Said her name was Marie
From the banks of the Lee
With the prettiest eyes
My own's ever seen

Her hair with the ripples
They danced like the tide
As our hearts washed away to the sea

Was she sent down to me
From the Heavens above?
Her breath pure as whiskey
My heart fell in love

Now the Devil is courting
A different tune
And I laugh as the tears wash the rain

Tell me why no one's listening
Is there nothing at all left to say?
In a world so unforgiving
You mean more to me each every day
So may the living be dead in our wake

One cold winters night
Behind the clouds, stars did hide
And the ghost of our souls
Thanking Christ we're alive

Our spirits, they crackled
With lovers first sight
'Til the morning came fresh with a new

“Will you dance with me now
Heaven's child?”, sang the clown
“We've nothing left to lose
But your wings and my frown”

“We're over the hills
And the valleys will ring
To the sound of our love singing true”

So tell me why no one's listening
Is there nothing at all left to say?
In a world so unforgiving
You mean more to me each every day
So may the living be dead in our wake

But the summer sun is melting now
With the leaves, I'll soon be gone
Will you have the strength
When the emptiness shadows fall?

Or will your aching heart be ripped apart
By the beating from the storm
Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone?
Yeah, be gone, be gone

Was she sent down to me
From the Heavens above?
Her breath pure as whiskey
My heart fell in love

And the Devil is courting
A different tune
And I laugh as the tears was the rain

Tell me why no one's listening
Is there nothing at all left to say?
In a world so unforgiving
You mean more to me each every day
So may the living be dead in our wake

Tell me why no one's listening
Is there nothing at all left to say?
In a world so unforgiving
You mean more to me each every day
So may the living be dead in our wake