The Highwayman lyrics

My child's upon the sacred isle In priestess' tender care The man I love is leagues away And wishing I was there But I am like a highwayman In tricorne hat and cloak Follow the black satin ribbon road And disappear like smoke The dying year before me flees For I have seen its ghost It hides among the mourning trees With Herne and all his host And I am like the highwayman Who takes life as he finds Follow the black satin ribbon road - Blind The sun is down and all seems grey Begins the changeling hour A creature more of night than day I seize my changeling power For I am like the highwayman Who cares not where he rides Follow the black satin ribbon road With danger by my side My child's upon the sacred isle And strong he grows, and fair My goal's a curtained lamplit room My love awaits me there And I am like the highwayman Whose journey is his own Follow the black satin ribbon road - Home