A lady in a green coat interrupted his day
Floating in grey water in the most peculiar way.
He looked without much feeling at the curls behind her head,
Then he realized she was dead.
Life is dear and much too short -
Something has gone wrong.
Why should a living lady
Choose to give it up and drown?
He began to know her story,
The reasons tall and grim
To spare each likely shadow from her to him.
It will darken every happy day now that he has seen.
Life make another victim, a lady dressed in green.
Life is dear and much too short,
But something has gone wrong.
Why should a living lady
Choose to give it up and drown?