A lady came from London town Her voice like water from a snowmelt stream Shared her songs in drunken rooms Never once sang out of tune
How wrestling stars ricochet, and carry on Caught in time forever more, just thirty-one She said, motherless children have a hard time When mother’s gone But she left her baby girl alone And nothing could be done Nothing could be done
When her love and child went Her heart hung heavy as a noose from a beam She said herself, the wine it was drunk I wonder if the dream it came back
How wrestling stars ricochet, and carry on Caught in time forever more, just thirty-one She said, motherless children have a hard time When mother’s gone But she left her baby girl alone And nothing could be done Nothing could be done
How the raven’s arrival did ruin the mood Of the lilacs blooming that pale spring day When she came to be the light through the rain Her melodies were all that remained That remained, that remained