Burns Supper - Richard Thompson

But it’s late for me, let an old man rest

One more black and tan on the barricade

To keep me safe from loving

When I close my eyes, close my eyes

To the cold flame of the Northern Lights

When I close my eyes, close my eyes

And I see you still in the shuttered night

What a new-found friend is honesty

To see ourselves as others see

To see the shy boy inside the man

Is that all I am?

Just starved of loving

When I close my eyes, I close my eyes

To the cold flame of the Northern Lights

When I close my eyes, close my eyes

And I see you still in the shuttered night