The Deader - Two Gallants
So now let me tell you about this girl of mine
Hard like all men's dreams in the days of '49
I turn hollow no me more swallow
Fast only she breaks
But distance keeps her miles or meters
What difference does it make
'Cause here they come again to repossess my dreams
Child don't play yourself things are never what they seem
A bridge a river a pale moon sliver city shines
So bright
But to my despair I return where they sleep out
Every night
But the girl I love is oh so oh so
Far away
And I wonder can she hear me as I go
Through my day
Oh now the ragin' sea she laps upon my door
I'll round a thousand horns just to drown upon her
Shore
Blood red roses go down moses oh billowin' sails
Those so weak willed guts all sea filled throw them
O'er the rails
Boys slacken up the jib and sing a hearty song
We've been driftin' driftin' for far too long
I take no care me I'm so bare breasted on
The bow
Scabbed and weathered skin of leather who's the deader now
But the girl I love is oh so oh so
Far away
And I wonder can she hear me as I go
Through my day
It's so long lady angel I guess I'll say goodbye
But I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
Wash up on her coast not a nickel to my
Name
Sold my sold my sold my gold watch and chain
Enough to hire a band of lyres to march me
On my way
Through hills and valleys streets and alleys up to her
Open gates
But the girl I love is oh so oh so
Far away
And I wonder can she hear me as I go
Through my day
It's so long lady angel I guess I'll say goodbye
But I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
Cock crow in the morning heard it loud and clear
Asked her for to marry she answer with a tear
Boy you have my heart and I know you always
Will
But that ain't enough to hold me 'cause love don't
Pay the bills
I turned away in shame for all my days in
Vain
Guess I'll just drag on no one loves you till
You're gone
Let the river be my guide let the desert be
My bride
Till my heart turns to steel till I no longer
Feel
But the girl I love is oh so oh so
Far away
And I wonder can she hear me as I go
Through my day
It's so long lady angel I guess I'll say goodbye
But I do believe I'm aging right before your eyes
