Astral Weeks Lyrics

ASTRAL WEEKS... by Van Morrison
*from 'Astral Weeks' (1967)
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: A)
Intro:
Verse 1:
If I ventured in the slipstream,
Between the viaducts of your dream.
Where immobile steel rims crack,
And the ditch in the back roads stop.
Chorus 1:
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down,
In silence easy;
To be born again,
To be born again.
Verse 2:
From the far side of the ocean,
If I put the wheels in motion.
And I stand with my arms be-hind me,
And I'm pushin' on the door.
Chorus 2:
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down,
In silence easy;
To be born again,
To be born again.
Verse 3:
There you go,
Standin' with the look of avarice,
Talkin' to Huddie Ledbetter,
Showin' pictures on the wall,
Whisperin' in the hall.
And pointin' a finger at me.
There you go, there you go,
Standin' in the sun darlin',
With your arms be-hind you,
And your eyes be-fore.
There you go,
Takin' good care of your boy,
Seein' that he's got clean clothes.
Puttin' on his little red shoes,
I see you know he's got clean clothes.
A-puttin' on his little red shoes,
A-pointin' a finger at me.
Verse 5:
And here I am,
Standing in your sad arrest;
Trying to do my very best.
Lookin' straight at you,
Comin' through darlin',
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Verse 6:
If I ventured in the slipstream,
Between the viaducts of your dream.
Where immobile steel rims crack,
And the ditch in the back roads stop.
Chorus 3:
Could you find me?
Would you kiss-a my eyes?
To lay me down,
In silence easy;
Verse 7:
To be born again,
To be born again,
To be born again.
In another world, in another world,
In another time; got a home on high.
Ain't nothing but,
A stranger in this world,
I'm nothing but,
A stranger in this world
I got a home on high,
In another land,
So far a-way,
So far a-way.
Way up in the heaven,
Way up in the heaven,
Way up in the heaven,
Way up in the heaven.
In another time,
In another place,
In another time,
In another place.
Way up in the heaven,
Way up in the heaven,
We are goin' up to heaven,
We are goin' to heaven.
In another time,
In another place,
In another time,
In another place,
In another face.
(Repeat to Fade)