Needle and Thread
(Richard Thompson)
I see young girls with old faces
I see good girls in bad places
I see plain girls in finery
And every one be the death of me
Needle and
Thread, Needle and
ThreadHand me down my
Needle and
ThreadHey
Hey HeyHey
Hey HeyGoing to thread up my needle and then
Gonna sew my soul back together again
Now pretty
Caitlin she went too far
Shaking all she had at the topless bar
Right in the face of
Ben and Bob
Put a little too much into the job
Now sweet
Myfanwe she took a shine
Dumped me for
Dai worked down the mine
I was a temp,
Dai was a keeper
He knew how to dig that little bit deeper
Now Bonnie
Jean meant everything
But she threw back my hard-earned ring
Said she had other men who dig her
She was holding out for something bigger