The Lord Of The Manor Lyrics

The Lord Of The Manor lyrics

1-minute-plus instrumental)  

  

 The lord of the manor loves the upstairs maid  

 & I tend the flowers of the seeds he lays  

 His collar is velvet, his hands are real soft  

 She sleeps with the master, I'm awakened above  

 I wish in the bedrooms the sheets were all torn  

 I wish that the flowers would only grow thorns  

  

 (1-minute-plus instrumental)  

  

 The lord of the manor has a wife of gray  

 He pays the chauffeur to drive her away  

 The lord & my baby are upstairs alone  

 The one who could stop them is physically gone  

 I wish in the bedrooms the sheets were all torn  

 I wish that the flowers would only grow thorns  

  

 (instrumental, bass scat singing & "cha" whispers, fading out