Moira’s Hand

Lyrics

Do you have faith, then you will survive The times of happiness, times of joy With that rainbow around your skyline you can get by But in times of grieve or in times of pain Just let the Mackintosh round your shoulders, take the strain Introducing Moira's hand Seated at the grand piano Part of Alexander's band Who are world-renowned for getting on with the song She ran away from home they say She wanted to get into ragtime Now with dreams of yesterday She's sometimes happy, though very often she cried But she has faith and she will survive The times of happiness, times of joy With that rainbow around, she's sure to get by And through the times of grieve, or in times of pain She lets the Mackintosh round her shoulders, take the strain With gun and a holster in his palm Tex sits down to eat his dinner He digs the music from the band But he's not been known to sing along with their song Oh he's a lonely, lonely man He sits alone when he eats his dinner Once was Moira's right-hand man But now he dreams of only yesterday's joy Undisputed point of fact Tex was never born a winner Moira's never coming back Now she's known a good band She's playing it in a good song Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha And time may come when time will show Who gets sweet Moira's hand in marriage With sadness, Tex must bear this blow So let's close the show Say sad goodbye to the song