Bitter Green

Upon the bitter green she walked the hills above her town

Echoed to her footsteps, as soft as eiderdown

Waiting for her master to kiss away the tears

Waiting through the years

Bitter green they called her walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Some say he was a sailor who died away at sea

Some say he was a prisoner who never was set free

Lost upon the ocean, he died there in the mist

Dreaming of her kiss

Bitter green they called her walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

But now the bitter green has gone

The hills have turned to rust

There comes a weary stranger, his tears fall in the dust

Kneeling by the church yard, in the Autumn mist

Dreaming of her kiss

Bitter green they called her walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Upon the bitter green she walked the hills above her town

Echoed to her footsteps, as soft as eiderdown

Waiting for her master to kiss away the tears

Waiting through the years

Bitter green they called her walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home