Charlotte Corday Lyrics

Charlotte Corday lyrics

(Al Stewart/Tori Amos)

 

 If you hear a step upon

 Your stair tonight

 If you see a shadow in 

 The candle light

 It's only your imagination

 Leading you astray

 See her for a moment

 Then she'll slip away

 The ghost of Charlotte Corday

 

 She wanders down the hallway

 In a long black dress

 And lingers by the fireplace

 Like a faint caress

 Just what it is that brings her here

 No man alive can say

 See her for a moment

 Then she melts away

 The ghost of Charlotte Corday

 

 Stars in the window like a panoply

 Covering everything

 River of night

 Stars in the window

 See them shining for

 Anyone else, anyone else

 

 THe clock ticks in the dark and now

 The night is still

 The air is like a murmur

 On the window sill

 All at once there's someone there

 That only you can see

 Seeking the forgiveness

 That will set her free

 The wind has taken away

 The words she wanted to say

 The sky is now turning gray

 The dawn is turning away

 The ghost of Charlotte Corday


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