Ralph McTell Lyrics

Pity the Boy

Far in mountains lies the realm of sorrow
A dying realm which fate's forever doomed
Still live today but maybe dead tomorrow
On blackened sky the shade of Evil loomed

Dying rivers - no life in empty waters
Silent lakes where nothing dwells within
In the canyons the signs of ancient slaughters
The remembrance that people couldn't win

The flowers bleeding, trees are dead
The landscape painted by the mad
It's always night, there's no sunrise
No light in kingdom of demise

Crying widows, young girl mourns for lover
Grief and sorrow, death is all around
Soulless bodies, shroud is down to cover
And no strength to bury them in ground

There's no birth, just stillborn
The heart of mother is torn
Painful groans fill the sky
All who live want to die

The realm is dying
The deadly curse oppresses, preys the land
Payment for the sins in past

The sky is crying
This terror is released by Evil's hand
The realm will die, the curse will last

Far in mountains lies the realm of sorrow
A dying realm which fate's forever doomed...

Death has come to the land
Brought the realm to the end
Disappearing in gloom
Suffering ghastly doom