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White Witch and the Highwayman

from Jumping Falling Flying by Jimmy Lee Morris

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lyrics

The high priestess of hippyness
Was dancing coast to coast
By a standing stone she cast her runes
In a purple hat and coat
She lived in her world of empathy
For all that grows around
Her belief was Mother Nature
And the magic in the ground

A Cornish pixie catching lord
A Geordie woodland man
Drank cider in the setting sun
On the steps of a caravan
Sitting in his feathered hat
Taking in the view
Carving wood and telling tales
Whilst swearing at the moon

A white witch and a highwayman
Kept a minotaur
In a cave of twinkling light
On the edge of a sweeping moor
People came from near and far
To see that magic place
They smiled and serve them tea and beer
With gratitude and grace

So when the high priestess and woodland lord
Met the witch and the highwayman
The white witch read their tarot cards
And they drank her nettle wine
The highwayman pulled out his knife
It was his party trick
The high priestess just laughed
And carved new symbols on her stick

The Geordie lord got up and said
It’s time for me to leave
He had a yearning to return
To his forest near the sea
My caravan awaits me there
My urge is to be gone
But he’d drunk to much nettle wine
And passed out on the lawn

The white witch and the highwayman
Were restless for their bed
The Minotaur looked on
Their wasn’t much he ever said
They dimmed the light and said goodnight
And stole a furtive glance
Their passion was a drug to them
They stole off in a trance

This only left the high priestess
Of hippieistic nature
She off her purple hat and coat
And then a while later
She slipped out to the moor
And danced naked in the rain
She threw her head back
Happy to be free and wild again

So travelling from shore to shore
There are many sights to see
But the strangest thing you’ll never find
Cloaked in it’s oddity
Is the white witch and the highwayman
The high priestess and lord
Gathered in the glistening cave
Of the silent Minotaur

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from Jumping Falling Flying, released January 13, 2020
Written by James Morris
Performed and Produced by Jimmy Lee Morris
Drums - Archie Morris-Lees

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Jimmy Lee Morris Holsworthy, UK

An eclectic writer and singer of songs, Jimmy Lee Morris has been weaving songs into hearts of those happy to listen for 40 years. Songs have been sung from folk clubs to festivals, around the UK & Europe. Played in blues band Mojo Filter & rock 'n' roll band The Collaborators. In the 80’s was lead singer for synth band À La Tienne & at turn of millennium was half of the folk duo The Hat Band. ... more

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