And our bedding was ready
It was a cold night
We were married and bells rang sweet
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
And all the stars were crashing 'round
And the snow lay low
Soft as fontanel, the feathers and a thread
There's a bend in the wind and it rakes at my heart
Against the falling down
And it called and cried
And a house to my name
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
Heart, heart
And the winter's so long
Heart, heart
My crane wife, my crane wife
Heart, heart
I haven't wealth nor fame
And all the stars were crashing 'round
When we fell in
It was a white crane
My crane wife
It was a helpless thing
My crane wife
There is blood in the thread and it rakes at my heart
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
And it called and cried
My crane wife arrived at my door
I took her in
And the sun was all
With an arrow, its wing
And she stood to fly away
On a cold loom, in a closed room
We were poorly
And how she loved me
In the moonlight
Publisher: OSTEROZHNA! MUSIC
I have my two hands
Heart, heart
And all the stars crashing 'round
My crane wife
And it called and cried so
She could bring it back
And the sun was all down
My crane wife, my crane wife
My crane wife
And the sun was all down
And I forced her to weaving
My crane wife, my crane wife
To see its pain erect
She stood to fly away
My crane wife
Upon a red stain
The sound of the keening bell
And how I held her
And it called and cried so
Songwriter: Colin Patrick Meloy
Beneath the rising moon
When all I ever meant to do was to keep you
To see its pain erect
But I was greedy, I was vain
All star bright and tongue-tied
And the winter's so
My crane wife
For our wedding
Now I helped her
Rakes at my heart, heart
Soft as fontanel, the feathers and the thread
Our fortunes fading hourly
My crane wife
And the winter's so long
And she stood to fly
My crane wife, my crane wife
As I laid eyes on what I'd found
I pulled my coat tight
Down the hall
And the winter's so
The sound of the keening bell
And the sun was all
And she stood to fly
And I dressed her wounds
I am a poor man