The Silky Veils of Ardor

<br>I am a poor wayfaring stranger<br><br>Traveling through all these highs and lows<br><br>I heard there was no sickness<br><br>And no toil or danger<br><br>Just mercy and plenty<br><br>Where peaceful waters flow<br><br>Where peaceful waters flow<br><br><br><br>Come all you fair and tender school girls<br><br>Be careful now--when you court young men<br><br>They are like the stars<br><br>On a summer morning<br><br>They sparkle up the night<br><br>And theyre gone again<br><br>Daybreak--gone again<br><br><br><br>If Id only seen through the silky veils of ardor<br><br>What a killing crime this love can be<br><br>I would have locked up my heart<br><br>In a golden sheath of armor<br><br>And kept its crazy beating<br><br>Under strictest secrecy<br><br>High security<br><br><br><br>I wish I had the wings<br><br>Of noahs pretty little white dove<br><br>So I could fly this raging river<br><br>To reach the one I love<br><br>But I have no wings<br><br>And the water is so wide<br><br>Well have to row a little harder<br><br>Its just in dreams we fly<br><br>In my dreams we fly!