Night Of The Swallow

"night of the swallow" from 1982’s "the dreaming" B Bm/A G B the night doesn’t like it looks just like your face on the moon to me Bm/A G B and i won’t let you do what you want to do it’s F#m/A G F#m funny how even now you’re laughing 3/4 E C#/E# F#m i won’t let you do it verses 2+3 B A#m/A G B if you go i’ll let the law know and the’ll head you off when you touch the ground in malta catch a swallow for all of the guilty to set them free F#m/A G B ohh , please don’t go through with this i don’t like the sound of it , it’s wings fill the window and they beat and bleed , they F#m/A G F#m funny how even now you’re miles away hold the sky on the other side of borderline 3/4 E C#/E# F#m E C#/E# F#m i won’t let you do it i won’t let you do it 5/4 E C#/E# F#m E C#/E# i won’t let you go through with it 4/4 G F#m/A B meet them over at dover i’ll just pilot the motor take them over the water ( 2 . only ) : like a swallow flying to malta 6/8 G A Bm F#m/A with a hired plane and no names mentioned G A Bm F#m/A tonight’s the night of the flight be - fore you know i’ll be over the Bm F#m/A G A Bm water like A swallow there’s no risk i’ll wisk them F#m/A G A up in the moonlight and though pigs can fly they’ll never Bm F#m/A Bm F#m/A find me posing as the night and i’m home before the G ( 1 . F#m/a and to 2 . "in malta . . . " ) morning 2 . A Bm Bm/A give me a break oh let me try give me something to show for my G F#m/A Bm Bm/A mis’rable life give me something to take would you break even my wings like a swallow Bm F#m G let me let me go . . . with a hired plane instrumental between : F#m/A Bm Bm/A G F#m/A Bm Bm/A Bm F#m G let me let me go . . . with a hired plane end : 4/4 Bm F#m G B