Mike Oldfield
Back to Lyrics
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 1953 May 15 in Reading, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician and composer, working a style that blends rock or progressive rock, New Age Music, ethnic or world music, and classical music.
His music, namely the instrumental compositions, are elaborate and complex in nature.
More Info
To France
Taking on water, Sailing a restless sea From a memory, A fantasy. The wind carries Into white water, Far from the islands. Don't you know you're [Chorus] Never going to get to France. Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you? Never going to get to France. Could a new romance ever bind you? Walking on foreign ground, Like a shadow, Roaming in far off Territory. Over your shoulder, Stories unfold, you're Searching for sanctuary. You know you're [Repeat Chorus] I see a picture By the lamp's flicker. Isn't it strange how Dreams fade and shimmer? [Repeat Chorus] I see a picture By the lamp's flicker. Isn't it strange how Dreams fade and shimmer? [Repeat Chorus] Never going to get to France. Never going to.... Never going to get to France. Never going to.... Never going to get to France. Never going to....
Moonlight Shadow
The last that ever she saw him Carried away by a moonlight shadow He passed on worried and warning Carried away by a moonlight shadow. Lost in a river last saturday night Far away on the other side. He was caught in the middle of a desperate fight And she couldn't find how to push through The trees that whisper in the evening Carried away by a moonlight shadow Sing a song of sorrow and grieving Carried away by a moonlight shadow All she saw was a silhouette of a gun Far away on the other side. He was shot six times by a man on the run And she couldn't find how to push through I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day Four AM in the morning Carried away by a moonlight shadow I watched your vision forming Carried away by a moonlight shadow Star was glowing in a silvery night Far away on the other side Will you come to talk to me this night But she couldn't find how to push through I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day Far away on the other side. Caught in the middle of a hundred and five The night was heavy but the air was alive But she couldn't find how to push through I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven far away I stay, I pray, I see you in heaven one day The last time ever she'd seen him Carried away by a moonlight shadow The crowd gathered just to leave him Carried away by a moonlight shadow Caught in the middle of a hundred and five Far away on the other side. The night was heavy and the air was alive But she couldn't find how to push through Carried away by a moonlight shadow Carried away by a moonlight shadow Far away on the other side. But she couldn't find how to push through