Lady Jay Lyrics - Wishbone Ash

Hear me when I cry, 

Listen to my song 

The jay, my lovely lady, 

To the earth she did belong. 

I a country surf 

Loved her for my life 

But the manor lady's 

Bright young son 

Could take her for his wife. 

Under the forest branches 

She came to me, 

Until the day she cried aloud 

A father I should be. 

That was the last time that we met, 

I never saw her again, 

For she took her life on princeton wharf 

To save my worthy name. 

She found death's open arms 

And lay in them in grace 

I watched as icy fingers 

Clawed her lovely face. 

Now I stumble through the mist 

To where they laid her in the grave, 

And maybe I'll remember 

The flowers for my days. 

Far beyond the sand 

I will take your hand, 

The spirit of our love will live forever. 

Far beyond the clouds 

We will laugh aloud, 

The spirit of our love will live again.