Weeping Women

[Lyric] You walk the meadowed bayside Leaving barrow-night behind To a quiet lake and quayside Where a golden temple shines Hallowed to no goddess Unless hallowed by them all Crowned with weeping women Women who answer those who call [Chorus] And if you speak to them truly With rough voice or with fair The women will smile upon you Will bless you And place you in their care [Lyric] In the lake, the clear reflection Of the temple in the light Mirrored stillness, glassed perfection Wholly equal in your sight You cross through shadowed stoa To golden dome and golden shrine And they come down, gather round you To hear your truth and hear your mind [Chorus] If you tell your story truly With rough voice or with fair The women will smile upon you Will bless you And place you in their care [Lyric] But your truth it has escaped you And your soul you have forgot And your voice, you have sold it And your song, was cheaply bought Half a lifetime ago And the weeping weeping women Turn away in dismay Because you stand before them And don't have a thing to say [Chorus] If you sing your song truly With rough voice or with fair The women will smile upon you Will keep you And place you in their care [Bridge] In despair, you turn away from them Heading outward to the cold But as you leave you hear a whisper: "A voice is never truly sold." [Chorus] If you sing your song truly With rough voice or with fair The women will smile upon you Will guard you And place you in their care