Chris de Burgh - The Tower

Chris de Burgh - The Tower
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The Tower
A great lord came walking through the forest
One morning with a weapon in his hand;
Rich was his castle, he lacked for nothing,
But killing was his plan;
When a white bird flew by she fell from the sky,
Nothing was found, only blood on the ground, she was gone;
Cursing his fortune,
He turned to the forest to kill once again,
And standing before him was a lovely young woman
With her hand hung in pain,
When he saw her his eyes were filled with desire,
He said "I must have her, she must be mine,
She will be mine..."
He offered her silver, he offered her gold,
But she threw it on the ground,
He fell to his knees and he begged her,
"Oh please come with me,
What you wish will be found;"
She said, "Sire, I'll go if you put up your bow,
And spare these creatures, leave them in peace,
You have no need..."
But her words were lost in the wind
His eyes were fixed on a queen
And all he saw was a woman
And all she was, was a dream...
Oh oh...And all he saw was a woman, and all she was,
Was a dream...
He took her and bound her with ropes tied around her
To his castle he did ride;
In the wood was a bower where stood an an old tower
And he threw her deep inside;
Then the birds left the sky and a terrible cry,
Brought thunder and lightning, and rain falling down,
Tears on the ground...
All through the days on her face he would gaze,
For she was lovely as the spring;
No words would she speak but "Leave them in peace",
And some sad lament she would sing,
Oh one day by the door, at the window he saw
A single white feather lying on the floor.
She was there no more...
Now that great lord is dying,
His cold heart is crying for the love of the girl;
For many an hour he has wept on the tower
For she meant more than the world;
And once in the sky, a white bird flew by,
He lifted his hands, he cried out in pain
"Come back again..."
But his words were lost in the wind,
His castle was built upon sand,
And all he has is a memory,
And all he yearns is her hand...
Ah ah ... all he has is the memory,
And all he yearns is her hand.
Christopher John Davison was born in Venado Tuerto (Las Magnolias), Argentina,
on 15th October 1948 - nineteen months after the birth of his brother Richard.
The son of a British diplomat (Charles Davison) and an Irish secretary (Maeve Davison)
grew up in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire.
When he was twelve his family settled in Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford, Ireland where his
parents bought a tremendous castle (Bargy Castle) which was built in the 12th century.
Bargy Castle was converted into a hotel where Chris did his first "performances" -
for the guests, when they sat down to dinner in the evenings.
Chris was educated at Marlborough College, England, and graduated at the famous
Trinity College, Dublin, with a degree in English, French and History.
During the time at University Chris played his songs in Dublin hairdresser's and
hamburger restaurants (for 2 Dollars a night, a hamburger and "as much wine as he could drink").
In 1974 Chris finally got a recording contract with A & M records.
The debut album "Far Beyond These Castle Walls" was released in 1975.
To everyone's surprise the single "Turning Round" (renamed "Flying") went to No. 1 in Brazil -
it had sold over 500.000 copies!
The road to success all over the world was extremely hard for Chris. It took the
singer/songwriter about 10 years (which included some humiliating experiences) to become
a world - wide star as he is today.
Chris de Burgh's most famous songs "Don't Pay The Ferryman" (1982), "High On Emotion" (1984)
and especially the ever-green "Lady In Red" (1986) are products of a wearisome process which
required an admiring endurance.
"Chris de Burgh's career has blossomed, but has yet, not reached its full potential..."

[@patricialogan5933]

One of the most beautiful songs ever written

[@realjulien5194]

Une chanson magique ! From Montréal Canada !

[@ilovemydog6847]

I absolutely love this song. It always gets me in the feels. Chris de Burgh Is hands down one of the greatest yet underrated singer songwriters ever yet most people hadn’t even heard of him before his 1986 number one smash hit Lady in Red dedicated to his wife Diane, yet he had been on the music scene for over a decade before that. This song is from his 1975 album Spanish Train and Other Stories which includes the Christmas favourite A Spaceman Came Travelling. This is brilliant album and an absolute master class of amazing song writing. It is just the perfect show case of just what a fantastic musician and singer songwriter Chris de Burgh is and just how versatile as all the songs are completely different yet all truly beautiful. Do yourself a favour. Buy the album. Enjoy it. I promise you you will 😊❤️

[@markgradwell4987]

So beautiful and haunting. Brings emotions I forgot i had.

[@tuckers02]

I love this song. One of the best. Too bad it didn't get the recognition it deserves. And shame on the 4 people that keep going through hitting the dislike button on every video. Get a life.

