InformationAlbum NameKristoffersonArtistKris KristoffersonGenre컨트리Release Date1970Release AgencyMonument/LegacyOriginalDarby`s Castle - Kris Kristofferson See the ruin on the hill where the smoke is hanging still Like an echo of an age long forgotten There's a story of a home crushed beneath those blackened stones And the roof that fell before the beams were rotten Cecil Darby loved his wife and he laboured all his life To provide her with material possessions And he built for her a home of the finest wood and stone And the building soon became his sole obsession Oh it took three-hundred days for the timbers to be raised And the silhouette was seen for miles around And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky But it only took one night to bring it down When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground Though they shared a common bed there was precious little said In the moments that were set aside for sleepin' For his busy dreams were filled with the rooms he'd yet to build And he never heard young Helen Darby weeping Then one night he heard a sound as he laid his pencil down And he traced it to her door and turned the handle And the pale light of the moon through the window of the room Split the shadows where two bodies lay entangled Oh it took three-hundred days for the timbers to be raised And the silhouette was seen for miles around And the gables reached as high as the eagles in the sky But it only took one night to bring it down When Darby's castle tumbled to the ground Post navigation Kris Kristofferson – Why Me Kris Kristofferson – For The Good Times By be1lyric Related Post Album 에이스 (A.C.E) – Supernatural (Hard Techno Remix) Jun 28, 2024 be1lyric Album 에이스 (A.C.E) – Supernatural (Kawaii Remix) Jun 28, 2024 be1lyric Album 에이스 (A.C.E) – Supernatural (Hyperpop Remix) Jun 28, 2024 be1lyric Leave a Reply Cancel replyYour email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Email * Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.