Nic Jones - Rapunzel lyrics

By forest tree and forest flower I wandered in the darkening hour Weary of ambition My heart was in submission My body moved but short of power As visions met by disbelieving soul I saw a children's ancient tale unfold Hunch-backed with power The witch descends the tower Leaves her pretty prisoner with hair of gold And lives within the doorless tower alone And plats her hair which through the years has grown Sets the forest ringing With the song she's singing And carelessly I let my heart be thrown She from her window saw me listening there And lowered down the yellow platted hair And as I climbing in the window high And saw what a fool was I To try and play the prince for one so fair But she was yearning for the rescue scene And mistook me as the one that fit her dream And so we made a plan As only lovers can And I never heard the witch's scream And now the lonesome desert is her home And me her blinded lover walks alone I hear her singing soon Beneath the desert moon She'll come to mount this heart of stone No music greets my listening ear As aimlessly I tread these endless years No saviour meets me there To heal my vacant stare Or break the darkness with her tears