Air of Mystery Lyrics

Nobody thought he would ever come back

The night he leapt into the black

But there he stood looking full of grace

He shook my hand and he called me Ace

Ace, he said, I've been gone a long time

I don't know if I'll hang around

If they ask if you've seen me

Try to keep an air of mystery

I worked in the mill since the age of nine

Rolling up spools of bailing twine

I married a woman, she bore me a son

I got no complaints when the day is done

Every now and then I like to get away

With a bedroll out beneath a rising moon

'Cause a man's not half what he could be

Without an air of mystery

Each must choose their own path to walk

But in the end the reaper bales the straw

So I remember the night that he came back

And I keep his picture on the wall of my shack

Ace, he said, I've been gone a long time

I don't know if I'll hang around

If they ask if you've seen me

Try to keep an air of mystery