come mary come and watch the storm mother s fears are tired sleepers beyond her silent windowsill father s peering eyes now fade with weight we ll run like silent phantoms free until the dawn we re entwined in midnite s embrace your house a purple prison so far away i ll hide our game in the treetops and sleeping phantoms we will chase come mary come and watch the storm mother s candle has exhausted she s dreaming of your birth father s clever watch is laid to sleep downstairs i wait for you beyond the boards that creak we re entwined in midnite s embrace your house a purple ruin so far away i ll hide our game in the treetops and sleeping phantoms we will chase mother s will is far away father s fists are far away we set the horses loose tonite unbridled freedom blessed night unbidled freedom blessed night come mary come and watch the storm with me tonite