On Raglan Road

Song On Raglan Road
Artist The Dubliners
Album In Bruges (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Lyrics

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[00:02.560] On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,
[00:11.360] I saw her first and knew
[00:19.050] That her dark hair would weave a snare
[00:28.090] That I might one day rue.
[00:35.110] I saw the danger, and I passed
[00:44.040] Along the enchanted way
[00:50.150] And I said let grief be a fallen leaf
[00:58.020] At the dawning of the day.
[01:07.260] On Grafton Street in November,
[01:14.380] We tripped lightly along the ledge
[01:22.390] Of a deep ravine where can be seen
[01:29.520] The worst of passions pledged.
[01:36.050] The Queen of Hearts still making tarts
[01:42.960] And I not making hay,
[01:49.230] Well I loved too much, and by such by such
[01:57.310] Is happiness thrown away.
[02:05.300] I gave her gifts of the mind
[02:11.850] I gave her the secret sign
[02:21.040] that's known to artists who have known
[02:28.030] The true Gods of Sound and the stone.
[02:35.200] And word and tint without stint.
[02:42.210] I gave her poems to say
[02:49.080] With her own name there and her own dark hair
[02:57.670] Like the clouds over fields of May.
[03:06.580] On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,
[03:13.550] I see her walking now
[03:20.950] Away from me so hurriedly. My reason must allow,
[03:36.060] That I have loved, not as I should
[03:43.870] A creature made of clay.
[03:50.040] When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose
[03:58.570] His wings at the dawn of the day.