Disappointed lovers sing the sweetest songs
Broken hearted fathers commit the worst of wrongs
Fancy takes a faded garland for her crown
Before she bows to fortune, face down on the ground
Oh what tragic silence fills these empty halls
Dine amidst the violence, drink, forget the dawn
You and I, we tried to muster from the coals
Love in all her lustrous promises of old
But we were clumsy suitors, spent before we spoke
Idly climbing willows hung out o're the brook
Oh what tragic silence fills these empty halls
Dine amidst the violence, drink, don't think
Drink, forget the dawn
Oh what magic laughter in memory remains
Ringing ever after
Think, don't drink
Think, don't drink
Drink, don't think about it, about it, without it now
About it, about it, without it now