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Love Is a Danger Lyrics
Here is the door, and who will ring the bell?
What shall we say, is she waking, is she sleeping?
Sweet is the air, the moon is on the hill
Fair as the night when they chose each other's keeping
I'll tell her this, that a loving a losing
Why must we be choosing to love what we must part with?
I told her so, she was young and dreaming
Wanting something gleaming to decorate her heart with
I'll tell her this, when a lover is a stranger
Loving is a danger because his heart is hidden
I told her so on the day she met him
She would not forget him, and do as she was bidden
Here is the door, and who will ring the bell?
What shall we say, is she sleeping, is she waking?
Just an hour ago, by the well in the meadow
She was made a widow, and bloody was the making
I'll tell her this, if there was another woman
That was something human, leave him or abide him
I told her so, he was living fancy
Every Jane and Nancy found a place beside him
I'll tell her this, I heard her by the well
Talking with him, she was raging, she was weeping
Here is the door, and who will ring the bell?
What shall we say if she swears that she was sleeping?
What shall we say, is she waking, is she sleeping?
Sweet is the air, the moon is on the hill
Fair as the night when they chose each other's keeping
Why must we be choosing to love what we must part with?
I told her so, she was young and dreaming
Wanting something gleaming to decorate her heart with
Loving is a danger because his heart is hidden
I told her so on the day she met him
She would not forget him, and do as she was bidden
What shall we say, is she sleeping, is she waking?
Just an hour ago, by the well in the meadow
She was made a widow, and bloody was the making
That was something human, leave him or abide him
I told her so, he was living fancy
Every Jane and Nancy found a place beside him
Talking with him, she was raging, she was weeping
Here is the door, and who will ring the bell?
What shall we say if she swears that she was sleeping?
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Submitted by
schnitzi On Jan 15, 2018
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(Note this song also appears on YouTube with the name "Here Is The Door". I get the feeling a number of Connie's song titles were not initially specified and later decided by the people who released them.)
On casual listen I thought this was just a nice song about giving romantic advice to a loved one. On closer look, though -- this is a murder ballad!
The advice giver tried to give the right advice on how to deal with the man's infidelity -- "leave him or abide him". But the wronged woman ended up murdering him instead out by the well, and now the advice giver (who witnessed them fighting) is standing hesitantly outside her door, and wondering (on the last line) if the murderer is going to deny it.