Judy Collins - Risk lyrics

Time slips by in the hourgla** You can hear your name Sand slides through the stranger's hand As he deals the game. All the candles are burning low No more cradles and no more snow Bet your life on a lucky roll Play your queen, you could win your soul, Stakes are high you can live or die To risk everything. In your goblet the wine is black As a moonless night Wet your lips before you kiss The blazing light Bets are off but the game is on, Drop the armor you counted on All your armies are fled and gone Win your king, you can play your pawn Take your time, you have just begun To risk everything. Catch your tears in a golden sieve Don't regret what you did to live Don't forget that you must forgive To risk everything. Through the window you see the storm That is gathering, Painted gypsies on dappled horses are galloping Through the trees in the howling wind Down the hills to the river bend Shadow ghosts that are blind as night Shrieking curses against the night, Daring you to come join their flight And risk everything. Catch your tears in a golden sieve Don't regret what you did to live Don't forget that you must forgive To risk everything. There is nothing to hold you now To your fault or mine Fallen idols and martyred souls Are the only kind Feet of clay in the emerald skies Birds of prey when the dreamer dies Perfect crosses perfect your lies Burning saints in the flaming skies Bet your life every promise dies All that's left for you to try Is risking everything. Catch your tears in a golden sieve Don't regret what you did to live Don't forget that you must forgive To risk everything. Oh, Oh Catch your tears in a golden sieve Don't regret what you did to live Don't forget that you must forgive. To risk everything. Time slips by in the hourgla** You can hear your name Sand slides through the stranger's hand As he deals the game. All the candles are burning low No more cradles and no more snow Bet your life on a lucky roll Play your queen, you could win your soul, Stakes are high you can live or die To risk everything. Catch your tears in a golden sieve Don't regret what you did to live Don't forget that you must forgive To risk everything.