She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair - Richard Thompson

　　Midnight in her room

　　There was music and incense and mirrors all around

　　By the light of the moon

　　Her silver dress slipped to the ground

　　Then she knelt like St Joan

　　And invisible armies attended her there

　　And her knife brightly shone

　　As she cut off her long silken hair

　　Trapped I suppose

　　Lied for my sake

　　Crushed like the rose

　　That somebody picked by mistake

　　Oh I knew it would come

　　I knew she would leave me for some better start

　　Oh I knew it would come

　　She was too well rehearsed in her part

　　And I measured my life

　　And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care

　　As she took down the knife

　　And she cut off her long silken hair

　　Oh there's some who believe

　　Oh there's some who believe there are reasons to lie

　　And there's some who deceive

　　And the truth is right there in their eyes

　　Oh but I don't see why

　　In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair

　　And I don't see why

　　She cut off her long silken hair

　　I don't see why I don't see why