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Band of Shysters
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The Girl From the North
Well I courted her far and I courted her near I courted her long and I courted her dear On the beaches I courted her, on the fields and the streets In the hills and I never surrendered And for the wage of me courtin' me young heart was spear'd T'wasn't long in this world 'ere my laughter disappeared in the sunrise, the night had been chill of the cold and the dark I indeed had me fill for a love that all poets, they say must endure for a love that was sentenced to death, but for sure
Although she's gone away you know I can still feel the warmth of the back of her hand on my lips And the way she would tilt her head sweetens my dreams And in featherbound pages my heart keeps the girl from the north
But to say that your wisdom had failed would be false In the end it was all as it should by rights be In the end time still wasn't quite right yet for me In a world that I hardly did know So I started to experiment on meself to find out just where it was that the gods Came in for a moment and lit up the sky But to no avail for my love refused to die For despite my best efforts her witches blood had 更多更詳盡歌詞 在 ※ Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網 taken my young heart -- and claimed it for her own
And for sure although she's gone away I still feel the warmth of the back of her hand on dry lips and her smile when her arms to a newborn she yields And in featherbound pages still sleeps the girl from the north
Well, for a while I went down deep into the abyss And emerged knowing less than I did when I missed So once more I did wander these streets I know well So I might lie and die in sight of gods and men Well I took up me Prince, filled her up with Old Dublin And I pondered me past and me future but Pub in which I was would stop me from grieving no more I heard Johnny and Bob singing of snowflake storms With just two or three chords would my angst dissipate Some would call it coincidence, I called it fate
And although she's away I know she'll come around For the warmth of my arms, running right back to town In the end she will crown me her king In the end I will certainly sing with the girl from the north
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