The Tailor

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The king's guardsman's greedy He's underpaid he knows Tailor, sew me a cloak of indigo That will disguise me well For the highwayman's game No one will suspect evil And the king's cross are the same I will pay you dearly With half of what I claim [Chorus] No, said the tailor The tailor said no A cloak will not hide What your own eyes see A cloak will not change What is hidden underneath Just as mine does not confine The idea of what I am I am not a tailor, I'm a woman [Verse 2] The king's queen is hungry For the pleasures adultery knows Tailor, sew me a cloak of scarlet That will disguise me well For courting on the sly That will make the fever Transparent to the night's eye I will pay you dearly With favors and with sighs [Chorus] No, said the tailor The tailor said no A cloak will not hide What your own eyes see A cloak will not change What is hidden underneath Just as mine does not confine The idea of what I am I am not a tailor, I'm a woman [Verse 3] The king he is frightened With shadows behind his back Tailor, sew me a cloak of sable That will disguise me well From the daggers of my foes That will keep me far above Those that are below I will pay you dearly If you fail on the gallows [Chorus] No, said the tailor The tailor said no A cloak will not hide What your own eyes see A cloak will not change What is hidden underneath Just as mine does not confine The idea of what I am I am not a tailor, I'm a woman