The Maid on the Shore - Lo & the High Road

There is a young maiden, she lives all a-lone She lived all a-lone on the shore-o There's nothing she can find to comfort her mind But to roam all a-lone on the shore, shore, shore But to roam all a-lone on the shore 'Twas of the young Captain who sailed the salt sea Let the wind blow high, blow low I will die, I will die, the young Captain did cry If I don't have that maid on the shore, shore, shore ... I have lots of silver, I have lots of gold I have lots of costly ware-o I'll divide, I'll divide, with my jolly ship's cres If they row me that maid on the shore, shore, shore ... After much persuasion, they got her aboard Let the wind blow high, blow low They replaced her away in his cabin below Here's adieu to all sorrow and care, care, care ... They replaced her away in his cabin below Let the wind blow high, blow low She's so pretty and neat, she's so sweet and complete She's sung Captain and sailors to sleep, sleep, sleep ... Then she robbed him of silver, she robbed him of gold She robbed him of costly ware-o Then took his broadsword instead of an oar And paddled her way to the shore, shore, shore ... Me men must be crazy, me men must be mad Me men must be deep in despair-o For to let you away from my cabin so gay And to paddle your way to the shore, shore, shore ... Your men was not crazy, your men was not mad Your men was not deep in despair-o I deluded your sailors as well as yourself I'm a maiden again on the shore, shore, shore ...

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 stood and watched my castle fall to dust Now I am queen of rubble and of rust First piece by piece then stone by stone My castle fell by you alone I left the gate wide open I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break I watched you set the kingdom all ablaze Until my eyes were blinded by the haze Please let it burn and I will choke Inhaling honey'd clouds of smoke With matches in my pocket With matches in my pocket I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break Maybe now that we have been shattered What remains is whatever mattered to me What's left for me Maybe now that we have been shattered What remains is whatever mattered to me What's left for me I am the queen of rocks and rust My castle fell and turned to dust I left the gate wide open I left the gate wide open I thought I would fall When the castle fell And take the blame Thought I needed walls But I realize I needed them to break

I breathed in the forest as I ran The scent of earth and pine trees on the wind At seven I could fly away She never seemed to make me stay She made me promise I'd come home Home again I was chasing fairies I remember Their silver dresses sparkled in the sun I saw them pass behind the trees Their voices singing "follow me" I'll catch them this time, see how fast Fast I run Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home Street-lamps lit a shadow on the pavement Silent wings that circle 'round the light At seventeen I liked to say "She never could have made me stay" She made me promise I'd come home Home that night Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home Then suddenly I realized that time had passed me by Someone took a paintbrush and put orange in the sky The wind will take me far away wherever I may go Remember though I promised her at night I would be home