The Charlatans Lament

<br>At long weary last this game is over<br>The sins of the past have fled from my shoulder<br>The sleep that I need is all I ask<br>In thought and in deed I have burned the mask<br>Here I am...<br>Here I am...<br><br>Enchantment is broken <br>I merge with the crowd<br>Oaths have been spoken inside and out loud<br>Emerging from under notions of god<br>In tears and in wonder I venture abroad<br>Here I am...<br>Here I am...<br><br>Can you walk a smithereen<br>Can you walk a smithereen <br>closer to me <br>Could you love a thimbleful<br>Could you love a thimbleful <br>harder for me <br><br>Encountered a loathly hag<br>Blood on the snow<br>She said "I`ve a burden to drag and leagues to go"<br>I left her down by the seaside <br>in someone`s hall<br>By dawn`s empty light I cried <br>for no one at all<br>Here I am...<br>Here I am...<br><br>Can you walk a smithereen<br>Can you walk a smithereen <br>closer to me <br>Could you love a thimbleful<br>Could you love a thimbleful <br>harder for me <br><br>I swing between tears and wonder<br>I swing between tears and wonder<br>I swing between tears and wonder<br>I swing between tears and wonder<br>tears and wonder !<br><br>Can you walk a smithereen<br>Can you walk a smithereen <br>closer to me <br>Could you love a thimbleful <br>Could you love a thimbleful<br>harder for me <br>Harder for me