The Grace Of A Dancer
(专辑: The Storyman - 2006)
She had the
grace of a
dancer, pretty as the
morning sun, Her days were filled with laughter, and when sixteen years had come, She went to work in the
old house, and there she met her love, But he, the
son, was high-born, and she, a
village girl; They met at night by the
river, and there he pledged his love, And so it was for the
summer, but by winter, all was done, For the
word was out in the
village that she would have his child, And the
night before she left him, these words were in his heart, When she said, "Love is all that we have, it is forever, Love is all that we need, to be together, Love is all that this world has to share, only love Can take us there;" They found her clothes by the
river, of her there was no trace, And for many years he mourned her, haunted by her face, So he set off over the
ocean, these memories to escape, But the
ship he sailed was ill-starred, and soon would meet its fate; They struck the
rocks at midnight, in the
grip of a
roaring storm, And he found himself in the
water with a
woman and a
boy, With a
power that was more than human, he brought them to the
shore, And her whisper in the
darkness was a
voice he'd heard before, When she'd said, "Love is all that we have, it is forever, Love is all that we need, to be together, Love is all that this world has to share, Only love can take us there;" She had the
grace of a
dancer, and the
father of her son.