The Sabre And The Rose — текст песни (Kristofferson Kris)

Feet hit the ground; feet leaving town
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
Falling ain`t no fun when you`re on the run
Honey we was runnin` for our life

When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight
He turned his burnin` eyes upon my soul
It`s time, by God, to spend this night with someone else, he said.
Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold (love & glory, children)
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 slick 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 where they live and breathe
And sink down a little bit deeper every day
And sometimes at night, when the wind is runnin` right,
You can hear it suckin` thirty miles away
Then the light was crimson and I found her,
All naked and eternal and insane
Sacred as the mysteries around her like a veil
Nothin` but her prison was profane
All we had in common was our chains.
Ah-burn it down boys
Burn it to the ground, boys
Burn it on down
Feet hit the ground; feet leaving 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