THE INN UNDER THE HILL

Dusk enrobed and bathed in starlight
Cleansed of lurid car and bar light
We climbed the evening hill face
To find our windy high place

Where winds of circumstance blow changes
And nothing's new, time rearranges
You - pride stilll may hide misfortunes,
Fine words disguising poor tunes

But could we have planned life's chances better,
Finding ourselves all here together?
Everything's right, to the letter
And tonight is forever.

Now as the evening chill descends
Our weary journey nears its end;
Cold blows the dark and rainswept night
But there, it shines, the tavern light!

And now as your eyelids tire
Sit ye down beside the fire
And drink ye deep of kindly jest,
Forget the wind that knows no rest

For could we have planned life's chances better
Finding ourselves all here together?
Everything's right, to the letter
And tonight is forever.

Now as the shadows lengthen
Warmth and cheer our hearts shall strengthen;
Come, fill the cup of kindness
And Christ forgive our blindness -

Time after time we've hurt you
On the cross of moral virtue;
Come fill the cup of pleasure,
Let joy be poured full measure!

For could we have planned life's chances better
Finding ourselves all here together?
Everything's right, to the letter
And tonight is forever.