Carla Bruni Lady Weeping At The Crossroads Lyrics

Lady Weeping At The Crossroads Lyrics

Lady, weeping at the crossroads

Would you meet your love

In the twilight with his greyhounds

And the hawk on his glove?



Bribe the bird then on the branches

Bribe them to be dumb

Stare the hot sun out of heaven, yeah

That the night may come



Starless are the night of travel

Bleak the winter wind

Run with terror all before you

And regret behind



Run until you hear the ocean's

Everlasting cry

Deep though it may be and bitter

You must drink it dry, drink it dry



Wear out patience in the lowest

Dungeons of the sea

Searching through the stranded shipwrecks

For the golden key



Push on to the world's end

Pay the dread guard with a kiss

Cross the rotten bridge that totters, yeah

Over the abyss



There stands the deserted castle

Ready to explore

Enter, climb the marble staircase

Open the locked door



Cross the silent empty ballroom

Doubt and danger past

Blow the cobwebs from the mirror

See yourself at last, see yourself at last



Put your hand behind the wainscot

You have done your part

Find the penknife there and plunge it

Into your false heart



Lady weeping at the crossroads

Would you meet your love?