Larry And His Flask - Cruel Twist Of Fate Lyrics
The news did arrive slack jawed and lateMy lover is dead, some cruel twist of fateThe dust will settle over the graveMy branded heart will never be savedThe rusty dawn rise to my feetTo meet me in the vacant streetWhere dogs will bite and scratch at my heals200 miles my lips will be sealedFrom fetching the shovel to digging her tombOur unborn child still lies in the wombI’ve carried her body across forsaken landAnd laid her in the earth with my own two handsThe hills before me and the valleys betweenThe stars above me and the heavens unseenThe sullen shacks by the side of the trailI'm broken, I'm starving, I'm lovesick, I'm frailThe path that I follow will turn and will bendBut all will have meaning in the endTo collect her body, tender and fairAnd run my rough hands threw her dark wavy hairFrom fetching the shovel to digging her tombOur unborn child still lies in the wombI’ve carried her body across forsaken landAnd laid her in the earth with my own two handsGripping the casket, dripping in tearsLowering her down with my hopes and my fearsA prayer and a ring go tumbling downLanding softly upon another box in the groundFrom fetching the shovel to digging her tombOur unborn child still lies in the wombOh, I’ve carried her body across forsaken landAnd laid her in the earth with my own two hands
