Rollercoaster - Maddy Prior

Singing for supper round the world

I’ve laughed in the afternoon

I have danced after the pubs have closed

By the bandstand under the moon

I’ve been drunk and I’ve been sober

I’ve been happy and I’ve been sad

But there never was a tour

Like the one we just had

And the roller coaster rolls round

We all know it’s slow going up

But just watch how fast it comes down

Junk food after mid-night

Hotel breakfast no champagne

Coffee quiet moments

And manic backstage games

Flying high on a good night

Racing down the aisles

With the surge of sound and power

Reflecting wicked smiles

And the roller coaster rolls round

We all know it’s slow going up

But just watch how fast it comes down

And I head an old lady

With a ghost of a voice

Singing time worn songs

Learnt in childhood

They are graceful heroic songs

In a style out of time

Sung in the only way she knows she could

And they come up fresh as morning dew

But there gems will last

To sparkle in the dark

A magic lantern of the past

And the roller coaster rolls round

We all know it’s slow going up

But just watch how fast it comes down