I've Gone Away, Where the Winter Winds Play

I've gone away

where the winter winds play

and my heart has been left in it's shell

He chastened her soul

his love was a coal

from a fire of sulphur and hell

 

Now days they all end

just the same as begin

with cold hours one can only abhor

and she lingers there still

in that house on a hill

clinging fears that he'll darken her door

 

Each night comes on long

to the coyote's song

her tears flow a river to sea

Ever he sleeps alone

turned his body to bone

in a grave o'er hill near the lee

 

I've gone away

where the winter winds play

and my heart has been left in it's shell

 

—BG

 

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