Ghost Story (The Bean Nighe) Lyrics

It was the dark time

It was a grey light

There was no sea and no shore

The mist was falling

The damp was rising

I could still see my feet on Saligo Moor

My heart was weary

My body ached to my bones

My eyes turned bleary

I'd no way home

La la la la, la la la laa la

No way home

The rain beat on my back now

My heart beat in my breast

I sat a while and I fell to sleep

When I awoke there

An old woman stood over me

You could hear the heavens weep

My soul was fading

Hope pared and alone

I felt her spirit breath upon my head

I'd no way home

La la la la, la la la laa la

No way home

She said 'Have faith now

I cannot guide you

One way lies the sea – the other home

Choose the right way

You'll be safe and dry soon

The wrong way – I'll have your wet bloody clothes'

There we stood, she, the stream and me

She smiled coldly, rung her hands like stone

I trusted my life to destiny

Knowing I'd no way home

La la la la, la la la laa la

No way home