Kuumvu

Dirges and Funerary

Dimming of the Day

This old house is falling down around my ears

I'm drowning in a river of my tears

When all my will is gone you hold me sway

I need you at the dimming of the day

You pull me like the moon pulls on the tide

You know just where I keep my better side

What days have come to keep us far apart

A broken promise or a broken heart

Now all the bonnie birds have wheeled away

I need you at the dimming of the day

Come the night you're only what I want

Come the night you could be my confident

I see you on the street in company

Why don't you come and ease your mind with me

I'm living for the night we steal away

I need you at the dimming of the day

I need you at the dimming of the day

The Parting Glass

Oh all the time that e'er I spent,

I spent it in good company;

And any harm that e'er I've done,

I trust it was to none but me;

May those I've loved through all the years

Have memories now they'll e'er recall;

So fill me to the parting glass,

Goodnight, and joy be with you all.

Oh all the comrades that e'er I had,

Are sorry for my going away;

And all the loved ones that e'er I had

Would wish me one more day to stay.

But since it falls unto my lot

That I should leave and you should not,

I'll gently rise and I'll softly call

Goodnight, and joy be with you all.

Of all good times that e'er we shared,

I leave to you fond memory;

And for all the friendship that e'er we had

I ask you to remember me;

And when you sit and stories tell,

I'll be with you and help recall;

So fill to me the parting glass,

God bless, and joy be with you all.

My Legs are Weak

I'm collecting people's tears

They cried because they miss you

They filled the seas and all the lakes

With memories the wind blew

I'd run out of jars

Before a second could pass

Didn't have enough time with you

To turn the hourglass

Pictures in my head, suddenly appear

Why'd you have to go away

It's all not very clear

Goodbye sweet angel

Sail away on teary seas

Tattooed the times we had, on my memory

My legs are weak

When I close my eyes I see you

The dimples in your cheeks

I forgot to thank you for things

Cos i hadn't seen you in weeks

Woke up this morning

And hoped for a dream

But reality sat next to me

And forced me to believe

Knocked down too soon

Like a skittle on the lanes

The man took the wrong stop

From lifes's fast moving train

Goodbye sweet angel

Sail away on teary seas

Tattooed the times we had, on my memory

My legs are weak

Funeral flowers, won't make me believe

They can carry out your casket

And I'll still expected see, you, you

Come round tomorrow

And tell me all your news

I don't ask for much from you

Sleep to my lullaby

Only give me one more chance

To say my last goodbye

Goodbye sweet angel

Sail away on teary seas

Tattooed the times we had, on my memory

My legs are weak

Goodbye sweet angel

Sail away on teary seas

Tattooed the times we had, on my memory

My legs are weak