Mick Wills - She Looked Down (lyrics) UK, 1988 - Video
PUBLISHED:  Mar 16, 2014
DESCRIPTION:
Lyrics:
SHE LOOKED DOWN FROM HIGH ON THE HILLSIDE
SAW THEY WERE CHANGING THE VALLEY BELOW
SHE LOOKED DOWN AND SAW HE WAS LEAVING
WATCHED AS THE AUTUMN GAVE WAY TO THE SNOW.

OH NO IS IT HERE SO SOON
THAT TIME HAS IT COME SO FAST.
OH YES AND IT BRINGS NEW LIFE
THE SEED WHICH DIVIDES OUR PAST

SHE LOOKED DOWN AND CRIED FOR THE PEOPLE
TEARS TO THE RIVER THAT FLOWS SLOW AND WIDE.
SHE LOOKED DOWN ON TIMES CONFLAGRATION
WATCHED AS THE FURNACE RETURNED TO A SPARK.

OH NO IS IT HERE SO SOON
THAT TIME WHEN THE HEART GROWS COLD.
OH YES it Corrects All Faults
YOU'LL KNOW IT WHEN YOU GET OLD.

SHE LOOKED DOWN ON FIELDS FULL OF CHILDREN
CHURCH IN THE DISTANCE THE BOY ON THE PLOW.
SHE LOOKED DOWN ON MEN BUILDING HOUSES
FACTORY CHIMNEYS NOW CRASHED TO THE GROUND.

OH NO IS IT HERE SO SOON
THAT TIME THAT DESTROYS ELSE.
OH YES AND IT'S COME TOO CLOSE
TO STOP WITH YOUR WARNING BELLS.

SHE LOOKED DOWN IN SILENT ACCEPTANCE
SAW THEY WERE MAKING THEIR WAY UP THE HILL.
SHE LOOKED DOWN UNABLE TO OFFER THE WORD OF DISSENSION
THEY DO WHAT THEY WILL.

OH NO IS IT HERE SO SOON
THAT HAND WITH THE ICE COLD TOUCH.
OH YES AND IT'S WHAT MUST BE
ME THINK WE PROGRESS TOO MUCH.

SHE LOOKED DOWN FROM HIGH ON THE HILLSIDE
SAW THEY WERE CHANGING THE VALLEY BELOW.
SHE LOOKED DOWN AND SAW HE WAS LEAVING
WATCHED AS THE AUTUMN GAVE WAY TO THE SNOW.

It's "She Looked Down" by Mick Mills from the album " Fern Hill",
originally released at Woronzow Records in 1988. However this track can be found only the reissue in 1999, by the label "Acme".
http://www.mtv.com/artists/mick-wills/discography/671421/

The song also appears on http://www.discogs.com/Various-Woronzoid/release/2058776

Tracklist:
1 Fern Hill /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills
2 The Storm /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills
3 Put Down /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills, Acoustic Guitar, Bass -- Nick Saloman Blues Harp -- Cyke Bancroft Vocals -- Jenny Brown
4 Jam #3 - Extracted Decibia /Bass -- Dominic Colletti Drums -- Martin Crowley Guitar -- Mick Wills Organ -- Graham Cumming Saxophone -- Cyke Bancroft
5 Waterbird /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills
6 Saxifrage /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills, Nick Saloman Bongos -- Mick Donovan Saxophone -- Cyke Bancroft Xylophone -- Graham Cumming
7 Sleepless Night /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills Dulcimer, Bass, Drums -- Nick Saloman Saxophone -- Cyke Bancroft
8 Lullabye /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills, Nick Saloman
9 Rememberance /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills Bass -- Nick Saloman Vocals -- Jenny Brown
10 Waltz /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills (2), Nick Saloman
11 Spacewalk /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills (2) Organ -- Nick Saloman
12 Phases Of The Moon /Acoustic Guitar -- Mick Wills [1999 Reissue Only]
13 She Looked Down [1999 Reissue Only]

Line-up on "She looked down":
Jenny Brown - Vocals
Mick Wills - Acoustic Guitar
Nick Saloman - also known as Bevis Frond - Lead Electric Guitar, Bass, Drums

Musicians on the album:
-- Mick Wills: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar
-- Nick Saloman: Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Organ, Dulcimer
-- Cyke Bancroft: Blues Harp, Saxophone
-- Mick Donovan: Bongos(tracks: 6)
-- Martin Crowley: Drums(tracks: 4)
-- Graham Cumming: Organ, Xylophone
-- Jenny Brown: Vocals (tracks: 3, 9, 13)

Genre:
British Folk-Rock
British Folk
Neo-Psychedelia

Albums:
"Fern Hill", 2 versions:

-- LP, Album - Label: Woronzow (UK) , year: 1988
‎ -- CD, Album, RE - Label: Acme (UK) , year: 1999

"The Magic Garden", 2 versions, year - 1996
Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Links:
http://www.discogs.com/artist/1113409-Mick-Wills-2
http://www.discogs.com/Mick-Wills-Fern-Hill/release/2058982
http://www.discogs.com/artist/290152-Nick-Saloman
http://www.allmusic.com/album/fern-hill-mw0001199438

From the Review by Thom Jurek (Allmusic)
Guitarist and songwriter Mick Wills is a close pal of Bevis Frond frontman Nick Saloman. Wills and Saloman played and recorded together in a band called the Parthenogenetick Brotherhood of Woronzow.
The finest track on the disc is its closer, "She Looked Down," with vocals by Jenny Brown. It's a lengthy tune, with Saloman playing lead electric guitar, bass, and drums. Wills' folk styles are so fluid, so silvery and knotty he's like Richard Thompson or Martin Carthy ...The lyrics are simply adapted from old world folk songs, like something out of Steeleye Span or Fairport Convention in their true neo-traditionalist period.

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