Sandy Denny - Listen, Listen

Listen, Listen was written and recorded by Sandy Denny.
This song was released on Sandy's second solo album "Sandy" in 1972 and as a single with the B-side Tomorrow Is a Long Time. Radio One DJ Tony Blackburn picked "Listen, Listen" as his single of the week in September 1972. The song was also included on "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?", The Best of Sandy Denny and No More Sad Refrains. Sandy sang this song in French, entitled Écoute, Écoute which was planned as a single release, but it never materialised. The French version can be found on The Attic Tracks and on the anthology "A Boxful of Treasures", and is a bonus track on the reissue of "Sandy", in 2005.
LYRICS
The young man rose, his pretty face,
All for to feel the salty spray.
When storms are mustering, they say,
I'll come and take you all away.
I am a traveller by trade,
I only have what I have made.
A fortune teller too they say,
And I can take you all away.
Listen, Listen to him do.
He is the one who is for you.
Listen, they say,
He'll come and take us all away.
And over there the young man stayed,
Upon on the rocks so rough and grey.
Watching the boy, watching the day,
Thinking of how he came to be.
A young man he, he is so real,
And never more to go astray.
He is of value now they say,
And he can take himself away.
Listen, Listen to him do.
He is the one who is for you.
Listen, they say,
He'll come and take us all away.
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Produced by Trevor Lucas.
Sandy Denny - guitar, piano, vocals.
Richard Thompson - guitar, mandolin, vocals.
Dave Swarbrick - violin.
"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow - pedal steel guitar.
John "Rabbit" Bundrick - organ, keyboards, piano.
Timi Donald - drums.
Linda Thompson - vocals.
Harry Robinson - string arrangement.