David Massengill
Suzanne Vega
Richard Shindell
Jack Williams (Singer)
Christine Lavin
Richard Julian
Red Molly
Nels Andrews
Paul Sachs
Frank Christian
Erik Frandsen
Jonathan Byrd
Jack Hardy
Rod MacDonald
Lucy Kaplansky
Anthony da Costa
Terre Roche
John Gorka
Ronny Cox
Brian Rose
Andrew Rose Gregory
Diana Jones
Frank Tedesso
Kate MacLeod
Nanci Griffith
Jack Hardy
[Verse 1]
The king's guardsman's greedy
He's underpaid he knows
Tailor, sew me a cloak of indigo
That will disguise me well
For the highwayman's game
No one will suspect evil
And the king's cross are the same
I will pay you dearly
With half of what I claim
[Chorus]
No, said the tailor
The tailor said no
A cloak will not hide
What your own eyes see
A cloak will not change
What is hidden underneath
Just as mine does not confine
The idea of what I am
I am not a tailor, I'm a woman
[Verse 2]
The king's queen is hungry
For the pleasures adultery knows
Tailor, sew me a cloak of scarlet
That will disguise me well
For courting on the sly
That will make the fever
Transparent to the night's eye
I will pay you dearly
With favors and with sighs
[Chorus]
No, said the tailor
The tailor said no
A cloak will not hide
What your own eyes see
A cloak will not change
What is hidden underneath
Just as mine does not confine
The idea of what I am
I am not a tailor, I'm a woman
[Verse 3]
The king he is frightened
With shadows behind his back
Tailor, sew me a cloak of sable
That will disguise me well
From the daggers of my foes
That will keep me far above
Those that are below
I will pay you dearly
If you fail on the gallows
[Chorus]
No, said the tailor
The tailor said no
A cloak will not hide
What your own eyes see
A cloak will not change
What is hidden underneath
Just as mine does not confine
The idea of what I am
I am not a tailor, I'm a woman
The Tailor was written by Jack Hardy.
The Tailor was produced by Mark Dann & David Massengill.