Anthony Phillips - Bleak House Lyrics
Say no wordShe watched as she waitedBy the iron gateVeiled in black brocadeTom was all-alone,She spoke soft but breathless,He took the half-a-crownAnd thought how strangeLong ago, she knew a manWho sailed the seasAnd gave her a daughterThrough the vanished yearsFate bestowed a lady's seatShe honoured it with graceHid the part and with it meNow, she is everything to meThough I was denied her tendernessYears spent in gloomI cried in my roomI believed I'd been quite desertedBut now that I find, she gave everything to meUntil it became quite impossibleScorn upon scandalHelpless to handle,She's bitterly breaking nowWhy is my dream disturbed?Cold cut the windWe pitched as we tossedFrom cobblestone to trackAlong the old canalFierce came the frostThe stone changed to pastureCould anyone survive?Has anybody seen?Long ago a fox found out,The laid the captain dead at his mastheadSearching everywhere, questioning the wind and treesI beat the empty air, knowing it has seen her faceNow, I'd give everything to knowWhy my flesh and blood must suffer soTurning and tossingFrom river to crossingCausing great confusionIf she only knew, she was everything to me,Alone now, somewhere, she's imploring meOh, please forgive meI've been so thoughtlessShe's bitterly breaking nowFor, she is everything to meThough I was denied her tendernessYears spent in gloomI cried in my roomI believed I'd been quite desertedBut now that I find, she gave everything to meUntil it became quite impossibleScorn upon scandalHelpless to handle,I pray that we're not to late....Bleak rose the towersThe rain lashed the horsesWe found the gate ajarHer cloak lay in a heapThe captain's furled his sailsIt comes as no surpriseShe's no longer here
