Crimson Dawn Lyrics - Poor Man's Heaven - Seth Lakeman

One fateful night, 

well I woke to hear that sound 

like a gunshot, 

with both windows shaking loud. 

Great lengthy cries that came racing through the sky, 

from a fearsome wreck, 

a great dagger stuck in her deck. 

(chorus) 

Crimson Dawn, 

my heart was torn, 

a midnight rescue we were called upon, 

a freedom fire with burning eyes, 

a figure tangled up in turning tides 

so i cut her free and find.... 

This floating town it'd broke up, run aground 

when the call came out to put fair Charlotte in 

so we ploughed those waves 

with a hundred left to save 

in the fading light, well i held on strong and tight 

(chorus) 

ill stay with you 'til the morning light 

in the turning tide 

ill set you free 

sharp rocks we braved, 

for the last hand i would save, 

it was a beauty fair 

with wild and tangled hair, 

thick rope entwined well i cut her free and find 

that your fast embrace, well i held her face to face. 

(chorus) 

so i cut her free and find 

in turning tides 

so i cut her free and find 

in turning tides 

ill stay with you 'til the morning light 

ill set you free 

it was a fateful night when i woke to hear that sound 

like a gunshot, with both windows shaking loud.