Three or four verses written in the last 10 years
The night came undone like a party dress It fell at her feet in a beautiful mess the smoke and whiskey came home in her curls and they crept through the dreams of the bar-room girls. -- by Gillian Welsh
Well he reached for her hand and he gave her the keys Said, "I've got no further use for these, "I see angel and ariels in leather and chrome "A'swoopin' down from heaven for to carry me home." -- Richard Thompson
Soon she'll be gone, And gone is a long, long time, Well I went and took my chances Got caught up in the branches She's a bird of the world Let her fly away -- Bill Fox, "Bird of the World"
All the nights that joy has slept Will awake to days of laughter Gone the tears that you have wept you'll dance in freedom ever after. -- Julie Miller, "By Way of Sorrow"