Spider's Web


Down in the valley,
There is a mission
Down by the old oak tree
Down by that mission,
There is a fountain
Where my love told me:

It's a web like a spider's web
Made of silk and light as shadows
Spun by the moon in my room at night
It's a web made to catch a dream
Hold it tight 'till I awaken
As if to tell me that dreaming's all right.
        


        

on the evening
I was leaving
My love dreamed of me
I was sleeping,
She was weeping
When she said to me:

It's a web like a spider's web
Made of silk and light as shadows
Spun by the moon in my room at night
It's a web made to catch a dream
Hold it tight 'till I awaken
As if to tell me that dreaming's all right.
        



I met a stranger,
His name was Danger
We rode side by side
Way down in Santa Fe,
I killed a man they say
Danger told me, "Ride!"

It's a web like a spider's web
Made of silk and light as shadows
Spun by the moon in my room at night
It's a web made to catch a dream
Hold it tight 'till I awaken
As if to tell me that dreaming's all right.
        



And now if I return,
They will hang me
High from the old oak tree
Down by the mission,
Down by the fountain
Where my love told me:

It's a web like a spider's web
Made of silk and light as shadows
Spun by the moon in my room at night
It's a web made to catch a dream
Hold it tight 'till I awaken
As if to tell me that dreaming's all right.