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Song Information:

Another song from the Archives. Like the others, this is me and my guitar, recorded on a tape deck and transferred from tape onto the computer. I didn't alter the recording, prefering to keep it in all of its analog glory. There are errors, technical issues, and other things we now frown upon, but there's something just a little magical about those old recordings from yesteryear preserved as is.

From the title you may have guessed that this about a damsel in distress and a shining knight. Not the usual fodder for things on this site, but what the heck -- it's fun to have a little romantic chivalry in our lives. So kick back, put that haunch of mutton on the fire, and feed the dragon, cuz a troubadour has a story to tell.

Song Lyrics:

Damsel in Distress

I was but a maiden when the king cast an eye
With slander I was laden and taken out to die
Then the king slithered back to take my love
I rebelled; I attacked. I was crushed from above.

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And he rode out of the night
In shining armour
He rode out of the night
On fearless steed
I was a damsel in distress; I was a damsel in distress
Help me.

The castle dark had an evil power
The chamber stark in the prison tower
Then silence crushed the room after key felt lock
A sparrow in a tomb; a cage of rock

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The years drained away, no maiden, I
Awaited the day when I would die.
Then a glimmer grew across the field
And I suddenly knew 'twas sun on shield.

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The battle raged 'twixt king and knight
And this damsel caged hoped knight had might
Then the cowardly king quit before he fell
He said, "Take that thing out of her cell."

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And now I am safe in a castle light
The homeless waif and the shining knight
Yet I don't detest that king so grim
'Cause this sparrow's nest I owe to him.

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