As I lay in death, my son Comfort me today Once I made a sin so strong Repentance true, I pray My lady, she is strong and fair And in her bed I lay But lies I told, my lust was bored And here comes judgment day
But here comes the time I feel my conscience cry Forsaking her on the forest floor And I here I come to die
I told her she was beauty true Her curves and arches fine I loved her music mournfully But by her graceful lines And I when I lusted after her My woman slept at home An infidel, a faithlessness I let my mistress roam
But here comes the time I hear the clock bells chime Forsaking her on the forest floor And here I come to die
Oh as I lay in death, my son A bed of solid stone Do not walk the lines of lust The vices that I've roamed And if you see the ghost of her Kiss her once for me Kiss her for the moon so white And kiss her for the sea