[Verse 1]
My sweetheart lives in the forest
Where trees are tall and nights black
Where ravens crow in the morning
At the end of the wayfarer’s path
And when I go there a-walking
Through the meadows and fields
I hear my mother calling
“Girl, you’d better watch your feet”
[Pre-Chorus 1]
My sweetheart, he makes me coffee
Strong bitter and black
He lifts me up from the kitchen
And carries me into this bed
[Chorus]
And there, he whispers into my ear
Some of the sweetest words I have heard
Lifting me high from this treacherous Earth
Feeding my soul, quenching my thirst
Feeding my soul, quenching my thirst
[Pre-Chorus 2]
My sweetheart, he never asks me
When I’ll be back
He knows I will come running
Down the wayfarer’s path
[Chorus]
And then, he’ll whisper into my ear
Some of the sweetest words I have heard
Lifting me high from this treacherous Earth
Feeding my soul, quenching my thirst
Feeding my soul, quenching my thirst