Bitter Green - The Idle Race

作曲：Gordon Lightfoot

Upon the bitter green

She walked the hills above her town

Echoed to her footsteps

As soft as eiderdown

Waiting for her master

To kiss away the tears

Waiting through the years

Bitter green they called her

Walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her

Waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Some say he was a sailor

Who died away at sea

Some say he was a prisoner

Who never was set free

Lost upon the ocean

He died there in the mist

Dreaming of her kiss

Bitter green they called her

Walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her

Waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

But now the bitter green has gone

The hills have turned to rust

There comes a weary stranger

His tears fall in the dust

Kneeling by the church yard

In the Autumn mist

Dreaming of her kiss

Bitter green they called her

Walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her

Waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Upon the bitter green

She walked the hills above her town

Echoed to her footsteps

As soft as eiderdown

Waiting for her master

To kiss away the tears

Waiting through the years

Bitter green they called her

Walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her

Waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home

Bitter green they called her

Walking in the sun

Loving everyone that she met

Bitter green they called her

Waiting in the sun

Waiting for someone to take her home