Carpet of the Sun

Check out this video from 1977 of Renaissance performing Carpet of the Sun. The lyrics were penned by a reclusive poet from Cornwall named Betty Thatcher-Newsinger. The song was originally released on the Ashes are Burning album in 1973. The lead singer, Annie Haslam, has a five octave range to her voice and the best description I can give it is the word angelic. Even with the technology back in 1977 her voice sounds great in the video.

Lyrics are below the video as well as an additional video of an unplugged version of the same song. For those that might think she is lip synching in the electric version, her voice doesn't change one iota in the unplugged version. If anything it's better because it's unplugged. It's just a pure voice, period.

There's a story that during a performance a fan yelled out, "I love you Annie!" Without missing a beat she responded, "You haven't seen me in the morning."


Come along with me
Down into the world of seeing
Come and you'll be free
Take the time to find the feeling
See everything on its own
And you'll find you know the way
And you'll know the things you're shown
Owe everything to the day

[Chorus:]
See the carpet of the sun
The green grass soft and sweet
Sands upon the shores of time
Of oceans mountains deep
Part of the world that you live in
You are the part that you're giving

Come into the day
Feel the sunshine warmth around you
Sounds from far away
Music of the love that found you
The seed that you plant today
Tomorrow will be a tree
And living goes on this way
It's all part of you and me

[Chorus 2x]

See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun
See the carpet of the sun