Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse1
mother of disaster and sister of our fate
do you recall the tragedy we see
father of confusion and brother of d ebate
do you recall the sister of rose mary
The doodlebugs were f lying
the blitz was at its high
rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
and no one heard the One that hit
the one that blew the lid
rosemary came out crying and her sister never d id
Pre chorus
And you fly high and your dreams are all in v ain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
Chorus
And high above the h eavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancin g
Verse 2
her mother cried all that year as many others d id
she pulled thru for a moment now and t hen
and the people down in bethnal street in the rubble of the st orm
swept up their lives and started on a gain
when tyranny is biting you do your best to t ry
to stifle all the heart ache till its safe again to cry
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new
Pre chorus
And you fly high and your dreams are all in v ain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
Chorus
And high above the h eavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancin g
Verse 3
theres a teacher in the cl assroom
theres mothers in the h all
children sit and wait for the bell for h ome
rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
she's waiting to collect and take her h ome
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she s its
her mind goes back to bethnal street to the darkenss and the b litz
and she knows if theres another one
PAUSE
then the end will be complete
i wonder what theyd say in bethnal s treet
Pre chorus
And you fly high and your dreams are all in v ain
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
Chorus
And high above the h eavens
on a host of angels wings
rosemarys sister will be dancin g