Nick Drake - Parasite

Lifting the mask from from a local clown
Feeling down like him
Seeing the light in a station bar
And travelling far in sin
Sailing downstairs to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
And hearing the trial of the people there
Who's to care if they lose.
And take a look you may see me on the ground
For i am the parasite of this town.

Dancing a jig in a church with chimes
A sign of the times today
And hearing no bell from a steeple tall
People all in dismay
Falling so far on a silver spoon
Making the moon for fun
And changing a rope for a size too small

People all get hung.
Take a look and see me coming through
For i am the parasite who travels two by two.

When lifting the mask from a local clown
And feeling down like him
And i'm seeing the light in a station bar
And travelling far in sin
And i'm sailing downstair to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
And hearing the trials of the people there
Who's to care if they lose.
And take a look you may see me on the ground
For i am the parasite of this town.
And take a look you may see me in the dirt
For i am the parasite who hangs from your skirt.
Lifting the mask from from a local clown
Feeling down like him
Seeing the light in a station bar
And travelling far in sin
Sailing downstairs to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
And hearing the trial of the people there
Who's to care if they lose.
And take a look you may see me on the ground
For i am the parasite of this town.

Dancing a jig in a church with chimes
A sign of the times today
And hearing no bell from a steeple tall
People all in dismay
Falling so far on a silver spoon
Making the moon for fun
And changing a rope for a size too small

People all get hung.
Take a look and see me coming through
For i am the parasite who travels two by two.

When lifting the mask from a local clown
And feeling down like him
And i'm seeing the light in a station bar
And travelling far in sin
And i'm sailing downstair to the northern line
Watching the shine of the shoes
And hearing the trials of the people there
Who's to care if they lose.
And take a look you may see me on the ground
For i am the parasite of this town.
And take a look you may see me in the dirt
For i am the parasite who hangs from your skirt.
Nick Drake - Parasite

Nick Drake - Parasite - 8th track from the album 'Pink Moon'. - I own nothing!!

PARASITE (1971) by Nick Drake - in widescreen slideshow

Parasite is one of my favourite Nick Drake songs, featuring just voice and acoustic guitar. It's from 'Pink Moon', his third and final album. Nick has since been much appreciated as a unique...

Parasite - Nick Drake (Cover)

My try on Parasite. I recorded a few takes. This happened to be the last one, so I was a bit exhausted and didn't hit all notes I guess. Hope you don't mind. I also covered the Bookends Theme...

Nick Drake Parasite

I haven't had a chance to work on anything new and since it may be a few more weeks before I get the opportunity and considering it's been a while since my last post I thought I would post...

Nick Drake - Parasite [demo]

home recording, the original song is on "Pink Moon"

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