Douglas Traherne Harding The Incredible String Band

When I was born I had no head
My eye was single and my body was filled with light
And the light that I was was the light that I saw by
And the light that I saw by was the light that I was

One light, light that is one though the lamps be many

And many's the time that I've crossed by the river
And I saw no tollman and I needed no ferryman to cross
And I enjoyed the world aright
For the sea itself floweth
And warm I was and crowned

But one day walking towards the river
I saw a tollman with an angry face
And many's the time I passed his tollgate
And paid no silver and paid no fee
But rather I did hide my sheep and goats under the bags of oatmeal
And cold I was, no crown did I wear

But if you're walking down the street
Why don't you look down to the basement
For sitting very quietly there is a man who has no head
His eye is single and his whole body also is filled with light

One light, light that is one though the lamps be many