For Elizabeth

Are you the Lady of Fortune
Have I been lucky tonight?
Or are you a dream
That crept up unseen
And will fade in the morning light.

No rings are on your fingers
But a sparkle is in your eye
I cannot tell if soon
You'll fade back in my gloom
And laugh, when lonely, I die.

Are you only to haunt me
Make me a ghost in your chains
And when it is done
Will you cease to come
And leave me to bury remains.

There are men who'd travel an ocean
Not to touch, but to see
The peace in your eyes
The freedom from lies
And of all: you stayed with me.

I dreamed that I was sleeping
That I was not denied
I awoke in the morn
And felt a body warm
And found that you were by my side.

[Song Lyrics: written in minor key; 2nd line of each verse in Major where vocal is forte.]

—Robert William McCallum (c) 1987, Dunipace, Stirlingshire, Scotland

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