Lady in Black
Uriah HeepVon dem Album "Salisbury" 1971
Verse 1
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she came to me one morning, one lonely sunday morning,
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her long hair flowing in the mid-winter wind.
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I know not how she found me, for in darkness I was walking,
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and destruction lay around me from a fight I could not win.
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahahaVerse 2
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she asked me name my enemy. I said the need within some men
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to fight and kill their brothers without thought of love or god.
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and I begged her give me horses to trample down my enemies,
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so eager was my passion to devour this waste of life.
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahaha
Verse 3
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but she would not think of battle that reduces men to animals,
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so easy to begin and yet impossible to end.
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for she the mother of all men
had counseled me so wisely that
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I feared to walk alone again and asked if she would stay.
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Verse 4
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"oh lady lend your hand,"
I cried, "oh let me rest here at your side."
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"have faith and trust in peace," she said and filled my heart with life.
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"there is no strength in numbers. Have no such misconceptions.
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but when you need me be assured I won't be far away."
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahaha
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thus having spoke she turned away and though i found no words to say
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I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear.
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my labor is no easier, but now I know I'm not alone.
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I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day.
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and if one day she comes to you drink deeply from her words so wise.
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take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me.
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahaha
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahaha
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ahahaa ahaahah, ahahaa ahahaha
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