SABRE AND THE ROSE

Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run
Honey we was running for our life

When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight
He turned his burning eyes upon my soul
It's time my God to spend this night with someone else he said
Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold, love and glory
We can take it easy when we're old

He said we'll take us into town lay our money down
I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows
Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night
At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose

We swang into the saddle sick as breathing
And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins
The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight
Somethin' dark was singing in my veins
Older than the voices in my brain

He said this place you're gonna see is why they live and breathe
And sink down a little bit deeper everyday
And sometimes at night when the wind is running right
You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away

Then the light was crimson and I found her
All naked and eternal and insane
Secret as the mysteries around her
Like a veil nothin' but her prison was profane
All we had in common was our chains

Oh burn it down boys
Burn it to the ground boys
Burn it on down

Feet hit the ground feet leavin' town
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
All the way she ran holdin' to my hand
Runnin' for the river and our life

Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows
Silent as the river as it flows
Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us
All we left behind us was our clothes
And the stories children sing about the Sabre and the Rose