Raglan Road Lyrics

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Raglan Road Lyrics by Van Morrison

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(Traditional, words by Patrick Kavanagh, arranged by Van Morrison/Paddy Moloney)  
  
On Raglan Road on an Autumn Day,  
I saw her first and knew  
That her dark hair would weave a snare  
That I may one day rue.  
I saw the danger, yet I walked  
Along the enchanted way  
And I said let grief be a falling leaf  
At the dawning of the day.  
  
On Grafton Street in November,  
We tripped lightly along the ledge  
Of a deep ravine where can be seen  
The worst of passions pledged.  
The Queen of Hearts still baking tarts  
And I not making hay,  
Well I loved too much; by such and such  
Is happiness thrown away.  
  
I gave her the gifts of the mind.  
I gave her the secret sign  
That's known to all the artists who have  
Known true Gods of Sound and Time.  
With word and tint I did not stint.  
I gave her reams of poems to say  
With her own dark hair and her own name there  
Like the clouds over fields of May.  
  
On a quiet street where old ghosts meet,  
I see her walking now away from me,  
So hurriedly. My reason must allow,  
For I have wooed, not as I should  
A creature made of clay.  
When the angel woos the clay, he'll lose  
His wings at the dawn of the day.

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