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Artist: Cream
Track: Tales of Brave Ulysses

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You thought the leaden winter
Would bring you down forever
But you rode upon a steamer
To the violence of the sun

And the colors of the sea
Blind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches
With tales of brave Ulysses

How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you
To touch their white laced lips

And you see a girl?s brown body
Dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow
Where the sky loves the sea

And when your fingers find her
She drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples
In the tissues of your mind

The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter

Her name is Aphrodite
And she rides a crimson shell
You know you cannot leave her
For you touched the distant sands

With tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
Yeah

The tiny purple fishes
Run laughing through your fingers
You want to take her with you
To the hard land of the winter
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Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses
This song’s lyrics were not written by Cream, but by a guy named Martin Sharp. Clapton matched it to the music from a song he was already working on. The lyrics refer to Ulysses
Cream – Tales of Brave Ulysses (BBC Sessions)
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / So you traveled on a steamer to the violence of the sun / And the colors of the sea blind your eye with trembling
Trouble (Band) – Tales of Brave Ulysses
[Cream cover] / You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / And you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun / And the colors of the sea blind your eyes with
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Saxon – Tales of Brave Ulysses (Cream cover)
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun / And the colours of the sea bind your eyes with trembling
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Rotary Connection – Tales of Brave Ulysses
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down forever / But you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun / And the colours of the sea blind your eyes with trembling
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream?
“Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Cream was written by Eric Clapton & Martin Sharp.
Q:When did Cream release “Tales of Brave Ulysses [Live Cream II]”?
Cream released “Tales of Brave Ulysses [Live Cream II]” on March 2, 1972.
Q:Who wrote “Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Rotary Connection?
“Tales of Brave Ulysses” by Rotary Connection was written by Martin Sharp & Eric Clapton.
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