You saw sagacious Solomon And you know what became of him To him, complexities seemed plain But he cursed the hour that gave birth to his bad self He saw that everything was vain How great, how wise was Solomon The world however did not wait Just observed what followed on It was the wisdom, that brought him to that state Sweet wisdom, that brought him to that state It was only wisdom, that brought him to that state So how fortunate the man with none.
You saw courageous Caesar next You know what he let himself become They deified him in his life And had him murdered just the same As they raised the fatal knife How loud he cried: and you! The world however did not care Just observed, carried on It was courage that brought him to that state It was courage that brought him to this state Raw courage that brought him to that state Well I might say, how fortunate the man with none Could say.
You heard of honest Socrates He was a man who never lied They weren't so grateful as you might think The rulers fixed to have him tried They handed him the poisoned drink How honest was our people's son This world however did not choose to wait Just observed what followed on It was his honesty that brought him to that state Sweet honesty that brought him to that state Sweet honesty that brought him to that state How fortunate the man with some.
Here you can see the respectable folk They all keep to God's own laws So far he has not taken heed You who sit safe and sound indoors Help to relieve our bitter needs How virtuously we had begun The world however will never wait Just observes to carry on It's fear of God that brought us to this state It is the love of God that will take us home It is the fear of God that brought us to this state How fortunate the man with no fear Got no fear.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
