On a lonely walk this morning
A light mist in the air
Dark clouds laughing at me in silence

Casting shadows through my hair

In the distance I saw a woman

Dressed in black with eyes of grey
She wore her pain like a shackled spirit
Eternal life was her debt to pay


The lady wore black
It's the sign of the prisoners lives

The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes
The lady wore black

Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black
Her love can set me free


The wind song whispered a warning
Telling me to beware

Of the quiet shadowed woman
And of the sadness I would share


We sat for sometime together in silence
Never speaking in words
Of all her thoughts she spoke with her eyes

And I listened remembering all I heard

The lady wore black

It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black

Her love can set me free

The words she spoke were of forgotten lives

And of all knowledge gained
Mem'ries I had and didn't know why
With a smile she explained

I should have listened to the wind's cold warning
And walked the other way
I touched her soul and now I bear her sentence

But for her love I'll gladly pay

The lady wore black

It's the sign of the prisoners lives
The lady wore black
See the years through the tears in her eyes

The lady wore black
Her mystic power calls to me
The lady wore black

Her love can set me free