Frank performed “Golden Mirror” on Episode 37 of “My Kind of Folk,” BBC Radio 1, November 13, 1968.
A recording of the show, which also featured guitarist Chris Hardy and a cappella group The Young Tradition, was recovered by an audiologist and released online. “Golden Mirror” appears on the album...
[Chorus]
Sleeping in the velvet
Of the golden mirror shine
I am mine
Most of the time (la dada da da)
[Verse]
So I sailed my ship of dreams
Somewhere else at sea
And I aimed at her on an ocean
A frivol silver scheme
Impossible promises
To the live machine
I found a safe harbor
To find me a home
To raise a family
And oh God!
Even my children will probably
Grow up wrong
Somehow I have forgotten the ways
Of flying back to you again
'Cause I searched the sky along the ways
And I catch the last London train
I see the wolves upon the snow
And the beaches at low tide
I've been to France and offered thanks
'Cause on my own two feet I died
I slept by your naked body
My mind all on the sea
And I touched your lips of violet
And your hair of barbery
Oh what the hell is wrong with me?
[Chorus]
Sleeping in the velvet
Of the golden mirror shine
I am mine
Most of the time
Golden Mirror was written by Jackson C. Frank.
Golden Mirror was produced by BBC Radio.
Jackson C. Frank released Golden Mirror on Wed Nov 13 1968.