Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

One Of These Things First

I could've been a sailor, I could've been a cook
A real live lover, I could've been a book
I could've been a signpost, I could've been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock

I could be here and now
I would be, I should be, but how?

I could've been
One of these things first
I could've been
One of these things first

I could've been your pillar, I could've been your door
I could've stayed beside you, could've stayed for more
I could've been your statue, could've been your friend
A whole long lifetime could've been the end

I could be yours so true
I would be, I should be through and through

I could've been
One of these things first
I could've been
One of these things first

I could've been a whistle, could've been a flute
A real live giver, could've been a boot
I could've been a signpost, could've been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock

I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near

I could've been
One of these things first
I could've been
One of these things first



Credits
Writer(s): Nicholas Rodney Drake
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Other Album Tracks

  1. Introduction
  2. Hazey Jane II
  3. At The Chime Of A City Clock
  4. One Of These Things First
  5. Hazey Jane I
  6. Bryter Layter
  7. Fly
  8. Poor Boy
  9. Northern Sky
  10. Sunday

All Album Tracks: Bryter Layter >

Altri album

  1. The Endless Coloured Ways: The Songs of Nick Drake
  2. The John Peel Session
  3. Tuckbox
  4. Way to Blue - The Songs of Nick Drake
  5. Digital Box Set
  6. Family Tree (Blank)
  7. Family Tree
  8. Family Tree (Mainland Europe Version)
  9. Made To Love Magic
  10. A Treasury

All Albums of Nick Drake >

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