the lady of the night |
|
Oh
the moon hangs down |
Like
some old evening gown |
Forgotten
by some lovely southern maiden |
|
Oh
the stars are her tears |
And
the sky a skin of years |
That
she has most graciously given |
|
Now
who am I |
To
think that she might bat an eye |
At
my heart that lay so dangerously open |
|
'Neath
the sweet magnolia tree |
The
world's a fragrant memory |
And
the lady of the night has finally spoken |
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CHORUS: |
She
cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows |
And
you drift from place to place and you never know |
Well
is it here that I will stay? |
Child,
you must be on your way |
For
you are now, but you know nothing of your sorrow |
|
So
I hover in the breath |
Between
the birthday and the death |
And
the hummingbird, he hovers o're the flower |
|
Though
the end is just a guest |
From
one moment to the next |
I
keep thinking there will be a final hour |
|
She
cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows |
And
you drift from place to place and you never know |
Well
is it here that I will stay? |
Child,
you must be on your way |
For
you are now, but you know nothing of tomorrow |
|
She
cries, oh, you are a leaf that the wind blows |
And
you drift from place to place and you never know |
Well
is it here that I will stay? |
Child,
you must be on your way |