28.97]The farmers' wives are at thier windows [02:32.89] [02:36.27]They've seen him wind his way for hours [02:39.84] [02:43.81]They tell the kids to lower their voices [02:47.55] [02:51.23]And pretend that they are out [02:54.84] [03:08.94]There's a man down in the valley [03:12.62] [03:15.43]Trying to stop time in its tracks [03:19.18] [03:22.92]His boots lie heavy on the grasses [03:26.62] [03:30.54]But it keeps on pushing back [03:33.54] [03:41.92]And his wife she was a painter [03:45.04] [03:47.74]But now she stains the alter black [03:51.37] [03:55.11]He's out bird watching on the islands [03:58.91] [04:01.38]And she wishes he'd come back [04:04.38] [04:10.46]There's a man down in the valley [04:14.00] [04:17.13]And he dreams of moving worlds [04:20.47] [04:23.99]Of battles raged against the fury [04:28.25] [04:30.89]That might see him at his best [04:34.33] [04:40.83]There's a man down in the valley [04:44.12] [04:49.48]Don't know his right foot from his left [04:52.99] [04:57.75]Don't know his right foot from his left