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Watership Down
Written by Gerry Beckley, ©1976
Found on
Hideaway and
Highway.
Watership Down, gather around
There's a story to be told
It's for the young and for the old
You might hear them in the distance
If your ear's to the ground
Whisper it loud, carry the sound
Of the footsteps alone
When they're heading for home
Through the raining of the dangers
And the grayness of the dawn
I can feel there's better days
Well, they're comin', they're comin'
I can see them through the haze
So can you
Watership Down, gather around
There's a story to be told
It's for the young and for the old
You might hear them in the distance
If your ear's to the ground
I can feel there's better days
Well, they're comin', they're comin'
I can see them through the haze
So can you
Oo, oo, oo
Watership Down, gather around
There's a story to be told
It's for the young and for the old
You might hear them in the distance
If your ear's to the ground
Whisper it loud, carry the sound
Of the footsteps alone
When they're heading for home
Through the raining of the dangers
And the grayness of the dawn.
I can feel there's better days
Well, they're comin', they're comin'
I can see them through the haze
So can you
Oo, oo, oo, oo ...
Watership Down was inspired by the book of the same name. There are
numerous links on the web that talk about it. Here are just a few:
Highway Highlight (from the box set booklet)
"Watership Down" is a beguiling number that was originally intended for an
animated film version of Richard Adams' classic novel. "The producer had
asked George to do the score and had either approached us, or we had offered
to write a theme," Beckley recalls. "We did this, and in the meantime it was
no longer gonna by George, and it fell out of our hands. But we had a song
regardless." Is the lyric based on the book? "Oh, yeah. But in theory, if
this is a title song, you don't want to give too much away. So I had long,
protracted evenings with my friend Harry Nilsson about it, 'cause he loved the
book. He'd say, 'Play it again; that line's OK.' And piece by piece, he kind
of pulled the song apart. Finally he said, 'I think the problem with the song
is the title.'" The demo is included here; in finished form it ended up on
Hideaway.
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