The Unicorn Tapestries

I can’t bring you stars tonight
So love will take a lightning flight
But I will sleep
My dreams closed tight around you
I can’t be your lady
Though you bring me love red flowers
And I used to count the hours
‘Till the darkness drew in

I would bring my songs to sing tonight
But prayers will do to read by candlelight

Touch my hands, a workers tale
Now see you own, so clean and pale
I only climbed the castle walls to serve you
I can’t be your lady
For we look with certain sadness
Onto love as sometimes madness
When the morning comes in
I would bring you love to fill the night
But now it’s prayers to learn by candlelight

Waiting ladies want you
Seeking favours boldly
I am there to sew and mend their lives
Watching you watch coldly

I can’t be your lady
Though the walls are drawn around us
For your family name surrounds us
As my flowers turn to die
I can’t be your lady
So I wait beneath your window
And I turn my eyes where you go
With a prayer to change our lives

I would bring you love to fill the night
But prayers will do to read by candlelight
I would bring you love to fill the night
But now it’s prayers to read by candlelight