Escrita
por Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher e Keith Reid, foi gravada em
Londres, no final de 1967 e começo de 1968 e lançada no segundo
disco do Procol Harum chamado Shine on Brightly.
A
letra:
For
you (whose eyes were opened wide whilst mine refused to see)
I'm sore in need of saving grace. Be kind and humour me
I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat
where people speak but seldom meet
And grief and laughter, strange but true
Although they die, they seldom cry
An ode by any other name I know might read more sweet
Perhaps the sun will never shine upon my field of wheat
But still in closing, let me say
for those too sick, too sick to see
though nothing shows, yes, someone knows
I wish that one was me
I'm sore in need of saving grace. Be kind and humour me
I'm lost amidst a sea of wheat
where people speak but seldom meet
And grief and laughter, strange but true
Although they die, they seldom cry
An ode by any other name I know might read more sweet
Perhaps the sun will never shine upon my field of wheat
But still in closing, let me say
for those too sick, too sick to see
though nothing shows, yes, someone knows
I wish that one was me
A
versão do Procol Harum:
A
versão de Paul McIntosh:
A
versão de Procol Harum ao vivo em 2003:
