The Maiden And The River lyrics

Now as I`m settled so old and outired
And no one`s here to tell about my live
I`ll sing this lonely tune again and again
To bear the echos in my mind.

The things I did - the words I said
Though time passed by - I can`t forget
In hopeless times - alone I`ve cried
Time, time - pass me by!

A youngster`s guilt once taken upon
The strengthening shoulders of a growing man
The weakness age has rolled in `em pines
Has not reduced the burdens I bear.

Alone I stood amidst the river
That flooded lightness onto my soul
As a simple tune so true in its beauty
was swirling across the glitters of light.

And as my eyes focused upon
a distant glitter amidst the woods
The sudden ungreening of the trees
unvailed a singing maiden`s outstanding line.

`Step forward to the shimmering one!
Be kind to me my blistered feet!
Obey! My swollen tongue for once
in my life I have to - to...`

But not I moved for all my might
The maiden smiled and walked on by.
No scream, no words - just the pain
that echos on and on again.

Since then I never saw again
The skirts of springtime wandering by.
For all the colours of the world
Look dim compared to what I saw that day.