The Lady - Ha Na-won

On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye That clothe the wold and meet the sky And through the fields the road run by To many-towered Camelot And up and down the people go Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below The island of Shalott Only reapers, reaping early In amongst the bearded barley Hear a song that echoes cheerly From the river winding clearly Flowing down to Camelot And by the moon the reaper's weary Piling sheaves in uplands airy Listening, whispers "'Tis the fairy The Lady of Shalott" There she weaves both night and day A magic web with colours gay She has heard a whisper say A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot She knows not what the curse may be And so she weaveth steadily And little other care hath she The Lady of Shalott A bow-shot from her bower-eaves He rode between the barley sheaves The sun came dazzling through the leaves And flamed upon the brazen greaves Of bold Sir Lancelot A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd To a lady in his shield And sparkled on the yellow field Beside remote Shalott She left the web, she left the loom She made three paces through the room She saw the water-lily bloom She saw the helmet and the plume She looked to Camelot Out flew the web and floated wide The mirror cracked from side to side "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott In the stormy wind, stood straining The pale yellow woods were waning The broad stream in his banks complaining Heavily the low sky raining Over towered Camelot Down she came and found a boat Beneath a willow left afloat And round about the prow she wrote The Lady of Shalott Who is this? And what is here? In the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer And they crossed themselves for fear The Knights at Camelot But Lancelot mused a little space He said, "She has a lovely face God in his mercy lend her grace The Lady of Shalott"

While you sit and seek A crescent moon is laying at your feet With hope that's made of sand You don't think you can But you've held it all in your hands I've been tryin' hard to keep From needing you but from the start My heart just rolled and flowed I've seen where it goes Still somehow my love for you grows Lady-O So on my heels I'll grow wings Gonna ride silver strings But I'll see you in my holiest dreams Lady-O So on my heels I'll grow wings (Ooh, la, la, la, la-la-la) Gonna ride silver strings (La, la, la, la, la-la-la) But I'll see you in my holiest dreams Lady-O I've been tryin' hard to keep From needing you but from the start My heart just rolled and flowed I've seen where it goes Still somehow my love for you grows Lady-O Ba, da, da, da, mm-mm-mm (Da, la, la, la, la-la-la) La, la, la, la, la, mm (La, la, la, la, la-la-la)