Josh Ritter - Leaves and knights lyrics
[Josh Ritter - Leaves and knights lyrics]
I met you at a party or on a crowded street
A silent singularity when glances
Chanced to meet you looked into my glasses
Said you'd seen a ghost
I tried my best to make you
Smile as we calypsoed close
I have been to Cleveland and
You have been to jail
You seem to be recovering but
I felt a little pale
Our house it was on seventeenth
Above a hardware store
And there we lived with seven cats
All named for seven dwarves
But like leaves and kings
All things must fall
No diamond ring's gonna cut through it all
You were working as a graverobber
You could do your job at night
I was living hand to mouth
Just looking for a fight
The reason why we parted it
Ain't that hard to find
I was always busy, and you never had the time
Well the reason why we parted it
Ain't that hard to see
But, I was never sure if I
Left you or you left me
And when it was all over
I lost myself in work
You got married to a lawyer
Painting murals in New York
(You got married to a dentist
Building bridges in New York)
And though it seems a million miles
Ago since I saw the light
The hours flowed by nervously like
Warships in the night
Many times I've been corrupted but
I've never been in love
I began to realise that that's
Just where I was
So I packed up my possessions
And caught an east-bound train
Met you in Ohio sleeping in the rain
So now we're going back again
To start where we began
With rules and regulations but no
Real kind of plan
I've learned my lesson well with
No mistakes at all
Once you find yourself true love
You just keep holding on
Like leaves and kings, all things must fall
No diamond ring's gonna cut through it all
But now out of the dark, out of the blue
Like leaves and kings I've fallen
In love with you
A silent singularity when glances
Chanced to meet you looked into my glasses
Said you'd seen a ghost
I tried my best to make you
Smile as we calypsoed close
I have been to Cleveland and
You have been to jail
You seem to be recovering but
I felt a little pale
Our house it was on seventeenth
Above a hardware store
And there we lived with seven cats
All named for seven dwarves
But like leaves and kings
All things must fall
No diamond ring's gonna cut through it all
You were working as a graverobber
You could do your job at night
I was living hand to mouth
Just looking for a fight
The reason why we parted it
Ain't that hard to find
I was always busy, and you never had the time
Well the reason why we parted it
Ain't that hard to see
But, I was never sure if I
Left you or you left me
And when it was all over
I lost myself in work
You got married to a lawyer
Painting murals in New York
(You got married to a dentist
Building bridges in New York)
And though it seems a million miles
Ago since I saw the light
The hours flowed by nervously like
Warships in the night
Many times I've been corrupted but
I've never been in love
I began to realise that that's
Just where I was
So I packed up my possessions
And caught an east-bound train
Met you in Ohio sleeping in the rain
So now we're going back again
To start where we began
With rules and regulations but no
Real kind of plan
I've learned my lesson well with
No mistakes at all
Once you find yourself true love
You just keep holding on
Like leaves and kings, all things must fall
No diamond ring's gonna cut through it all
But now out of the dark, out of the blue
Like leaves and kings I've fallen
In love with you