The Siege

歌詞

The siege was at its height and the well was running dry The mayor addressed the town, he said, "We'll do it if we try" And the soldiers on the wall, firing death into the air Never looking out, for fear of what was there The children of the town, running ragged through the raid Seemed that half their lives, they'd been hungry and afraid But Jenny sat alone, she'd been wondering all the day She gathered them around and she began to say: "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all" Jenny slipped away, through the sleepy midday hour Silent and at peace, she climbed the highest tower And as she looked out on the land and the city far below She shouted to her friends, what she had somehow always known: "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all" The captain of the guard, he was a kindly sort of man Scrambled up the stairs, he pulled Jenny by the hand He said, "If they see you up there, then surely you will die" Jenny pointed to the fields and she began to cry: "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all" They turned and clambered down, past the drunken sleeping men A soldier and a child, unnoticed until then And no one dared refuse, as he shouted the command They opened up the gates and looked out on the land "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all" "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all" "There's nobody there Lift your head above the wall There's no one out there you should fear There's no one there at all"