Silver Mantis Lyrics - Kris Kristofferson

Seito lived in the canyon of the dragons Sashiko lived in the valley of the moon 

They met along the highway to Aomeri where danger in the forest loomed 

Shashiko dressed in silks and dreamed of heroes 

She was carried in a hammock draped and veiled 

Her father was a cruel and brutal warlord who fearful kept her in a shell 

Seito he was but a lowly servant but his master knew him to be true and brave 

When he happened on the scene of her education he sent her captors to their graves 

Seito guarded Sashiko to her palace he had no thought of ransom to conceal 

She took him in and washed his cuts and bruises and laid him softly down to sleep 

When morning came she rose to tell her father 

Of the stranger who had ruined the kidnap plot 

But jealous and enraged her father seized him and chained him in the dungeon dark 

Sashiko's tears flowed like the river Edo as she pleaded Seito's freedom face to floor 

But the warlord turned his back and would not hear her 

His mercy withered years before 

When night fell she crept down into the dungeon 

Two daggers hidden underneath her coat 

And there they slept in death by harakiri her father's chains around them both 

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