Mercy Brown

[Verse 1] Jaundiced yellow light is flashing Hanging above Church and Main On the wind, her perfume lingers Likewise, her Christian name Fields of night hang close above her The family lie in a dreamless sleep Frost grows on the windowpanes And the wind spins circles in the empty street [Chorus] Shining white steeples Rise from the ground Ring all the bells you may And brace for the kiss of Mercy Brown [Verse 2] By the paper mill, she wanders Singing melodies to the clouds A fox calls, but nonе does answer Cross the green of hallowеd ground Quietly beyond the threshold A pale hand on the banister Looks upon the sleepers there And weeps at the memory of the way things were [Chorus] Shining white steeples Alarm the town Ring all the bells you can And brace for the kiss of Mercy Brown [Instrumental Interlude] [Bridge] Two lovers in the moonlight Playing at hare and hounds Leaves fall upon the hillside Ruddy as the lips of young Miss Brown [Chorus] Shining white steeples Alarm the town Ring all the bells you can Then brace for the kiss of Mercy Brown Shining white steeples Dawn in the dark Be still, your beating Your beating heart [Post-Chorus] Be still, your beating heart