When I was a boy I knew the lady of the lake And I was her favorite child She wore a white gown her yellow hair hanging down And her voice like a shadow, was gentle and kind
Everyday to the sea we would go hand in hand And build great white castles, civilizations in sand And I would paint her pictures with a seaweed brush And gather seashell jewels for her, as stars watched over us
When I was a boy I knew the lady of the lake And I was her favorite child She wore a white gown her yellow hair hanging down And a voice like a shadow, was gentle and kind
Sometimes we'd set sail straight for the sun As down the dome of sky it fled And sometimes we'd try to catch it as it spun To the deep sea comfort of the seagreen bed
The lady of the lake is gone, lost with childhoods mind But the intoxication lingers on and I remember the time When I would paint her pictures with a seaweed brush And gather seashell jewels for her, as the stars watched over us
When I was a boy I knew the lady of the lake And I was her favorite child