Veil Of White Lace-Davey Duffy

[ti:Veil Of White Lace] [ar:Davey Duffy] [al:25 Classic Irish Love Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Veil Of White Lace - Davey Duffy [00:05.33]The church door was opened [00:08.52] [00:09.58]And I stepped inside [00:11.71] [00:13.90]I went there hoping [00:16.77] [00:18.08]That she'd change her mind [00:20.33] [00:22.40]There were beautiful roses [00:25.71] [00:26.77]In a bridal bouquet [00:29.52] [00:31.08]Where she stood at the alter [00:34.27] [00:35.39]In a veil of white lace [00:38.27] [00:40.15]A stranger in silence [00:43.08] [00:44.27]Reached out for her hand [00:46.64] [00:48.58]And placed on her finger [00:51.84] [00:53.02]A gold wedding band [00:55.33] [00:57.27]There was happiness written [01:00.46] [01:01.58]In the smile on his face [01:04.08] [01:06.02]But I couldn't see hers beneath [01:11.08]The veil of white lace [01:13.46] [01:14.77]I pitied that stranger [01:18.46] [01:19.27]For all he could see [01:21.84] [01:23.52]Was their life together [01:26.65] [01:27.71]Until eternity [01:30.77] [01:32.27]My heart filled with anger [01:35.84] [01:36.46]As I pictured the face [01:39.27] [01:40.90]Of a false hearted quitter [01:45.27]Beneath a veil of white lace [01:48.84] [01:49.84]I reached in my pocket [01:54.02]When the wedding was done [01:57.52] [01:58.40]My hand touched a locket [02:02.08] [02:02.84]Then it fell on a gun [02:06.08] [02:07.15]It shattered the silence [02:10.71] [02:11.52]As it left its trace [02:14.65] [02:15.77]Stains of red crimson [02:19.21] [02:20.08]On a veil of white lace [02:22.65] [02:24.58]I ran from the church house [02:28.15] [02:28.90]As I threw down the gun [02:32.08] [02:33.08]But stopped on the door step [02:36.58] [02:37.46]For there crossing the lawn [02:40.34] [02:42.08]My darling said she had decided to wait [02:49.40] [02:51.33]Death to a stranger [02:54.40] [02:55.08]Beneath a veil of white lace [02:57.77] [02:59.40]Yes it's death to a stranger [03:03.77]Beneath a veil of white lace