Hi guys! :) Does anyone have the lyrics of "Cold Stone"? I can figure out several lines, but many are missing. See I'm not a native English speaker. But I love this song and I want to learn to play it on guitar and sing it. Thanks in advance! :) http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2285#msg-2285 Mon, 20 May 2013 20:20:55 +0100 Phorum 5.2.7 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2323#msg-2323 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2323#msg-2323 AnnaBanana The Forum Tue, 06 Sep 2011 19:09:54 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2322#msg-2322 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2322#msg-2322 www.thesession.org]]]> jimmoray The Forum Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:28:17 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2321#msg-2321 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2321#msg-2321 Cheers,
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Although nothing is playing 'straight' chord shapes so theres lots of thirds missing etc.]]> jimmoray The Forum Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:30:57 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2306#msg-2306 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2306#msg-2306 AltheFolker The Forum Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:24:46 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2303#msg-2303 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2303#msg-2303 shushapye The Forum Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:56:33 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2302#msg-2302 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2302#msg-2302 his_loyal_love The Forum Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:17:32 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2301#msg-2301 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2301#msg-2301
I'm hearing "She packed a ball of her cold clothing", but then again, I'm famed for my cloth ears.]]> shushapye The Forum Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:12:03 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2287#msg-2287 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2287#msg-2287
Basically I figured out the story overall, but like you say the words go by quickly and I was never sure that I was hearing the right thing. The version you posted has some slight differences from the one you sing in the album, but thanks to it I can now put the latter together.

Thank you also for the bit of info about the song's story. I love English folk ballads, especially those with a 'dark' theme, and this song of yours reflects that spirit so greatly.

All the best, :)-D And thank you for the wonderful music. :)]]> his_loyal_love The Forum Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:50:53 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2286#msg-2286 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2286#msg-2286
One of my disappointments with In Modern History was that Cold Stone was never 'finished'. I've never been that happy with the words, but I ran out of time to think of something else, so I'm still changing it when I sing it live. However, here is the basic set of words :

Come gather round to hear my story
Concerning gold and lust for glory
All that is mine was for the taking
I robbed them all and no mistaking
Born in one hall, me and my brothers
I knew that I would betray the others
Times were hard, but my resolve as well
As sure as tolls upon the iron bell

I took up work helping my father
Born to the bone till I could work no harder
But on my brother John he placed his favour
And made him heir to all the fruits of labour
My brothers all were in a bluster
To wreak revenge as hard as they could muster
They'd break his will, send him away
Or see him dead beneath the iron clay

We took him out, staging disaster
We took his watch to show it to the master
All drunk with wine he signed his waiver
We sent him off on board a merchant slaver
Counting the gold my brother Henry
He thought for every man there would be plenty
But I was quick, he didn't know me well
One fatal shove into the docks he fell

One brother more to share the bounty
I left him in a pool of blood and envy
MY mother cried at her son returning
Not knowing I'm the one who did the rest in
My brothers gone, no other heir remaining
My father left me all his worldly gaining
So self-made men heed after me
And you'll see the honour gained by treachery.

The song was partly based on 'The Miller And His Three Sons' told from another perspective (and with more sinister motives), but mainly comes from putting nonsense and lines from other songs to the tune I'd written, while waiting for "the real words" to come along. Some of them stuck and had the story put around them, rather than the other way round (the final line is similar to the final line of Nic Jones' Canadee-i-o for example). Songs like that are more like filling in the gaps in a crossword puzzle than finely crafting a story. Still - the words go by so quickly that it's the overall effect that counts.]]> jimmoray The Forum Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:33:23 +0100 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2285#msg-2285 http://www.jimmoray.co.uk/phorum/read.php?2,2285,2285#msg-2285
Does anyone have the lyrics of "Cold Stone"? I can figure out several lines, but many are missing. See I'm not a native English speaker. But I love this song and I want to learn to play it on guitar and sing it.

Thanks in advance! :)]]> his_loyal_love The Forum Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:15:50 +0100