[@jdlovesmusic32]

So true tuckers02. I also feel that Chris de Burgh has never received the recognition he deserves for his beautiful songs with the stories and the singing. Especially when today in 2021.... we see these so called "pop" stars dishing out garbage and they are making a killing hand over fist.

[@norwegianzound]

@@jdlovesmusic32 ....his later albums were very ropey. He sullied his reputation with that stuff. He should have stopped in the early 1990s.

[@jdlovesmusic32]

This song is so beautiful that it makes me cry. There are not many songs that I find so touching. I thank my Dad for introducing Chris de Burgh's music to me when I was young child. I love his songs! So beautiful! :)

[@miltonkwakye1608]

This is very good songs when it comes to country music chris de burgh is the best

[@norwegianzound]

This one really gets me in the elbows.

[@rekkof1]

There is always a story to Chris de Burg's music

[@NaturesAdmiral]

I'm 16 and i'm in the exact same boat, he's my all time top artist

[@bobdickweed]

Chris lives just down the road from me in wexford, Ireland,,,this has to be the best song for a broken heart,,,,,,Big Country - Chance,,, comes second

[@stevevegetable]

i grew up listening to chris de burgh and i agree with you he is a great singer song writer.dissed by far to many who obviously lack the romantisism in there lives.

[@donkennedy8311]

fantastic don't ya think should be more like him

[@Kozabashia]

A lot of my friends and relatives love his music, especialy my grandma and she is 89, i gues all great artist's are loved and apreciated for giving us music to live by.

[@XxMissStarlightxX]

im 15 too and i think he is absolutely amazing!!

[@progtoeternity]

Harriet Martin keep looking around for those remarkable songs that survive time

[@azzorroww]

Story and song Spanish train and Crusader are just master works by Chris.

[@Kozabashia]

He is a great Artist, i'm glad you like him.

[@santinoantonio]

A song dense in poetry. A great singer. Well done!

[@lesleycarter8233]

Beautiful song writer Thank you

[@liamcusack4340]

Probably the first album I listened to properly as a child

[@manxie1967]

My favourite song by him. I loved it the first time I heard it over 20 years ago.

[@lizdoyle7158]

we love this beautiful Chris song lovely words n the melody is brilliant one of his best in the song he takes you on a journey a love story fabulous song we always enjoy listening Liz n Patrick 2015

[@sharonallison9922]

I HAVE ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LYRICS....😇🙏🐦💖😢😢😢

[@westcoastbeez8848]

❤

[@izjustagirl]

Great job! I adore this song.

[@holz1465]

totally love this...classic Chris xx

[@transmissionends64]

Brilliant song from the master storyteller. Great video too! Thanks for uploading.

[@Kozabashia]

It's one of my favourite's! great story teller de Burgh.

[@revitalise7479]

Love this from my favourite singer, going to do a cover of this in the near future!

[@bmcglyb]

beautiful song, I can remember the first time I heard it. One of those songs you can picture in your head.

[@Talwyn22]

Thanks for uploading this :) This has been a favourite song of mine for over 30 years and the clip is lovely. Well done :)

[@MrPeter1969]

Brilliant one of his best.

[@sandragrobbelaar4576]

one of world best singers can not what till he is in south africa again

[@fetch53]

music is love and life .

[@tonydierden8838]

the tower lovely song first heard it along time ago of spanish train lp

[@transmissionends64]

Listen to the nightingale off Chris' new album Moonfleet (it's on youtube). It has echoes of medievil times just like this masterpiece.

[@MegaRoute66]

i live bassicaly nxt door to where he grew up lol i live right on the cross about a 2 min walk away from bargy castle and the castle is still standing :)

[@paulallen3182]

I played this the night that my albino parakeet died and I still play it every year on the anniversary date of her death. may seem a bit silly to some but music lyrics are open to individual interpretation "a single white feather was lying on the floor, she was there no more"

[@sharonallison9922]

THAT'S VERY SAD PAUL....SORRY SWEETIE.....😢😢😢😢😇🙏💖

[@esik05]

Great video.Fantastic song.

[@badams9854]

Beautiful video.

[@Phiyedough]

I have no respect for people who derive pleasure from killing.

[@demondave360]

Thanks for posting this !! I love this song and your video complements it just right !!! BTW who is the woman in the video?

[@ionasmeewow]

Oh gods erm woooooot

[@manuelpedropinto857]

Only he saw was a woman, only she was was a dream...

[@sharonallison9922]

😢😢😇🙏💖

[@TheTimothydragon]

@demondave360 the women in the song is nature and how we are killing it .but i do not know ho it is in the video

[@stevebodkin]

Can you make this available through you tube on PS3?

[@annekebattenhaussen6535]

❤