Emmylou Harris My Antonia Lyrics

My Antonia Lyrics

He said "Oh my love. Oh my Antonia
You with the dark eyes and palest of
skin
Tonight I am going from Santa Maria
Wait for me till I'm in your
arms once again"

She held me, she kissed me, begged me not to leave
her
To cross on 1he mountain my fortune to win
But a letter now tells me
she died of a fever
I'll never see her in this world again

You are my
sorrow, you are my splendor
You are my shelter through storm and through
strife
You are the one I will always remember
All off the days of my
life

I curse the ambition that took me far from her
For a treasure
not ever so fine or so fair
As the flash of her smile or the touch of her
fingers
The fire in her heart and the smell of her hair

She left me a
note that cried "Do not weep for me
Behold you are with me as sure as the
stars
That rise in the evening to shine down upon me
Behold I am with you
wherever you are"

I can still hear him. he calls to me only
What once
was begotten shall come to no end
But the road is so long and the nights are
so lonely
My soul just to hold him in this world again

You are my
sorrow, you are my splendor
You are my shelter through storm and through
strife
You are the one I will always remember
All of the days of my
life

Oh my love, Oh my Antonia
You with the dark eyes and palest of
skin
How could I know thai night in Santa Maria
I'd never see you in this
world again