Tom Waits - Widow's Grove Lyrics
I met you in the saddle, rode you in the dustHeld your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earthThere was something that blinded me more than the mistAnd the breath of the cottonwood buds lighter yetAnd you rode the maypole of dance hall legsAnd galloped to another's embraceAnd I bit the flowers from your wrist corsageAnd you waltzed too slowly, too slowly you waltzedWith that girl from Widow's GroveOh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the seaThrough the wind, through the rain of a cold dark nightThat's where I'll beNear the breath of a swallow, petals dropped as you fellAnd you grabbed then shyly held me, against the stone cold wellIn your hand was a glass, you held the ice against the nightAnd it dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wishBefore it all slipped down the dark tunneled wellI heard it melt quietly and I looked at youBent to the earth with just one pleading wishYour skirts brushed to the furious poundingOh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the seaThrough the wind, through the rain of a cold dark nightThat's where I'll beI hid in the elm and raised the bough, that hung even with your neckAnd I chased you and drowned you, there deep in the wellAnd when your mouth was full and wet, I swallowed all your reckless fateAnd with your last breath, you moaned too drunk to wakeOh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the seaThrough the wind, through the rain of a cold dark nightThat's where I'll beThrough the wind, through the rain of a cold dark nightThat's where I'll be
