Kate and the Ghost of Lost Love

from When I Go by Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer

/

about

© 1997 David Robert Carter (BMI), administered by Tracy Grammer Music

lyrics

sweet kate, open your gate, here i stand in the wind
threadbare, snow in my hair, how i need you again
for lone stalks the hunter's moon, time takes her toll
love, please, mercy on me and my poor wand'rin soul

love is a star that will not shine till the hour of your return
i count the days in cups of wine and the candles i have burned
and sunrise comes only when i am faraway in dreams or when the black thunder rolls
i cannot save my own sad heart nor your poor, poor wand'rin soul

i heard the grey wolf sing her serenade at night
but you never held me by the light of day
i climbed the redwood tree and caught the wren in flight
but her wings were soft as morning and the morning slipped away

(duet)
open the gate, love
so many candles
suddenly morning slips away from me
and the wax heart weeps and blisters
and it's burning where he kissed her
and the ghost of lost love whispers, "sweet Kate..."

credits

from When I Go, released October 11, 1998

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Tracy Grammer Greenfield, Massachusetts

Writer. Actor. Storyteller. Singer. Multi-instrumentalist. Former head cheerleader, now a fearless navigator of the heart.

“One of the finest pure musicians anywhere in folkdom.” - Boston Globe

“A brilliant artist.” - Joan Baez

“Her gifts as a musician are like that of a painter who is a master of chiaroscuro, offering light and shadow at every turn.“ - Mary Chapin Carpenter
... more

contact / help

Contact Tracy Grammer

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Tracy Grammer, you may also like: