SWEET KATE

by Robin Hopper  (http://www.robinhopper.com)

Sweet Kate, open your gate

Here I stand in the wind

Threadbare, snow in my hair

How I need you again

For lone stalks the hunter's moon

Time takes her toll, oh

Love, please, mercy on me

And my poor wand'rin' soul

Love is a star that will not shine

Til the hour of your return

I count the days in cups of wine

And the candles I have burned

And sunrise comes only when I am far away

In dreams or when the black thunder rolls

I cannot save my own sad heart

Nor your poor, poor wanderin' soul

I heard the gray wolf sing her serenade at night

But you never held me by the light of day

I climbed the redwood tree and caught the wren in flight

But her wings were soft as morning and the morning slipped away

Sweet Kate, open your gate

Love is a star that will not shine

Here I stand in the wind

'Til the hour of your return

Threadbare, snow in my hair

I count the days in cups of wine

How I need you again

And the candles I have burned

For lone stalks the hunter's moon

And sunrise comes only when I am far away

Time takes her toll

In dreams or when the black thunder rolls

Love, please, mercy on me

I cannot save my own sad heart

And my poor wand'rin' soul

Nor your poor, poor wanderin' soul

Open the gate, love - So many candles

Suddenly morning slips away from me

And the wax heart weeps and blisters

And it's burning where he kissed her

And the ghost of lost love whispers, "sweet Kate..."

ARTIST: Dave Carter

TITLE: Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love