Lyrics - The Traitor by Cohen Leonard

Now the
Swan it floated on the
English river
Ah the
Rose of
High
Romance it opened wide
A sun tanned woman yearned me through the summerand the judges watched us from the other side
I told my mother "
Mother
I must leave youpreserve my room but do not shed a tear
Should rumour of a shabby ending reach youit was half my fault and half the atmosphere"
But the
Rose
I sickened with a scarlet feverand the
Swan
I tempted with a sense of shame
She said at last
I was her finest loverand if she withered
I would be to blame
The judges said you missed it by a fractionrise up and brace your troops for the attack
Ah the dreamers ride against the men of action
Oh see the men of action falling back
But
I lingered on her thighs a fatal moment
I kissed her lips as though
I thirsted still
My falsity had stung me like a hornet
The poison sank and it paralysed my will
I could not move to warn all the younger soldiersthat they had been deserted from above
So on battlefields from here to
Barcelona
I'm listed with the enemies of love
And long ago she said "
I must be leaving,
Ah but keep my body here to lie upon
You can move it up and down and when
I'm sleeping
Run some wire through that
Rose and wind the
Swan"
So daily
I renew my idle duty
I touch her here and there --
I know my place
I kiss her open mouth and
I praise her beautyand people call me traitor to my face

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