Debra Cowan - The Rose You Wore for Me Lyrics
When I open my eyes,I can see you stillWith the sunlight so gayGlinting on the quayAll buttons and bowsAnd the bloom of the roseYou wore for meOh I swore I’d returnAs a prince somedayWith a ship full of goldFor the world to seeYes I promised you then,Though I couldn’t say whenThat day would beChorus:And long are the daysSince we lay in the fields so greenAnd long are the nightsTo consider what might have beenAnd the song of the geese in the windWill call your nameOh the mountains just laughWhen I turn for homeNot a mountain so highNor a man so smallIs it hours to the shoreOr ten thousand miles moreBeyond recall‘Twas a fool to believeAll the things they saidTwice a fool just to kiss youAnd sail awayBut they lied when they toldOf those rivers of gold in AmericaIf a word or a wish couldTransport me nowI would fly to your armsLike a moth to flameBut I’m chained and I’m boundTo this cold foreign groundWith none to blameDoes my love warm your heartThrough the cold, cold night?Does it twine ‘round your heartAs the roses grownOr does love burn away,Leaving ashes so greyAnd cold as stone?
