All the widows watch
Thro' all window sills
Hair raising in every room
Up the street come a walking chill
An' you ask for nothing
Except to be by my side

See my tears good father
Will they wash it away
All my dirt from your holy feet
No, I don't believe it works that way
Cos' you ask for nothing
Except to be by my side

I seen you in the river
Before god an' man
Held by the holy hand of winter
Brought low by winter's holy hand

Yes my sister girl
I know that it is true
You see me with the lord's eye girl
An' you see right thro'
An' you ask for nothing
Is there something behind my eyes
I can look good I swear
When the spirit blows
All all an' all thro' yeah
My wretched bones
An' you ask for nothing
Except to be by my side love

I seen you in the river
Before god an' man
Held by the holy hand of winter
Brought low by winter's holy hand