Letras de The Sabre and the Rose

Feet hit the ground
Feet leavin′ town
Quicker than a bullet or a knife
Fallin' ain′t no fun
When you're on the run
Honey, we was runnin' for our life

When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight
He turned his burnin′ eyes upon my soul
"It′s time, by God, to spend this night with someone else," he said
"Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold love and glory
But we can take it easy when we're old"

He said, "We′ll take us into town
Lay our money down
I'll bind you to the sweetest thing that grows
Because the fairest ones in sight
Are bloomin′ every night
At a tavern called The Sabre and the Rose"

We swang into the saddle, sick as breathing
And we slapped 'em once for pleasure with the rein
The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight
Somethin′ dark was singin' in my veins
Older than the voices in my brain

He said, "This place you're gonna see
Is where they live and breathe
Sink down a little bit deeper every day
And sometimes at night
When the wind is a-runnin′ right
You can hear it suckin′ thirty miles away"

And the light was crimson and I found her
All naked and eternal and insane
Sacred as the mysteries around her like a veil
Nothin' but her prison was profane
All we had in common was our chains

Ah, burn it down, boy
Burn it to the ground, boy
Burn it on down
Feet hit the ground
Feet leavin′ town
Quicker than a bullet or a knife

All the way she ran
Holdin' to my hand
Runnin′ for the river and our life
Slidin' from the moonlight into shadow
Silent as the river as it flows
Swimmin′ to the place they'll never find us
All we left behind us was our clothes and stories to
Sing about The Sabre and the Rose