Coral and Tar - Bonnie "Prince" Billy

If I was a pine I would lose tar and shine in the moonlight

Moths would all swarm but they do me no harm

And it’s only for you I’d be shining

But I am no pine I’m a man in my prime

And I’m priming

Come over

Come over

Come over

Come over

Cause it’s been far too long since we saw in the dawn with our lovers

Oh, were I an oak sure I’d creak and I’d croak like a bullfrog

My boughs they would break and fall into the lake

But you know that I’d break for you only

Yeah I am no oak I am a man in the smoke

And I’m lonely

Come over

Come over

Come over

Come over

Cause it’s been far too long since we saw in the dawn with our lovers

Well I took to the drink as if seeking a bog to be mired in

To join with the pine and join with the oak in their blood oath to choke up the

garden

To harden the earth against any rebirth

To crowd out the fennel and sorrow

To keep the moon’s beams from embroiling your dreams

And making the terry place coral

So join me in in coral

And join me in tar

Come over

Come over

Come over

Come over

Cause it’s been far too long since we saw in the dawn with our lovers