Albatross Lyrics - Rufus Wainwright

The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leather 

Looking north to the sea she finds the weather fine 

She hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard 

All the way from town 

She watches seagulls fly, silver on the ocean 

Stitching through the waves, the edges of the sky 

Many people wander up the hills from all around you 

Making up your memories and thinking they have found you 

They cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a bride 

Young men holding violets are curious to know if you have cried 

And tell you why and ask you why any way you answer 

Lace around the collars of the blouses of the ladies 

Flowers from a Spanish friend of the families 

The embroid'ry of your life holds you in and keeps you out but you survive 

Imprisoned in your bones behind the isinglass windows of your eyes 

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And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain 

Down the hills through the long grass to the sea 

And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain 

Come away alone 

Even now by the gate with your long hair blowing 

And the colors of the day that lie along your arms 

You must barter your life to make sure you are living 

And the crowd that has come, you give them the colors 

And the bells and wind and the dream 

Will there never be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountains 

Scattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountains 

Riding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grass 

Holding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass? 

Day and night and day again the people come and go away forever 

While the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirror 

While you search the waves for love and your visions for a sign 

The knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your design 

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And in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rain 

Down the hills through the long grass to the sea 

And in the dark the hard bells ringing with pain 

Come away alone, come away alone with me