The Grace of a Dancer lyrics

She had the grace of a dancer, pretty as the morning sun

Her days were filled with laughter, and when sixteen years had come

She went to work in the old house, and there she met her love

But he, the son, was high-born, and she, a village girl;

They met at night by the river, and there he pledged his love

And so it was for the summer, but by winter, all was done

For the word was out in the village that she would have his child

And the night before she left him, these words were in his heart

When she said, "Love is all that we have, it is forever

Love is all that we need, to be together

Love is all that this world has to share, only love

Can take us there;"

They found her clothes by the river, of her there was no trace

And for many years he mourned her, haunted by her face

So he set off over the ocean, these memories to escape

But the ship he sailed was ill-starred, and soon would meet its fate;

They struck the rocks at midnight, in the grip of a roaring storm

And he found himself in the water with a woman and a boy

With a power that was more than human, he brought them to the shore

And her whisper in the darkness was a voice he'd heard before

When she'd said, "Love is all that we have, it is forever

Love is all that we need, to be together

Love is all that this world has to share

Only love can take us there;"

She had the grace of a dancer, and the father of her son