[Instrumental] [Verse 1] In the long year of the knife When everything was opened To the startled pale of bone And to the quickened bloom of pain We wept and bled and trembled In the doorway to the station Oh, but when I was in Monaghan She washed my hair with rain When I was in Monaghan She washed my hair with rain With rain [Verse 2] You broke my throne, I stole the blade And ground it on my fathers wheel And then I threw it in the river Where the river heads for south And I raged just like an animal Oh, to see me, all was still Oh, but when I was in Monaghan She kissed me on the mouthWhe I was in Monaghan She kissed me on the mouth She kissed me on the mouth [Bridge] Beware, oh, traveler For the road is walking, too Beware, oh, traveler For the road is walking, too Beware, oh, traveler For the road is walking, too The road is walking, too [Verse 3] Youve been a ghost for so long You cant know what Ive become Oh, but I still read through your dark eyes The bright news of the day And now I know my good right arm Is never growing back Oh, but when I was in Monaghan She dashed my tears away When I was in Monaghan She dashed my tears away She dashed my tears away [Outro] Beware, oh, traveler Beware, oh, traveler Beware, oh, traveler Beware, oh, traveler
monaghan, traveler, beware, dashed, walking