It was many and many a year ago In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabelle Lee And this maiden she
Seven winter's past and gone I once was young and I once was strong Shall I be, I'll be, I'll be Six fine times I've felt my knees Buckle to your sweet
Photographs of your face Against the wind, against the rain I'm gonna burn them all And bury your name All your damsels in the dark And sea-shell branches
I say to the day We'll drop down to die With fifty five falls And seventy skies And I say to the day Weigh this bag that I brang With Mayflower May And
Winter was an island, child Some of the friends you had been gone awhile It's a dark twisted line across your sea and into the wild People are looking
Lily was a maiden in the castle sea They found her in the forest Where the wild willows be Lily was a maiden in the castle sea They found her in the forest
Take her to the river, call her a river-child Take her to the forest, call her a little wild Sell her to the gypsy for a jar of metal coins Take her to
Mama, I have nothin' but cobwebs and dust in the lock Blood runs thick in the veins But I live like a fish in the water again She says soft to a fault
Gladly to your home again Forgive me to the rain It's true that I willed and wished for you Each night upon my bed Driving down your road again A winding
Mama, I have nothing but cobwebs And dust in the lock Blood runs thick in the veins But I live like a fish in the water again She says soft to a fault
Sometimes you bring me flowers A misery, it seems to me I don't want to live a day without you Haunting my memory Goodbye misery Letters on the line
Mr. John Lee knew about your family You came when I was lonesome In the fairest of the spring But I did not care for your wedding ring But I did care
If I call your name at midnight You would not be there If I call your name at midnight Oh, you would not be there You said my name so sweetly Oh, the
Without a lover Without a friend Without a savior Without a friend Without a lover Without a friend Mayflower walked away Away towards the air And if
Old love haunts me in the morning La, da da da da da da da, di Old love haunts in the evening When the remnants of pictures come alive I told you that
You were gone and I was gone And all of the flowers were dead and gone And all of the things that I had Were songs again Weaving the scent of the loss
Every night that I spend alone You don't know, you don't know me at all And in my life of a girl, of the troubles and love I'm a troubled, troubled heart
Mother, the stallions are running wild Save me your evil thoughts of mine Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind Lord, I tried my best to save
