Marianne Faithfull Down From Dover
I know this dress I'm wearing doesn't hide the secret I
have tried concealing
When he left he promised me that he'd be back by the
time it was revealing
The sun behind a cloud just casts the crawling shadow
o'er the fields of clover
And time is running out for me I wish that he would
hurry down from Dover
He's been gone so long when he left the snow was deep
upon the ground
And I have seen a spring and summer pass and now the
leaves are turning brown
And any time a tiny face will show itself 'cause
waiting's almost over
But I won't have a name to give it if he doesn't hurry
down from Dover
My folks weren't understanding when they found out they
sent me from the home place
My daddy said if folks found out he'd be ashamed to
ever show his face
My mamma said I was a fool and she did not believe it
when I told her
That everything would be all right 'cause soon he would
be coming down from Dover
I loved him more than anything and I could not refuse
him when he needed me
He was the only one I'd loved and I just can't believe
that he was using me
He couldn't leave me here like this I know it can't be
so it can't be over
He wouldn't make me go through this so long, oh he'll
be coming down from Dover
My body aches the time is here it's lonely in this
place where I'm lyin'
Our baby has been born but something's wrong it's much
too still I hear no cryin'
I guess in some strange way she knew she'd never have a
father's arms to hold her
And dying was her way of telling me he wasn't coming
down from Dover
