Said her name was Marie from the banks of the Lee   With the prettiest eyes my own had ever seen   Her hair like ripples they danced with the tide   As our hearts washed away to the sea      Was she sent down from the Heavens above?   Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love   Now the devil is courtin' a different tune   And I laugh as the tears watch the rain      Tell me why no one's listenin'   Is there nothing at all left to say   In a world so unforgiving   You mean more to me each every day   So may the living be dead in our wake      One cold winters night behind the clouds stars did hide   And the ghost of our souls thanking Christ we're alive   Our spirits they crackled with lovers first sight   Till the mornin' came fresh with a new      Will you dance with me now Heavens child sang the clown?   We've nothing left to lose but your wings and my frown   Where over the hills the valleys will ring   To the sound of our love singin' true      So tell me why no one's listenin'   Is there nothing at all left to say   In a world so unforgiving   You mean more to me each every day   So may the living be dead in our wake      But the summer sun is melting now   With the leaves I'll soon be gone   Will you have the strength   When the emptiness shadows fall?      Or will your aching heart be ripped apart   By the beating from the storm?   Or will howling gales like yesterdays be gone?   Yeah be gone, be gone      Was she sent down to me from the Heavens above?   Her breath pure as whiskey my heart fell in love   Now the devil is courtin' a different tune   And I laugh as the tears watch the rain      Tell me why no one's listenin'   Is there nothing at all left to say   In a world so unforgiving   You mean more to me each every day   So may the living be dead in our wake      Tell me why no one's listenin'   Is there nothing at all left to say   In a world so unforgiving   You mean more to me each every day   So may the living be dead in our wake