Simon Coverdale - Tattered Banners Lyrics

You used to like to tell me
Tales of the riverboat queen
Talk of the lover that she took that spring
In the days of the in between
He looked like Jean Genet and
Stole to make his way they say
Fell in love with a black haired girl
Followed her far away

Your mother lent us money
That she knew we couldn't pay
Life got hard and it broke my heart
It all just slipped away
Secret Comanche child
Stoned on hope and running wild
See your pagan children
Under the moonless sky

Keep the faith for me
Keep it safe keep it free
Say a prayer for liberty
And all she used to mean to me
Keep the faith for me
In your little box of certainties
Traded in my endless deals
For all these scars that never heal
Tattered banners on my arm
All these tattered banners on my arm

One day I'll see you
From the window of my train
There on the platform
Looking so fine
Dreaming in the rain
Maybe you will catch me
In the corner of your eye
You'll wonder what you really saw
And me I'll wonder why

We said goodbye
Words were there
On the tip of my tongue
They slipped away and we were done
Goodbye

Keep the faith for me
Keep it safe keep it free
Say a prayer for liberty
And all she used to mean to me
Keep the faith for me
In your little box of certainties
Traded in my endless deals
For all these scars that never heal
Tattered banners on my arm
All these tattered banners on my arm

Slip beneath the covers
Slip beneath the moon
Slip beneath the eyes of god
Cos he ain't coming soon
You whisper words to me
So sweet like ecstasy
But all these mysteries
They don't touch me anymore

Keep the faith for me
Keep it safe keep it free
Say a prayer for liberty
And all she used to mean to me
Keep the faith for me
In your little box of certainties
Traded in my endless deals
For all these scars that never heal
Tattered banners on my arm
All these tattered banners on my arm
Tattered banners on my arm
All these tattered banners on my arm