Uriah Heep - Tales (2017 Remaster) (Official Audio)

Official audio for 'Tales' by Uriah Heep.

Taken from their 1972 album 'The Magician's Birthday'. Artwork by Roger Dean.

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LYRICS:
We told our tales as we sat under
Morning's sleepy sky
With all the colours of the sunrise
Shining in our eyes

One, then another, with a story of yesterday's lives
Or of a lover who had gone in a
Moment of strife

No thought of sleep ever dwells upon
The wise man's mind
Some task or audience stealing every
Moment of his time

Thus we have learned to live
While mortal men stand waiting to die
How can we do what must be done in
Just one short life

And if you ask, then you must know
If you still doubt, you should be told
It was not we that made it so
It was by those who went before

And there you sit, tomorrow's child
So full of love, so full of life
But you must rise to meet the day
Lest you become another tale

#UriahHeep #Tales #TheMagiciansBirthday

[alexandrprokopenko]

the most underrated ballad of all times/

[vaneipontes]

Mr. David Byron Rip
Mr. Lee Kerslake Rip
Mr. Ken Kensley Rip
Mr. Gary Thain Rip
Mr. Mick Box Long Live ⚡🔥🎸🤜🤛💪👊🤘😎
What a Band What a Álbum Criminally Underrated

[daveapple]

My brother gave me this album for Christmas 1972...one month after its release. It is still one of my favorite albums of all time.

[JohnRivas-bn]

another ken hensley masterpiece. i saw this band many times in the 70's RIP mr hensley

[JanGustavsen-icln]

Their best album, and perhaps this is their best song, even sunrise and rain are masterpieces.

[johnwildman]

Still listening in 2024, 52 years later. I was 17 when this came out.

[yopage]

This is my favorite song from the album. So dark but cool. At this point, Heep could do no wrong.

[stevebouras]

This is such a treasure song for then now n forever hats off to cteative sources of that era❤

[xiropigado]

What a fantastic song, such a talented group.

[비정한세상]

Tales

We told our tales as we sat under Morning's sleepy sky
With all the colours of the sunrise Shining in our eyes.

One, then another, with a story of yesterday's lives
Or of a lover who had gone in a Moment of strife.

No thought of sleep ever dwells upon The wise man's mind
Some task or audience stealing every Moment of his time.

Thus we have learned to live
While mortal men stand waiting to die.
How can we do what must be done in Just one short life.

And if you ask, then you must know.
If you still doubt, you should be told.
It was not we that made it so.
It was by those who went before.

And there you sit, tomorrow's child
So full of love, so full of life
But you must rise to meet the day
Lest you become another tale

[pentagrammaton]

My favourite album, by miles. Genius.

[emanuelaburo]

I discovered Uriah Heep during a toxic relationship... Their songs will always be the soundtrack to all the dreams and illusions I believed in. It seems like David Byron's tormented soul has cursed me 😥 These are beautiful songs but also very dark, they take you into a haunted world.

[donvincentwalters]

And there you sit
Tomorrow’s child
so full of love
so full of life but you must rise to meet the day
lest you become another tale

[i_am_ironman]

Listening to this masterpiece before writing my microprocessors exam🇯🇴🇯🇴

[danielcase]

This song going down in history. They came to be way before there time. :]

[DavidGarrick]

The song number one for me from MB album !!!

[stevebouras]

Listening to this trippin n became a favorite ever since great Halloween tune❤

[Islamkbabd]

What a Band What a Álbum Criminally Underrated!

[ИгорьКурикша]

I began to listen rock music from this album, recorded on open reel magnetic tape... I was 10 y.o. in 1972...

[stevebouras]

First hearing this back then on psychedelics was mind blowing my favorite song from Magician loved it then still dig it today Ultra cool