Eliza And Martin Carthy - Waking Dreams lyrics

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Eliza And Martin Carthy - Waking Dreams lyrics

Awake, awake, you drowsy traitor
 Awake, arise, it's almost day
 How can you sleep such treacherous slumbers
 When you have all my heart away? You learned my secrets warmed in comfort
 But left me cold now so it seems
 You left me lying, prone to crying
 And beset my waking dreams Farewell my friends, farewell my family
 Now I am bound while he goes free
 I will go down to those far white mountains
 Where the air is thin and you cannot see I thought I heard your voice a-shouting
 I thought I heard you loud and clear
 But it was just a faithless echo
 And you were nothing that I could call dear I loved his face, I loved his body
 I loved his voice when he sang with me
 And every day brought port and brandy
 To toast his name in a gla** or three Now take my heart, I do not need it
 I'm done with love and I'm safe alone
 And I'll sit here on my white mountain
 And watch your beauty turn to stone