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Fairport Convention: Dawn

[words Sandy Denny, music Jerry Donahue]

Sandy Denny sang her song Dawn in 1975 on Fairport Convention’s album Rising for the Moon.

Cover Versions

  1. Thieves on their album Yucatan (1979)
  2. An early instrumental version, Almost Dawn, by The Hellecasters on their album Hell III - New Axes to Grind (1997)

Lyrics

Sandy Denny sings Dawn

Morning shone among the shadows,
Sunlight bled upon the silence,
From the blackest night
Must come the morning sky.

But yesterday was such a long time,
Yesterday may last forever,
From the barren land
Yesterday might always rise.

Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.

Tears are falling in the darkness,
Hearts are bleeding in the silence.
From the widest ocean
Who would miss the smallest tear.

Then might always be a bad time,
Then might last forever.
But these stormy clouds
We may see them all disappear.

Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.

Sleep, will we ever sleep.
Oh to sleep in peace once again,
My love.

Hope has she really gone,
Will she ever come back again,
My love.