Ribbon of darkness over me since my true love walked out the door   Tears I never had before ribbon of darkness over me   Clouds are gathering o'er my head they chill the day and hide the sun   And shroud the night when day is done ribbon of darkness over me   Rain is falling on the meadow where once my love and I did lie   Now he's gone from the meadow my love goodbye   Ribbon of darkness over me where once the world was young as spring   Where clouds did bloom and birds would sing ribbon of darkness over me   [ steel ]   In this cold room lying don't want to see no one but you   Oh Lord I wish I could be dying to forget you   How I wish your heart could see my mind just takes the breaks oll day   Come on back and take away ribbon of darkness over me