There was a fair maid and she lived all alone She lived all alone on the shore No one could she find for to calm her sweet mind But to wander alone on the shore, shore, shore To wander alone on the shore There was a brave captain who sailed a fine ship And the weather being steady and fair I shall die, I shall die, this dear captain did cry If I can't have that maid on the shore, shore, shore If I can't have that maid on the shore After many persuasions they brought her on board He seated her down on his chair He invited her down to his cabin below Farewell to all sorrow and care Farewell to all sorrow and care I'll sing you a song, this fair maid did cry This captain was weeping for joy She sang it so sweetly, so soft and completely She sang the captain and sailors to sleep Captain and sailors to sleep She robbed them of jewels, she robbed them of wealth She robbed them of costly fine fare The captain's broadsword she used as an oar She rowed her way back to the shore, shore, shore She rowed her way back to the shore Oh the men, they were mad and the men, they were sad They were deeply sunk down in despair To see her go away with her booty so gay The rings and her things and her fine fare The rings and her things and her fine fare Well, don't be so sad and sunk down in despair And you should have known me before I sang you to sleep and I robbed you of wealth Well, again I'm a maid on the shore, shore, shore Again I'm a maid on the shore

Here I stand, watching the tide go out So all alone and blue Just dreaming dreams of you I watched your ship as it sailed out to sea Taking all my dreams And taking all of me The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore? The sighing of the waves The wailing of the wind The tears in my eyes burn Pleading, "My love, return Why, oh, why must I go on like this? Shall I just be a lonely stranger on the shore?

I'm just a man, but I know that I'm damned All the dead seem to know where I am The tale that began on the night of my birth Will be done in a turn of the earth Lie where I land, let my bones turn to sand I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it Every eye on the coast ever more Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore Under the waves and the earth of an age Lie a thousand old northerners' graves Deep in the night when the moon's glowing bright They come rising up into the night Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it All who sail off the coast ever more Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore I'm going away for a long time I'm going away for a long time Lie where I land, let my bones turn to sand I was born on the lake and I don't want to leave it Every eye on the coast ever more Will remember the sight of the ghost on the shore Die if I must, let my bones turn to dust I'm the lord of the lake and I don't want to leave it All who sail off the coast ever more Will remember the tale of the ghost on the shore I'm going away for a long time

I wanted you for life, you and me in the wind I never thought there'd come a time that our story would end It's hard to understand but I guess I'll have to try It's not easy to say goodbye For all the joy we share, all that time we had to spend Now if I had one wish, I'd want forever back again To look into your eyes and hold you when you cry It's not easy to say goodbye I remember all those great time we had So many memories, some good, some bad Yes and through it all, those memories will last forever There's peace in where you are, maybe all I need to know And if I listen to my heart, I'll hear your laughter once more And so I have to say I'm just glad you came my way It's not easy to say goodbye Goodbye

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas Just like the ones I used to know Where the tree tops glisten And children listen To hear the sleigh bells in the snow I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white I'm dreaming of a white Christmas With every Christmas card I write May your days be merry and bright And may all your Christmases be white

And darlin' Is there a cure for this hunger? A terrible curse to be under I'll be sleepin' with that And it's no small thing You'll smoke me out in your own ways And chase me around until mornin' And follow me back And, lovely You're tearin' me down with your cheekbones They're warm, but they hit me like sharp stones When you pull away Now I walk slow I wander the streets in the morning I still smell your scent like a warning When the wind blows Oh, when the wind blows So leave me When you're sleepin' alone in the basement And my parents are home, but I'm vacant And I'm watching the news Because I'm slow now I'm young but I feel like an old man The tar in my lungs and these cold hands They held onto you No, keep me Inside of your mind when you're achin' Lord, 'cause for now, we're mistaken In thinkin' we fit But I'll stay steady But nights are a-blazin' and heavy Alone in my room and I'm ready To rest for a while Oh, to rest for a while Oh, but I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind, honey, I don't mind Oh, but I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it And I don't mind it I'll wait and I'll listen (I don't mind it) And see through to the kitchen (I don't mind it) I'm not taking it back (I don't mind) Oh, and I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it I don't mind it I- Oh, honey, I don't mind

I remember way back, late night, throwback Sitting on the front lawn talking when I lost it And oh, I lost it I remember you were saying you would come back, run back Find me on the front porch like that but you waited So I got wasted And I've always said I'd never let myself hold on this long 'Cause people change overnight Things get strange, but I'm alright I'm still here, and I'm still high And I'll still meet you in the middle of the night But if you lie to me, lie to me Lie to me I'm gone I still wonder if I called you, what would I do? Leave a too long voicemail that I hate and then erase it Like I planned it And I wonder if I still lived in the city Would I see you at a party Take a big sip of my whiskey and then leave quickly And pray you missed me And though I still know Exactly how this ends I keep holding on 'Cause people change overnight Things get strange, but I'm alright I'm still here, and I'm still high And I'll still meet you in the middle of the night You know, I'll meet you in the middle of the night But if you lie to me I'm gone Oh, I feel it in me Please forgive me Leave this memory Don't say you miss me I know it's still in me Please forgive me Leave this memory Don't say you miss me 'Cause people change overnight Things get strange, but I'm alright I'm still here, and I must still be high 'Cause I'll still meet you in the middle of the night But if you lie to me, lie to me Change overnight Things get strange, but I'm alright I'm still here, and I must still be high But I'll still meet you in the middle of the night Oh, if you meet me in the middle of the night You know, I'll meet you in the middle of the night But if you lie to me, lie to me Yeah, lie to me I'm gone