When I Was In Monaghan

[Instrumental]

[Verse 1]
In the long year of the knife
When everything was opened
To the startled pale of bone
And to the quickened bloom of pain
We wept and bled and trembled
In the doorway to the station
Oh, but when I was in Monaghan
She washed my hair with rain
When I was in Monaghan
She washed my hair with rain
With rain

[Verse 2]
You broke my throne, I stole the blade
And ground it on my father's wheel
And then I threw it in the river
Where the river heads for south
And I raged just like an animal
Oh, to see me, all was still
Oh, but when I was in Monaghan
She kissed me on the mouthWhe I was in Monaghan
She kissed me on the mouth
She kissed me on the mouth

[Bridge]
Beware, oh, traveler
For the road is walking, too
Beware, oh, traveler
For the road is walking, too
Beware, oh, traveler
For the road is walking, too
The road is walking, too

[Verse 3]
You've been a ghost for so long
You can't know what I've become
Oh, but I still read through your dark eyes'
The bright news of the day
And now I know my good right arm
Is never growing back
Oh, but when I was in Monaghan
She dashed my tears away
When I was in Monaghan
She dashed my tears away
She dashed my tears away

[Outro]
Beware, oh, traveler
Beware, oh, traveler
Beware, oh, traveler
Beware, oh, traveler