Woman In The Wings letra

She watches anxiously
Helpless to protect
The girl in the goldfish bowl of light
The jigging marionette
And the woman in the wings
She worries when she sings out of key
The dancer as she twirls
Oblivious and calm
With tossed curls and swirls
She will face any storm
But the woman in the wings
She fidgets with her rings and wrings her hands

The puppet on the stage
Elusive and calm
Buttered and bruised
She collapses in the arms
Of the woman in the wings
Who gently takes the strings, leads her away

To a private dressing dressing room
She takes the doll apart
And packs her away in the wardrobe
Til the next show starts
Then the woman in the wings
Collects up all her things and goes home

Maddy Prior - Letras

• A Boy Was Born
• Accapella Stella
• After The Death
• Ali Baba
• All Around My Hat
• Allelujah
• Almost Every Circumstance
• Another Drink
• Autumn: Marigold/Harvest Home
• Baggy Pants
• Bitter Withy
• Blood and Gold / Mohacs
• Bloomers
• Bold Poachers
• Boney
• Boy On a Horse
• Boys Of Bedlam
• Brother Lawrence
• Canals
• Catseyes
• Cold Flame
• Commit The Crime
• Dance On The Wind
• Deep In The Darkest Night
• Deep Water
• Dives And Lazarus
• Each Heart
• Face To Face
• Fanny Blair
• God Squad
• Great Silkie Of Sules Skerry
• Gutter Geese
• Hail The Ball
• Half Listening
• Heart Of Stone
• Hind Horn
• Honest Work
• Hope Lies Now
• I Heard The Banns
• I Sall Goe Until A Hare
• I Shall Run And Run
• I Told You So
• In Fighting
• In The Company Of Ravens
• Jade
• Lark In The Morning
• Long Shadows
• Loot
• Mater Dolorosa
• Morning Girls
• Mother And Child
• Oh No
• Once And Future King
• Pater Noster
• Pity The Poor Night Porter
• Queen And Sovereignty
• Ravenchild
• Reynardine
• Rich Pickings
• Rigs Of The Time
• Rollercoaster
• Rosettes
• Ruled By The Moon
• Saboteur
• Saucy Sailor
• Scent Of Dog
• Scorched Earth
• Sentry
• Sheath And Knife
• Snowdrops
• Somewhere Along the Road
• Sorry The Day I Was Married
• Spring: Snowdrops/Birth
• Summer: Swimming Song
• The Cruel Mother
• The Duke Of Marlborough
• The Fabled Hare
• The Hallows
• The Hare Said
• The Laugh And The Kiss
• The Masts Of Morrigan
• The Mountain
• The Name Of Arthur
• The Rolling English Road
• The Sovereign Prince
• To Have And To Hold
• Tribal Warriors
• Trivial Hymn
• Twankydillo
• Veturae Remembering
• What Had You For Supper?
• Who Am I
• Winter: Long Shadows
• Winter: Red And Green
• Woman In The Wings
• Young Bloods