"Widow's Grove" lyrics

I met you in the saddle
I rode you in the dust
Held your hand to the heavens
Pulled your heart to the earth

There was something that blinded me
More than the mist
And the breath of the cottonwoods
Buds lighter yet

When you rode the maypole of dance hall lace
And galloped to another's embrace
And I bit the flowers from your wrist corsage
You waltzed too slowly, too slowly, you waltzed
With that girl from Widow's Grove

Oh, I'd follow you to the river
That washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be

Near the breath of a swallow
The petals dropped as you fell
You grabbed me then shyly held me
Against the stone cold well

In your hand was a glass
You held the ice against the night
And it dripped and it sparkled
And I laughed a wish

Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well
I heard it melt quietly and I looked at you
Bent to the earth with one pleading wish
Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding

Oh, I'd follow you to the river
That washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be

I hid in the elm and raised the bough
That hung even with your neck
And I chased you and drowned you
There deep in the well

And when your mouth was full and wet
I swallowed all your reckless fate
And with your last breath
You moaned, too drunk to wake

Oh, I followed you to the river
That washes out to the sea
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be
Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night
That's where I'll be