In the shadow of the moon She danced in the starlight Whispering a haunting tune To the night Velvet skirts spun 'round and 'round Fire in her stare
Dancing to the feel of the drum Leave this world behind We'll have a drink and toast to ourselves Under a Violet Moon Tudor Rose with her hair in curls
Paint me your picture and hang it on the wall Color it darkly, the lines will start to crawl Down, down, down, spin me around and around Draw me away
Solitaire with a song in her heart But what a sad song to sing Turned her back on all that she knew In the hopes of a golden ring And the rains came
Oh, to my dearest ruler and lord Merciful husband Nobelest of king... Your heart of gold has long since tarnished In my champer What will the morning
To the days of Avalon Where magic rules as king The moon beneath the castle walls As the nightingale sings... The golden bird He gave to me What happiness
There are shadows in the sky, dancing in the air Calling to my heart, saying, "If you dare Running fast, we're running far Trying to catch the morning
Twisting turning The winds are burning Leaving me without a name How will we ever find our way... Snow was falling I could hear the frightened calling
Past time with good company I love and shall until I die Grutch who lust but none deny So God be pleased, thus live will I For my pastance Hunt, sing
Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenched to the bone. If
I saw three ships a sailin' in from across the sea Strangers ne'er were welcome but for curiosity But come they did and when they did, ready they did
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I wandered down the pathway, through the misty moor Like I knew he did a thousand times before Voices seem to echo "Come talk with me a while Just around
On a long road, miles to go It's winding and cold and it's covered with snow But I ask you what we all want to know Where are we going from here? Lines
A featherbed to rest my head On roses would I lay A full moon would glow every night And summer would be every day We'd dance and sing all afternoon
A timeless and forgotten place The moon and sun in endless chase Each in quiet surrender While the other reigns the sky The midnight hour begins to laugh
They say that it's always darkest right before the dawn They say that I must be strong just to carry on But they don't know that I would wait my whole
The past is so familiar But that's why you couldn't stay Too many ghosts, too many haunted dreams Beside you were built to find your own way But after