Percy’s Song Fairport Convention

[Verse 1]
Bad news, bad news, come to me where I sleep
Turn, turn, turn again
Saying, "one of your friends is in trouble deep."
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

[Verse 2]
"Tell me the trouble, tell me once to my ear"
Turn, turn, turn again
"Joliet prison and ninety-nine years"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

[Verse 3]
"Oh, what's the charge of how this came to be"
Turn, turn, turn again
"Manslaughter in the highest degree"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

[Verse 4]
I sat down and wrote the best words I could write
Turn, turn, turn again
Explaining to the judge, "I'll be there on Wednesday night"
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind

[Verse 5]
Without a reply, I left by the moon
Turn, turn, turn again
And was in his chambers by the next afternoon
Turn, turn to the rain and the wind