Explorer Lyrics - Incredible String Band

I can no longer hear you call 'cross the airwaves 

Fog on the line has shaken my will not to yield 

The one left here, my command all gone down 

I'm caught, caught, where the cold dark fingers trace 

Where the men who failed, they lie and kiss the dark earth's face 

I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed 

Now here comes the snow deep 

And I will take a sleep, sweet Margaret my dear tell me 

It was long and a strong and sweet year indeed to get lost in 

I've seen the survivors when they come home from the ice fields 

The lace and the ladies' flush and a pearl on the eye 

Fine bone china and the log fire spark high 

But I'm back in the wasteland low 

Where the ripe seed never gets blown 

What chance I'll see to sun on the lea, hear the cornfield moan 

I am lost, lost, by the storm clouds am tossed 

Now here comes the snow deep 

And I will take sleep, sweet Margaret my dear, tell me 

It was a long and a strong and a sweet year indeed to get lost in