This is a song about a woman
I met her in the old by and by
Me and her in that bar room
It was a dangerous mix of tequila and rye
And I wish I’d known back then
About all the lives I was gonna wreck
I’d be in some kind of state of grace
Instead of sitting here trying to forget
Well, you know, she wasn’t so pretty
And I didn’t think she’d mean that much to me
But I knew she was somebody’s darlin’
She’s be someone’s best memory
So this is a song for her
And for that night we met
She had a rose tattoo on her thigh
Lord, do I regret
Note: with acknowledgement to Robert McGregor Shields
Lyrics
Wild Geese
I love you my loving darling
Forgive me for what I’ve done
I’ve done wrong once to often
Now I’ve lost what I had found
I lost the name I was given
Paid the price for my crime
Now I’m just another number
Doing ten in a twelve by nine
Take my heart now it’s broken
Lost my sweetheart divine
It was my one, my one and only temptation
I had water but I wanted wine
I close my eyes and we’re together
I can taste the morning dew
I hear bird’s call and responding
Can you hear me calling you?
I remember late one evening
As the sky was growing dark
I saw wild geese on the river
Taking flight and heading north
Take my heart now it’s broken
Lost my sweetheart divine
It was my one, my one and only temptation
I had water but I wanted wine
© Wild Geese words & music by Thomas Yule Fairnie 2000