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The lady comes to the gate dressed in lavender and leatherLooking North to the sea she finds the weather fineShe hears the steeple bells ringing through the orchard All the way from townShe watches seagulls fly Silver on the ocean stitching through the wavesThe edges of the skyMany people wander up the hillsFrom all around youMaking up your memories and thinking they have found youThey cover you with veils of wonder as if you were a brideYoung men holding violets are curious to know if you have criedAnd tell you whyAnd ask you whyAny way you answerLace around the collars of the blouses of the ladiesFlowers from a Spanish friend of the familyThe embroid'ry of your life holds you inAnd keeps you out but you surviveImprisoned in your bonesBehind the isinglass windows of your eyesAnd in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rainDown the hills through the long grass to the seaLetras de cancionesAnd in the dark the hard bells ringing with painCome away aloneEven now by the gate with you long hair blowingAnd the colors of the day that lie along your armsYou must barter your life to make sure you are livingAnd the crowd that has comeYou give them the colorsAnd the bells and wind and the dreamWill there never be a prince who rides along the sea and the mountainsScattering the sand and foam into amethyst fountainsRiding up the hills from the beach in the long summer grassHolding the sun in his hands and shattering the isinglass?Day and night and day again and people come and go away foreverWhile the shining summer sea dances in the glass of your mirrorWhile you search the waves for love and your visions for a signThe knot of tears around your throat is crystallizing into your designAnd in the night the iron wheels rolling through the rainDown the hills through the long grass to the seaAnd in the dark the hard bells ringing with painCome away aloneCome away alone with me. From Letras Mania