Paul Metsers 1983
Dutch-born Metsers moved from NZ to England in 1980, made 5 albums, and toured folk clubs extensively until 1989 when he retired from music to make wooden board games. This is from The Hurricane's Eye where he writes about it "We often run out of time to carry out the plans we?ve made.'
Melrose Quartet: https://melrosequartet.bandcamp.com/track/good-intentions
It’s one day we’ll go sailing
Just you my love and I
We’ll take us down to the waters
Where fair the waters lie
Chorus:
And then with good intentions
We’ll try our debts to pay
But the sun will swing the seasons
And ever win the day
Then one day we’ll go climbing
Get closer to the stars
And pray that those in spaceships
Will leave them as they are
Then one day we’ll start building
We’ll take what comes to hand
We’ll twine what needs entwining
And bind what needs a bandÂ