CONTEMPLATION ROSE
Album : The Philosopher's Stone
Van Morrison


Puerto Rican Nursery Rhymes
Angels in the snow and thyme
And I'm keeping my mind on that rose 
In a church in Spanish Harlem 

Got Watchtowers and Awakes for free 
In the laundromat for you and me
But you can't take me down that way 
As I'm not sinking 

And if we go down one time 
Next times not gonna be the last time
And I'm contemplating that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem
Didn't I bring you precious gifts 
Came to kiss you on the lips
Didn't even appear 
To beg your pardon 

To lay out in the morning sun 
Feel the cool breeze and the one
Right there in, in my garden
Puerto Rican Nursery Rhymes
And angels, and angels, and the snow and thyme 
But I'm keeping my mind on that rose
In a church in Spanish Harlem 



(Contributed by Andy & Mogg - November 2002)