Spider's Web

Words & Music:

Traditional

 

CHORUS:

It's a web like a spider's web,

Made of silver, light and shadow

Spun by the moon in my room last night.

It's a web made to catch your dreams

Hold them tight 'til I awaken.

Ask it to tell me my dream is alright.

 

Down in the valley, there is a mission by the old oak tree.

Near the mission, there is a fountain, where my love said to me:

 

CHORUS:

 

I met a stranger, his name is Danger.  We rode side by side.

Down in Santa Fe, I killed a man, they say.  Danger told me right.

 

CHORUS:

 

Now, if I go back, they will hang me by the old oak tree.

Near the mission, there is a fountain, where my love told me:

 

CHORUS:

 




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