My Lass

Verse 1

Well my lass went up and left me when we were still young

'Fore she left she cursed me and tried to cut off my tongue

She grabbed her corset and packed all her small bags

But the one thing she forgot was her ol' kitchen rags

Pre-Chorus

The kettle's gone cold on the stove

Salt on the sill where she once roamed

Chorus

Oh the rags hang lonely on the line

Turning grey in the morning light (morning light)

Every thread a story left behind

Tangled up in the wind tonight

Verse 2

She swore she'd find a richer man in the harbor town

Told the neighbors I was nothing but a humble down

Left her apron folded neat on the wooden chair

And the smell of her cooking still hanging in the air

Pre-Chorus

The sea takes what the sea wants

And my heart drifts with the dawn

Chorus

Oh the rags hang lonely on the line

Turning grey in the morning light (morning light)

Every thread a story left behind

Tangled up in the wind tonight

Bridge

Maybe one day the tide will turn her way

Maybe these old rags will dry and sway

But until that ship comes crossing home

I'll keep the memories I've outgrown

Chorus

Oh the rags hang lonely on the line

Turning grey in the morning light (morning light)

Every thread a story left behind

Tangled up in the wind tonight

Outro

The wind tonight (the wind tonight)

The wind tonight