She drinks the morning air
She takes the utmost care
She's very good
She sets the flowers aright
She gives the birds their flight
She's
very good - she's very good to me.
Westminster strolling
Battersea
rolling by
And in the night
You will find her
at her easel
Drawing ducks and drakes,
Cathedral
eyes
She is one of the best
You can be sure of
it
Magdalen, of the misty eyes
You
didn't think I'd lose you again
Magdalen, sees the shifting
skies
Her majesty makes mighty of men
Magdalen's
gone to Edinburgh spires
And she's holding your life in her
hands
Who holds the world outside?
Who
stills the rising tide?
She's very good
Who
weaves the stars display?
Who seals the dwindling day?
She's
very good - she's very good to me,
Oxford bells ringing,
Phantom
choirs singing.
Magdalen of the misty
eyes,
The world is waiting at your behest
Magdalen,
sees the shifting skies
And old St. Ives stands firm in the
West
Magdalen's gone to Edinburgh spires
And
she's holding your life in her hands.
We
watch the autumn glow
We take the evening slow
It's
very good
We hear the vespers rung
And night's
web deftly spun
It's very good, it's very good that she
Sleepy
car stories;
Lighthouse lives
Gulls crying,
"storm!"
And in the night
You will
find her in the sistine chapel
Looking down
Cathedral
mind
She was here from the start
She has seen
all of it...
Magdalen, of the misty
eyes
You didn't think I'd lose you again
Magdalen,
sees the shifting skies
Her majesty makes mighty of men
Magdalen's
gone to Edinburgh spires
And she's holding your life in her
hands
Holding our lives in her hands
Lyrics written by Anthony Phillips
© EMI Music Publishing Ltd. Reproduced by permission.