Kate Rusby - Withered and Died Lyrics
This cruel country has driven me downTeased me and lied, teased me and liedI’ve only sad stories to tell to this townMy dreams have withered and diedOnce I was bending the tops of the treesKind words in my ears and kind faces to seeThen I struck up with the boys from the westThey’d run and hide, they’d run and hideCount one to ten and he’s gone with the westMy dreams have withered and diedSilver moon sailor and silver moonshineOn the water so wide, the water so wideSteal from the bed of some good friend of mineMy dreams have withered and diedIf I was a butterfly I’d live for a dayI would be free just blowing awayThis cruel country has driven me downTeased me and lied, teased me and liedI’ve only sad stories to tell to this townMy dreams have withered and died