Donovan Leitch The Ballad Of Geraldine Lyrics

The Ballad Of Geraldine Lyrics

From the album fairytale







Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine



With hair coal black as a raven.



I travelled my life without a care,



Ah, but all my love I was savin'.



Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway,



Not much from life was I askin'.



Till I met someone to give all my love,



All my love, so long an' lasting.



Oh, good were the parts we played in our game



And a long ways off was tomorrow.



But my love was a rambler and restless as the sea,



And in the tide came sorrow.



Oh, a child of the night is goin' to be born,



I can't explain my confusion.



Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all



Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'?



I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room,



My friends they're smokin' and a-talkin'.



But it all seems so empty, my love is not there,



So I'll go into the streets a-walkin'.



My baby is a-growin' as a-growin' it must,



If I were to lose it, it would grieve me.



My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do.



Oh, how I yearn to help him.



Oh, we could go to the land of your choice



Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door.



I've a feeling in my heart and it's crushing all my hopes,



I think I'm gonna be hurt some more,



Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine,



With hair coal black as a raven.



I travelled my life without a care,



Ah, but all my love I was savin'.