The Vigil (The Sea) Lyrics

I have to clear your table I wipe it It's right to keep it clean So I clean Yes --- I clean Do you clean? Yes --- I clean it I have to empty ash trays So I empty them It's right t...Read Full Lyrics

There's a red leaf That falls from a purple tree It falls it floats down One red leaf against a clear blue sky It floats down Past the marbles in the clearing Beneath the geese in ...Read Full Lyrics

Will you wipe the flour from your hands And look this way? Perfect Now hold your apron by your side Perfect No, no...your hair's just fine Perfect Will you let me paint you? I'll t...Read Full Lyrics

Can you see who it might be? Tell old man to ring the bell Climb the steps up from the sea Strange and dark and very tall Can you see who it might be? Visitors - they are so few H...Read Full Lyrics

Section I (many voices overlapping): I wouldn't call it dark one spade Three spades I wouldn't call it Light either four spades pass oh Oh there go all my coins there's Someone at...Read Full Lyrics

What is this lovely Fragrance stealing, Shepherds, that fills the winter air? Never was sweetness so appealing Never were flowers of spring so fair What is this lovely Fragrance st...Read Full Lyrics

Look at me, babe, look at me Am I special or not? I love you do you love me? Am I special or not? I'm combing your words for compliments Am I special or not? I love you do you lov...Read Full Lyrics

When last I was a fisherman I'd watch the storms rise up from the sea And see it as a sign to me That the sea was still my mistress and teasing me for love When last I was a fishe...Read Full Lyrics

Stand here on the bridge with me And look down below See how high the river is From all the melting snow I think the river is laughing Like a thousand old ladies Like a thousand s...Read Full Lyrics

Sing o the wild wood, the green holly The silent river and barren tree The humble creatures that no man sees Sing O the wild wood A weary journey one winter's night No hope of she...Read Full Lyrics