Lyrics Richard Thompson

Richard Thompson

The Calvary Cross

I was under the Calvary Cross

The pale-faced lady she said to me

I've watched you with my one green eye.

And I'll hurt you 'till you need me.

You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes.

You do nothing with reason

One day you catch a train

Never leaves the station.

Everything you do

Everything you do

You do for me

Now you can make believe on your tin whistle

Ah, you can be my broom boy

Scrub me 'till I shine in the dark

I'll be your light 'till doomsday

Oh, it's a black cat cross your path.

And why don't you follow

My claw's in you and my light's in you

This is your first day of sorrow

Everything you do

Everything you do

You do for me