Elvis Costello The Scarlet Tide Lyrics

The Scarlet Tide Lyrics

Well I recall his parting words must I accept his fate

Or take myself far from this place I thought I heard a black bell toll

A little bird did sing man has no choice when he wants everything



We'll rise above the scarlet tide

That trickles down through the mountain

And separates the widow from the bride



Man goes beyond his own decision gets caught up in the mechanism

Of swindlers who act like kings and brokers who break everything

The dark of night was swiftly fading close to the dawn of day

Why would I want him just to lose him again



We'll rise above the scarlet tide

That trickles down through the mountain

And separates the widow from the bride



We'll rise above the scarlet tide

That trickles down through the mountain

And separates the widow from the bride