Molly Sweeney - Gold Rings and Fur Pelts lyrics

She was darning with tears, I was trimming with lace All the years one could trace on the lines of her face And now an old maid, not the girl with blonde braids She was once, before her true love went away The hours ticked by with two hands as their guide Painting cardinal directions, at each hour a bird cried But although he was sly, perched atop his own sky The spiders above spun their webs for the flies He said that he felt feelings distance can't melt He promised to return with gold rings and fur pelts But when he pa**ed the warm threshold of her door The cold took her heart, and he loved her no more Ça fait plus de dix ans et ses larmes restent profondes Elle se réveille en se rappellant qu'elle n'a pas d'enfants Mais si elle était enceinte cette journée là Elle en aurait eu un, qui aurait été moi Elle me tiendrait, squelette et tendons Mais le réveil dans son coeur ne faisait jamais de son