Joan Baez - A Song For David

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(Words and Music by Joan Baez)

In my heart I will wait
by the stony gate
and the little one
in my arms will sleep.
Every rising of the moon
makes the years grow late
and the love in our hearts will keep.
There are friends I will make
and bonds I will break
as the seasons roll by
and we build our own sky.
In my heart I will wait
by the stony gate
and the little one
in my arms will sleep.

And the stars in your sky
are the stars in mine
and both prisoners
of this life are we.
Through the same troubled waters
we carry our time,
you and the convicts and me.
There`s a good thing to know
on the outside or in,
to answer not where
but just who I am.
Because the stars in your sky
are the stars in mine
and both prisoners
of this life are we.

And the hills that you know
will remain for you
and the little willow green
will stand firm.
The flowers that we planted
through the seasons past
will all bloom
on the day you return.
To a baby at play
all a mother can say,
he`ll return on the wind
to our hearts, and till then
I will sit and I`ll wait
by the stony gate
and the little one
`neath the trees will dance.

© 1969, 1970 Chandos Music (ASCAP)

Film and TV Credits

• Celebration at Big Sur (1971)

Remixes

Release History

1970

24 Luglio 1970 - Joan Baez All'Arena Civica Di Milano

1. Farewell, Angelina (3:36)
2. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (4:27)
3. Joe Hill (4:10)
4. A Song For David (4:55)
5. At The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
6. Suzanne (5:02)
7. C'era Un Ragazzo Che Come Me Amava I Beatles E I Rolling Stones (3:15)
8. Vagabondo
9. Sweet Sir Galahad (3:44)
10. North (2:51)
11. Where Have All The Flowers Gone (4:31)
12. Ghetto (4:31)
13. Kumbaya (3:21)

2009

How Sweet The Sound

1. Man Smart, Woman Smarter (1:60)
2. I Never Will Marry (3:02)
3. Barbara Allen (4:13)
4. Silver Dagger (2:28)
5. Fennario (3:49)
6. Oh, Freedom (3:16)
7. With God on Our Side (6:22)
8. A Song For David (4:55)
9. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:25)
10. Carry It On (3:46)
11. I Pity the Poor Immigrant (3:48)
12. Diamonds And Rust (4:49)
13. Love Song To A Stranger (3:54)
14. Day After Tomorrow (4:11)
15. Jerusalem (3:11)

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Joan Baez Profiles

1. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (3:25)
2. Sag' Mir Wo Die Blumen Sind (3:60)
3. Carry It On (3:46)
4. A Song For David (4:55)
5. Joe Hill (4:10)
6. Blessed Are (3:05)
7. Sweet Sir Galahad (3:44)
8. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (3:26)
9. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (4:27)
10. If I Were A Carpenter (2:09)
11. If I Knew (2:49)
12. Outside The Nashville City Limits (3:25)

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1982

Joan Baez Vol. 2

1. Come Allye Fair And Tendre Ladies
2. Love Minus Zero/No Limit (2:45)
3. Sweet Sir Galahad (3:44)
4. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (4:27)
5. The Wild Mountain Thyme (4:30)
6. The Lass From The Low Country (2:43)
7. Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands (11:05)
8. Plaisir D'Amour (3:12)
9. Wagoner's Lad (2:15)
10. O'Cangaceiro (2:20)
11. The Greenwood Side (7:46)
12. The 33rd of August (3:42)
13. Carry It On (3:46)
14. Let It Be (3:36)
15. Once I Knew a Pretty Girl (2:56)
16. Barbara Allen (4:13)
17. Colours (3:22)
18. The Walls Of Redwing (3:51)
19. Annabel Lee (5:03)
20. Long Black Veil (3:24)
21. Three Horses (7:03)
22. Pauvre Ruteboeuf (3:36)
23. Stewball (2:57)
24. Railroad Boy (2:31)
25. North Country Blues (4:59)
26. A Song For David (4:55)
27. Eleanor Rigby (2:20)

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1970

Live In Italy

1. Farewell, Angelina (3:36)
2. Oh, Freedom (3:16)
3. Yesterday (2:13)
4. Blowin' In The Wind (3:20)
5. There but for Fortune (3:15)
6. Kumbaya (3:21)
7. Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word (4:27)
8. Joe Hill (4:10)
9. A Song For David (4:55)
10. At The Brand New Tennessee Waltz
11. A City Called Heaven (2:07)
12. Saigon Bridge (4:32)
13. C'era Un Ragazzo Che Come Me Amara I Beatles E I Rolling Stones
14. Vagabondo
15. Sweet Sir Galahad (3:44)
16. North (2:51)
17. Where Have All The Flowers Gone (4:31)
18. Ghetto (4:31)
19. Suzanne (5:02)
20. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (3:26)
21. God On Your Side
22. (We Want Our) Freedom Now (4:35)
23. We Shall Overcome (4:46)
24. Dona Dona (2:52)

13 September 2005

One Day at a Time

1. Sweet Sir Galahad (3:44)
2. No Expectations (3:51)
3. Long Black Veil (3:24)
4. Ghetto (4:31)
5. Carry It On (3:46)
6. Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (2:48)
7. Seven Bridges Road (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (3:41)
8. Jolie Blonde (2:01)
9. Joe Hill (4:10)
10. A Song for David (David's Song) (4:57)
11. I Live One Day at a Time (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (3:32)
12. Sing Me Back Home (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (4:00)
13. Mama Tried (feat. Jeffrey Shurtleff) (3:08)