The Crane Wife 1, 2, And 3 - Live

It was a cold night
 And the snow lay low
 I pulled my coat tight
 Against the falling down
 And the sun was all
 And the sun was all down
 And the sun was all
 And the sun was all down
 I am a poor man
 I haven't wealth nor fame
 I have my two hands
 And a house to my name
 And the winter's so
 And the winter's so long
 And the winter's so
 And the winter's so long
 And all the stars were crashing 'round
 As I laid eyes on what I'd found
 It was a white crane
 It was a helpless thing
 Upon a red stain
 With an arrow, its wing
 And it called and cried
 And it called and cried so
 And it called and cried
 And it called and cried so
 And all the stars were crashing 'round
 As I laid eyes on what I'd found
 My crane wife, my crane wife
 My crane wife, my crane wife
 Now I helped her
 And I dressed her wounds
 And how I held her
 Beneath the rising moon
 And she stood to fly
 And she stood to fly away
 And she stood to fly
 She stood to fly away
 And all the stars crashing 'round
 As I laid eyes on what I'd found
 My crane wife, my crane wife
 My crane wife, my crane wife
 My crane wife arrived at my door
 In the moonlight
 All star bright and tongue-tied
 I took her in
 We were married and bells rang sweet
 For our wedding
 And our bedding was ready
 When we fell in
 The sound of the keening bell
 To see its pain erect
 Soft as fontanel, the feathers and the thread
 When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
 My crane wife
 My crane wife
 My crane wife
 We were poorly
 Our fortunes fading hourly
 And how she loved me
 She could bring it back
 But I was greedy, I was vain
 And I forced her to weaving
 On a cold loom, in a closed room
 Down the hall
 The sound of the keening bell
 To see its pain erect
 Soft as fontanel, the feathers and a thread
 When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
 My crane wife
 My crane wife
 My crane wife
 There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
 There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
 Rakes at my heart, heart
 Heart, heart
 Heart, heart
 Heart, heart
 Heart, heart
 My crane wife