One Of These Things First Lyrics

I could have been a sailor, could have been a cook
A real live lover, could have been a book.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be
Here and now
I would be, I should be
But how?
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been your pillar, could have been your door
I could have stayed beside you, could have stayed for more.
Could have been your statue, could have been your friend,
A whole long lifetime could have been the end.
I could be yours so true
I would be, I should be through and through
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

I could have been a whistle, could have been a flute
A real live giver, could have been a boot.
I could have been a signpost, could have been a clock
As simple as a kettle, steady as a rock.
I could be even here
I would be, I should be so near
I could have been
One of these things first
I could have been
One of these things first.

Nick Drake - Fruit Tree

Dec 1991

1. Time Has Told Me
2. River Man
3. Three Hours
4. Way To Blue
5. Day Is Done
6. 'Cello Song
7. The Thoughts Of Mary Jane
8. Man In A Shed
9. Fruit Tree
10. Saturday Sun
11. Introduction
12. Hazy Jane II
13. At The Chime Of A City Clock
14. One Of These Things First
15. Hazey Jane I
16. Bryter Layter
17. Fly
18. Poor Boy
19. Northern Sky
20. Sunday
21. Pink Moon
22. Place To Be
23. Road
24. Which Will
25. Horn
26. Things Behind The Sun
27. Know
28. Parasite
29. Ride
30. Harvest Breed
31. From The Morning
32. Time Of No Reply
33. I Was Made To Love Magic
34. Joey
35. Clothes Of Sand
36. Mayfair
37. Been Smoking Too Long
38. Strange Meeting II
39. Rider On The Wheel
40. Black Eyed Dog
41. Hanging On A Star
42. Voice From The Mountain