The Crane Wife 1 And 2 Lyrics - The Crane Wife - Decemberists

It was a cold night 

And the snow lay low 

I pulled my coat tight 

Against the falling down 

And the sun was all 

And the sun was all down 

And the sun was all 

And the sun was all down 

I am a poor man 

I haven't wealth nor fame 

I have my two hands 

And a house to my name 

And the winter's so 

And the winter's so long 

And the winter's so 

And the winter's so long 

And all the stars were crashing 'round 

As I laid eyes on what I'd found 

It was a white crane 

It was a helpless thing 

Upon a red stain 

With an arrow, its wing 

And it called and cried 

And it called and cried so 

And it called and cried 

And it called and cried so 

And all the stars were crashing 'round 

As I laid eyes on what I'd found 

My crane wife, my crane wife 

My crane wife, my crane wife 

Now I helped her 

And I dressed her wounds 

And how I held her 

Beneath the rising moon 

And she stood to fly 

And she stood to fly away 

And she stood to fly 

She stood to fly away 

And all the stars crashing 'round 

As I laid eyes on what I'd found 

My crane wife, my crane wife 

My crane wife, my crane wife 

My crane wife arrived at my door 

In the moonlight 

All star bright and tongue-tied 

I took her in 

We were married and bells rang sweet 

For our wedding 

And our bedding was ready 

When we fell in 

The sound of the keening bell 

To see its pain erect 

Soft as fontanel, the feathers and the thread 

When all I ever meant to do was to keep you 

My crane wife 

My crane wife 

My crane wife 

We were poorly 

Our fortunes fading hourly 

And how she loved me 

She could bring it back 

But I was greedy, I was vain 

And I forced her to weaving 

On a cold loom, in a closed room 

Down the hall 

The sound of the keening bell 

To see its pain erect 

Soft as fontanel, the feathers and a thread 

When all I ever meant to do was to keep you 

My crane wife 

My crane wife 

My crane wife 

There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart 

There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart 

Rakes at my heart, heart 

Heart, heart 

Heart, heart 

Heart, heart 

Heart, heart 

My crane wife 

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