"Widow Woman" lyrics - FISHERMAN'S FRIENDS

Why do you sit
Widow woman?
Why do you stare out at me?
Is it a secret you keep in your heart, buried deep
Of a boy on the bed of the sea?

In Port Quin
There's a clouded glass window
Pane cracked and frame dusty dry
Behind the old lace is a sad, weathered face
Of a woman whose heart has long since died

In her eyes she stills sees the grey tempest
Blow fast and fruious through the bay
She sees the fleet sinkin' down to the deep
Made two dozen widows that day

Why do you sit
Widow woman?
Why do you stare out at me?
It's a secret you keep in your heart, buried deep
Of a boy on the bed of the sea

How cruel the past
To the present
Could God really mean it this way?
For if He were kind, sure he'd empty her mind
Of the sorrow she still feels today

She sees her love
Deep on the water
Pale face unchanged by the years
For the boy she loved drowned
Lies in Marazion sound
The last widow left drowning in tears

Why do you sit
Widow woman?
Why do you stare out at me?
Is it a secret you keep in your heart, buried deep
Of a boy on the bed of the sea?
Of a boy on the bed of the sea?
Of a boy on the bed of the sea?