One More Chance (live - 1977)

Sandy Denny
from the recording Gold Dust - Live at the Royalty 1977 (released 1998)

Calling all olive branches and laid-off doves
There is work to do before we say good-bye.
But who can see them turning to the face of love?
Though I hear them pleading with me, Don't let us die,
As I sit, I can see their troubled souls wander by,
And I feel them leaning on my shoulder to cry,
Oh, oh one more chance.

The naked tree of winter seems to stand so proud,
Lording the poor mortal as he goes.
And the tears which well beneath his sombre shroud,
Will they fall with the shame of somebody who knows
He can never be like the thought of a rose
Whose beauty remains even though the bloom goes?
Oh, oh one more chance.

Oh is it too late to change the way we're bound to go?
Is it too late? Then surely one of us must know.

The naked tree of winter seems to stand so proud,
Lording the poor mortal as he goes.
And the tears which well beneath his sombre shroud,
Will they fall with the shame of somebody who knows
He can never be like the thought of a rose
Whose beauty remains even though the bloom goes?
Oh, oh one more chance.

[Sandy Denny]

(Copyright © 1975 Jardiniere Music)

Sandy Denny: vocals, piano and acoustic guitar
Dave Mattacks: drums
Pat Donaldson: bass and backing vocals
Trevor Lucas: acoustic guitar and backing vocals
Phil Palmer and Rob Hendry: lead guitars
Pete Wilshire: pedal steel

Due to technical problems (tape deterioration) on the guitar and backing vocals tracks, most of the guitars (except for track 13) were rerecorded by Jerry Donahue and backing vocals were sung by Simon Nicol and Chris Leslie.