The Riddle Song

What would you say if I told you
I learned to love you
Before I learned to call your name
And since you kissed me
I ain't been the same
And what would you say if I told you
I've got another woman good as you
She knows the Man from Benares
She's got a tattoo too

Rose in the ring and the riddle riddle ran
Rose in the ring and the riddle riddle ran

But don't you cry and don't you sigh
Lie right down and take your rest
If this world turns to ashes
I'll see you in the next

The lion and the lamb and the scorpion
Went walking by the yellow shore
Cast into the water
Caught two fish or more
Way back in the palace
They called the dark-haired woman a ****
You can hear the nights that rattle
You can hear the chessmen roar

If I had a million hours
If I had a million years
I'd make them into flowers
To dry up all of your tears
Rose in the ring and the riddle riddle ran
Rose in the ring and the riddle riddle ran

And what would you say if I told you
A band of angels comes to tell me that
I'm still the same
And if there's a wing on the ocean
It's gonna sail just your way
So lie thee down in my big bed
I've got the four winds at the heads
A river runs through the middle
King's horsemen come to drink