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In ages past when spells were cast

In a time of men and steel

Where a man was taught no special thing

It was all done by feel

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Hear the song of lovely Joan

Her sound so sweet and clear

In the courtroom of the King

Among dukedom and the peers

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn

On the foaming beach of the ocean, in the day of trouble

I shall be of more service to thee than three hundred salmon...

The hare he bounds across the page

Past castles white and fair

To dreaming chessmen on their boards

Where the fool's mate is a snare

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Three times I have been born, I know through meditation...

The bird he flies the distance

From pages two to six

Past minstrels in their boxes

To the waters of the snakes

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

Don't take the pictures lightly

Listen to their sound

For from their coloured feeling

Experience is found

So listen, so learn, so read on

You gotta turn the page, read the book of Taliesyn

All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast

For I know what has been, what is now

And what hereafter will occur...