Lyr Req: The Lady In Black

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Lady In Black
From: Charley Noble
Date: 12 Apr 03 - 08:46 AM

Not the same affirmative action song that we used to sing in college which ran:

I know a lady, dressed in black,
She makes her living on her back;
She's a lady mechanic,
She's a lady mechanic,
She's a lady mechanic but I love her just the same.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: ADDPOP: The Lady In Black
From:
Date: 11 Apr 03 - 09:57 PM

http://www.lyricsdomain.com/lyrics/21521/

Artist: Uriah Heep
Song: Lady In Black
Date: 2002-01-18 08:15:18

Lady in Black

She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning,
her long hair flowing in the mid-winter wind.
I know not how she found me, for in darkness I was walking,
and destruction lay around me from a fight I could not win.
 
She asked me name my foe then. I said the need within some men
to fight and kill their brothers without thought of men or god.
And I begged her give me horses to trample down my enemies,
so eager was my passion to devour this waste of life.
 
But she would not think of battle that reduces men to animals,
so easy to begin and yet impossible to end.
For she the mother of all men had counciled me so wisely that
I feared to walk alone again and asked if she would stay.
 
"Oh lady lend your hand," I cried, "Oh let me rest here at your side."
"Have faith and trust in me," she said and filled my heart with life.
There is no strength in numbers. I've no such misconceptions.
But when you need me be assured I won't be far away.
 
Thus having spoke she turned away and though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear.
My labor is no easier, but now I know I'm not alone.
I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day.
And if one day she comes to you drink deeply from her words so wise.
Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me.

With Tab @ OLGA

Subject: Lyr Req: The Lady In Black
From: GUEST,Kathy Kestner
Date: 11 Apr 03 - 09:25 PM

I had memorised this but I had to reconstruct a verse to make it work and I would like to get the original lyrics.
It is a folk rock peice done by Uriah Heap in 1973.