Follaton Wood

Oh you screamed hallelujah darling Startled all the sleeping starlings on the wire As we walked up the footpath through the fields How the rain did reveal your heart And the rope swing from the balance held the weight Shadows fall and a cold wind blows And you said "oh, maybe we're just lost souls here Maybe-oh everybody goes." Oh but we were Young oh-ho we were young Ooh we were young Oh-ho we were young Still don't, don't you forget That rope you tied around your neck Don't free you darlin', oh oh-ho oh ho oh Ooh don't free you darlin', oh oh ho oh ho oh And it took them three days to find you Tired torch lights and dog scents Oh they let you down from the highest branches Cold eyes and frozen arms And my my my your beauty was so dumbfoundin' Lace white dress and your hair as long as Follaton Woods And the whole town just stood there crying Looking at the darkness For something wholesome and good Oh good, oh-ho oh oh Oh good, oh-ho oh oh Still don't, don't you forget That rope you tied around your neck Don't free you darlin', oh oh-ho oh ho oh Don't free you darlin', oh oh-ho oh ho oh [Humming] Morning white mist came in across the plains Blue skies and rain Oh and it was the strangest day People taking cover, people holding shame And you woulda left your heart ah-ah oh oh Oh you woulda left your heart, ah-ha oh ho You woulda left your heart, ah-ha ou-out You woulda laughed your heart, ah-ha ou-out You woulda laughed your heart out.* *The final lines seem to shift gradually from "you woulda left your heart" to "you woulda laughed your heart out"