Mystery Wind

Richard Thompson

Mystery wind, blowing tonight

Driving rain, close up tight

Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in

Don't leave a hole for the mystery wind



From some other time, and some other place

Mystery wind make a fool say grace

Lord above how great thou art

Mystery wind blowing right through your heart



Ah, whistling down from out of this world

Take an honest man away from his girl

Stir up trouble in a married man's bed

Make you say things better left unsaid

The mystery wind, the mystery wind



It's a cruel wind, screams and moans

Don't know where from, don't know where it goes

Rustling the leaves around your door

Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor

The mystery wind



Ah can't you smell it? You can almost feel it

Mystery wind, you just can't see it

Foul your water and steal your bread

Wake up things better left for dead



Mystery wind, are you strong enough

To fight for your right when the time get's tough?

Plague and hunger and burning rain

Too many good men blown away by the mystery wind

The mystery wind



It's a cruel wind, screams and moans

Don't know where from, don't know where it goes

Rustling the leaves around your door

Cold, cold fingers through the cracks in the floor

The mystery wind



Ah mystery wind, blowing tonight

Driving rain, close up tight

Don't leave a crack for the rain to get in

And don't leave a hole for the mystery wind



The mystery wind