Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale

A Common Thread

Words by Keith Reid, outside Procol Harum

A Common Thread (Keith Reid / Matt Noble)

Released August 2008 on the album The Common Thread by The Keith Reid Project

These hearts of Oak
That forge the steel
That build the roads
That turn the wheels
While others are just busy making deals

Who sow the crops
Who feed the land
Work from dawn to dusk
Live from hand to hand
It's a story that everybody feels
But nobody hears

And the coat that I'm wearing
Has been woven together
By pieces of a common thread
And all of these dreams
That bind us together
Are just pieces of that common thread.

These hearts of gold
That pave the way
That brave the cold
That save the day
It's a story that everybody needs
But nobody heeds

And the clothes that I'm wearing
Have been woven together
By pieces of that common thread
And all of these dreams
That bind us together
Are just pieces of that common thread.

There's a sky full of clear blue magic
There's a calm in the deep green sea
There's a voice we can hear
If we just lend an ear
It's a voice that belongs to all of us
(Yes it does)

And the clothes that we're wearing
Have been woven together
By pieces of that common thread
Yes and all of these dreams
That bind us together
Are just pieces of that common thread.

And the clothes that we're wearing
Have been woven together
By pieces of that common thread
Yes and all of these dreams
That bind us together
Are just pieces of that common thread.

More non-Procol songs by Keith Reid

Procol Harum

Beyond the Pale

A Common Thread

Words by Keith Reid, outside Procol Harum

Beyond
the Pale