The Highwayman by Talis Kimberley Lyrics

[Verse]
My child's upon the sacred isle, in priestess' tender care
The man I love is leagues away, and wishing I was there
But I am like the highwayman, in tricorne hat and cloak
Follow the black satin ribbon road, and disappear like smoke...

[Verse]
The dying year before me flees, for I have seen its ghost
It hides among the mourning trees with Herne and all his host
And I am like the highwayman, who takes life as he finds
Follows the black satin ribbon road—blind...

(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...)
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...)
(Ah... ah, ah... ah...)
(Ah... ah, ah... ah...)

[Verse]
The sun is down and all is grey; begins the changeling hour
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...)
A creature more of night than day, I seize my changeling power
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...)
For I am like the highwayman who cares not where he rides
(Ah... ah, ah... ah...)
Follows the black satin ribbon road with danger by my side
(Ah... ah, ah... ah...)
(A-a-ah, ah a-a-ah a-ah...)

[Verse]
My child's upon the sacred isle, in priestess' tender care
A curtained room by candlelight, my love awaits me there
And I am like the highwayman, whose journey is his own
Follows the black satin ribbon road
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