Richard Thompson

Saboteur

Richard Thompson


The song of wheels is in my head and mutiny in my hands 
The song of wheels is in my head and mutiny in my hands 
I'll go down to the dark place and kill it where it stands 
Be still, be still 

My body sings the mill-song but my hammer takes its choice 
My body sings the mill-song but my hammer takes its choice 
Oh, joy of peace descend upon me as I stop its voice 
Be still, be still 

Beauty takes my breath, I see the shining of the steel 
The hand of man steered by God to make the wondrous mill 
Piston, pulley, shaft and spindle, every spool and reel 
And I can't raise my arm to throw my hammer in the wheel 
Rules me still, rules me still, rules me still