Lady-O Songtext
von Jack Hardy

The princess had a locket
and the locket had a key
the princess had so many things
she would not let them see
so many cursed the locket
though many held the key
many is the open book
with print too large to read

Oh... lady-o
where do they come from
where do they go
and if you have a heart
do not let it show
oh... lady-o


Strike while the iron is hot
he heard the soldiers say
marching in formation
to guard the palace gate
though he had seen those soldiers
fall along the way
they line them up and shoot them
for the heresies they say

Oh... lady-o
where do they come from
where do they go
and if you have a heart
do not let it show
oh... lady-o

But he was not a soldier
in his torn and ragged coat
resembling the jester
he came across the moat
and all the guards of kingdom come
would have let him pass
with eyes that looked right through them
and songs about their past


Oh... lady-o
where do they come from
where do they go
and if you have a heart
do not let it show
oh... lady-o

She had always pictured it
on a sunny afternoon
in some secluded forest
with the flowers all in bloom
it did not look at all
like this god-forsaken room
but the thing that′s long awaited
often comes too soon

Oh... lady-o
where do they come from
where do they go
and if you have a heart
do not let it show
oh... lady-o