Letras
Hesperus' heavenly sodality is parting
And the dead man lies shattered on the floor
Drunken Silenus sleeps in the corner
Where he left you when he swept you with the oar
The ghost of young Dryden is leaning on the woodworks
He knows all the words but to no gain
Solemnly mumbles, "This be too short a blessing
And love, love be too long a pain"
And I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you 'cause this ain't no time to dream
There in the dead of night a schooner is departing
She has turned her back on all the world
She's tied down, tired, starving and beaten
But out there every sail shall be unfurled
One day I will take off my St. Brennan
Untie him and I'll sink him in the sea
But now I must rise and I must travel
A homestead is not for you and me
And I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you 'cause this ain't no time to dream
And down in Jericho, oh my sweet darling
A man fell down among the thieves
I bring him oil and wine and parting stories
Soon of this old man a janitorist he will be
At light of dawn, the things they have told him
Now a prison of life I am in the main
I shall be dragged back in chains to old England
Where I'll greet time's eager tide and walk in pain
And I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you 'cause this ain't no time to dream
And I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you when that sunbeam hits the stream
I will leave you, I will leave you
I will leave you 'cause this ain't no time to dream