Mercyground Lyrics

(Words written by Grandfather Lloyd Richards, 1929) There was a friend upon whom once Nature played her joke She gave him width instead of height And hands too large for chivalry A...Read Full Lyrics

Come to life my deviltry Possess this poor company Our secret be benefit Their unhappy lack of it Awaken my trusting friend My undisturbed reflection So fluid yo...Read Full Lyrics

How carelessly the bound daylight caresses Oblivious to wandering eyes extinguished Free me reckless with the night Elusive scenes enkindled burst to fire Where splendor casts umbr...Read Full Lyrics

I woke up tired, I woke up down on my knees tonight My eyes were wet and I felt so dead inside A grieving fragment of myself, distorted memory Choking tears as I slam the door agai...Read Full Lyrics

Come the tides We hear tell of a mortal season Fed rife with rhyme and reason Tained with despair Kill-darkened skies Painted black, so black with misery Raining down with the imp...Read Full Lyrics

There was a gentle angler who was angling in the sea With heart as cold as only heart untaught of love can be When suddenly the waters rushed and swelled and up there sprang A humi...Read Full Lyrics

Another night down on the catherine wheel Drawn into a corner A symphony of resounding shrieks in my head I court a sure, sudden death But give no quarter A paper soul tears the he...Read Full Lyrics

(written by Thomas campion; 1600) When to her lute Corinna sings Her voice revives the leaden strings And doth on highest note appeare As any challeng'd echo cleare But when she do...Read Full Lyrics

(traditional ballad circa 1400) The wind doth howl today m'love And a winter's worth of rain I never had but one true love In cold grave she was lain Oh I adored my sweetest love A...Read Full Lyrics

A thousand dreamers crept as one Journey'd by the colder sun Knocked at the chamber's gate Yet this sleeper does not wake In the oracle overhung With careless whispers, ivystung Th...Read Full Lyrics