Risk - Judy Collins
Time slips by in the hourglass
You can hear your name
Sand slides through
The stranger's hand
As he deals the game
All the candles are burning low
No more cradles and
No more snow
Bet your life on a lucky roll
Play your queen
You could win your soul
Stakes are high you can live or die
To risk everything
In your goblet the wine is black
As a moonless night
Wet your lips before you kiss
The blazing light
Bets are off but
The game is on
Drop the armor
You counted on
All your armies are
Fled and gone
Win your king
You can play your pawn
Take your time
You have just begun
To risk everything
Catch your tears
In a golden sieve
Don't regret what
You did to live
Don't forget that
You must forgive
To risk everything
Through the window
You see the storm
That is gathering
Painted gypsies
On dappled horses
Are galloping
Through the tree
In the howling wind
Down the hills to the river bend
Shadow ghosts that
Are blind as night
Shrieking curses
Against the night
Daring you to come
Join their flight
And risk everything
Catch your tears
In a golden sieve
Don't regret what
You did to live
Don't forget that
You must forgive
To risk everything
There is nothing
To hold you now
To your fault or mine
Fallen idols and martyred souls
Are the only kind
Feet of clay in the emerald skies
Birds of prey when the dreamer dies
Perfect crosses perfect your lies
Burning saints in the flaming skies
Bet your life every promise dies
All that's left for you
To try is risking everything
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
Don't regret what you did to live
Don't forget that you must forgive
To risk everything
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
Don't regret what you did to live
Don't forget that you must forgive
To risk everything
Time slips by in the hourglass
You can hear your name
Sand slides through the stranger's hand
As he deals the game
All the candles are burning low
No more cradles and no more snow
Bet your life on a lucky roll
Play your queen
You could win your soul
Stakes are high you can live or die
To risk everything
Catch your tears in a golden sieve
Don't regret what you did to live
Don't forget that you must forgive
To risk everything
