Come Away, Death lyrics
by Elvis Costello
[Verse 1]
Come away, come away, death
And in sad Cyprus let me be laid
Fly away, fly away, breath
I am slain by a fair cruel maid
My shroud of white stuck all with yew
O prepare it
My part of death no one so true
Did share it
[Chorus]
Come away, come away, death
[Verse 2]
Not a flower, not a flower, sweet
On my black coffin let there be strown
Not a friend, not a friend, greet
My poor corpse where my bones shall be thrown
A thousand thousand sighs to save
Lay me over, O, where
Sad true lover never find my grave
To weep there
[Chorus]
Come away, come away, death