Al Stewart - Merlin's Time

And I think of you now


As a dream that I had long ago


In a kingdom lost in time



In a forest of evening


The archer is bending a bow


And I see you bring him bread and wine



Down the legions of years


The invaders have taken this land


And bent you to their will



And the memories fade of the ancients


And all that they had


Though the magic lingers round you still



Oh, who would walk the stony roads


of Merlin's time?


And keep the watch along the borderline



And who would hear the legends passed


in song and rhyme?


Upon the shepherd pipes of Merlin's time