Un Canadien Errant (A wandering Canadian,). Banni de ses foyers, (banned from his hearths,). Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying). Des pays etrangers. (in foreign lands.).
I set out one night. When the tide was low. There were signs in the sky. But I did not know. I'd be caught in the grip. Of the undertow. Ditched on a beach.
From bitter searching of the heart,. Quickened with passion and with pain. We rise to play a greater part.. This is the faith from which we start:. Men shall know commonwealth again.
Well, my friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in the places where I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the Tower of Song.
As the mist leaves no scar. On the dark green hill. So my body leaves no scar. On you and never will. Through windows in the dark. The children come, the children go.
There is a war between the rich and poor,. A war between the man and the woman.. There is a war between the ones who say there is a war. And the ones who say there isn't..
[Dedicated to A. M. Klein (1909-1972)]. . Hurt once and for all into silence.. A long pain ending without a song to prove it.. Who could stand beside you so close to Eden,.
Sometimes I find I get to. Thinking of the past. We swore to each other then. Our love would surely last. . You kept right on loving. I went on a fast.
Now the Swan it floated on the English river. Ah the Rose of High Romance it opened wide. A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summer. And the judges watched us from the other side.
Why do you stand by the window. Abandoned to beauty and pride. The thorn of the night in your bosom. The spear of the age in your side. Lost in the rages of fragrance.
When it all went down. And the pain came through. I get it now. I was there for you. Don't ask me how. I know it's true. I get it now. I was there for you.
I've never seen your eyes so wide. I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied. Elsewhere is your feast of love. I know where long ago we agreed to keep it light.
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers. Who said they were through with dealing. Every time you gave them shelter. I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of anyone.
Un Canadien Errant (A wandering Canadian,). Banni de ses foyers, (banned from his hearths,). Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying). Des pays etrangers. (in foreign lands.).
I finally broke into the prison,. I found my place in the chain.. Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows,. All the brave young men. They're waiting now to see a signal.
When they poured across the border. I was cautioned to surrender. This I could not do. I took my gun and vanished.. . I have changed my name so often.
And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight. I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right. But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor.
Don't really know who sent me. To raise my voice and say. May the lights in The Land of Plenty. Shine on the truth some day.. . I don't know why I come here,.
How many times did you call me. And I knew it was late. I left everybody. But I never went straight. I don't claim to be guilty. But I do understand. There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand.
You never liked to get. The letters that I sent.. But now you've got the gist. Of what my letters meant.. You're reading them again,. The ones you didn't burn..