Judy Collins - Risk Lyrics
Time slips by in the hourglassYou can hear your nameSand slides through the stranger's handAs he deals the gameAll the candles are burning lowNo more cradles and no more snowBet your life on a lucky rollPlay your queen, you could win your soulStakes are high you can live or dieTo risk everythingIn your goblet the wine is blackAs a moonless nightWet your lips before you kissThe blazing lightBets are off but the game is onDrop the armor you counted onAll your armies are fled and goneWin your king, you can play your pawnTake your time, you have just begunTo risk everythingCatch your tears in a golden sieveDon't regret what you did to liveDon't forget that you must forgiveTo risk everythingThrough the window you see the stormThat is gatheringPainted gypsies on dappled horsesAre gallopingThrough the trees in the howling windDown the hills to the river bendShadow ghosts that are blind as nightShrieking curses against the nightDaring you to come join their flightAnd risk everythingCatch your tears in a golden sieveDon't regret what you did to liveDon't forget that you must forgiveTo risk everythingThere is nothing to hold you nowTo your fault or mineFallen idols and martyred soulsAre the only kindFeet of clay in the emerald skiesBirds of prey when the dreamer diesPerfect crosses perfect your liesBurning saints in the flaming skiesBet your life every promise diesAll that's left for you to try is risking everythingCatch your tears in a golden sieveDon't regret what you did to liveDon't forget that you must forgiveTo risk everythingCatch your tears in a golden sieveDon't regret what you did to liveDon't forget that you must forgiveTo risk everythingTime slips by in the hourglassYou can hear your nameSand slides through the stranger's handAs he deals the gameAll the candles are burning lowNo more cradles and no more snowBet your life on a lucky rollPlay your queen, you could win your soulStakes are high you can live or dieTo risk everythingCatch your tears in a golden sieveDon't regret what you did to liveDon't forget that you must forgiveTo risk everything
