May Day

Lyrics

[Chorus] Well, there's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone [Verse 1] It's not like Pan to play his flute For those who dance for fun The fire flickers through poison roots Where chance is on the run It's not like elves to hide their gold Where fortune seekers dive Though pirate lore and island shore Yield only ransomed lives [Chorus] And there's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings [Verse 2] It's not like sirens to sing their songs For sailors with cautious ears They lure no coward right or wrong And trade not death for fear It's not like kings to yield their wines For a hundred years of war Though drop by drop the ancient vine Paints blood on every door [Chorus] And there's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings [Verse 3] It's not like girls to give consent To men of ragged prose Though poets sing of nursery rhymes Their cradles are filled with hope It's not like me to give my heart In these drowsy daffodil days Though dreams they douse the timid spark Where sleep presents its plays [Chorus] There's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] And there's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings [Verse 4] It's not like saints to tell their tales Of nights on windswept moors Where death defies the dreams of fate To close the cellar door It's not like shepherds to lay them down When wolves are on the prowl Though songs they scare the waking town An ill wind has no howl [Chorus] And there's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings There's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings There's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring 'Round the maypole like a day stole Like our feet are borne of wings [Outro] There's May Day and May wine And may I please come home? But the briar grows before the rose And neither grows alone We'll dance tonight 'til we faint in the light Of the dawn's sweet song of spring