Ballad - Molly Drake

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If you can see the strong unwearied starlight
Riding up mountains of the night astride
Then as you stand alone within the breathing darkness
I'll be at your side

If you can look on this unchanging sunlight
One second fully when the day is new
Then as the burning coin dazzles beneath your eyelids
I shall look at you

And if you can run where wind may beat about you
Out on the hill where shadows race
Touching grass, touching trees and the edge of water
I shall touch your face

Though all the lands of heaven and earth divide us
No distance is a dark, unbroken tether
If you can walk within the same remembered music
We can walk, we can walk together.

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Mary Lloyd (1916–1993), also known as Molly, was the mother of Nick Drake. In 1934, she met Rodney Drake, and they were married in 1937. Molly gave birth to Nick in 1948.

She was an accomplished poet and songwriter. Her poetry is somewhat maudlin but beautiful. Her compositions for piano are marked by the same looping style that characterized her son Nick's guitar work. Her daughter Gabrielle asserts that her mother's work is unquestionably a strong influence on Nick's work. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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