High on a Rocky Ledge

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David Byrne

David Byrne (born May 14, 1952) is a United States-resident British musician and artist best known as a founding member and principal songwriter of the American new wave band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then, Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera, and non-fiction. He has received Grammy, Oscar, and Golden Globe awards and been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. more »

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High on a rocky ledge lives a Mädel, Edelweiß
Shy as a shadow, lovely as lace, and cold as ice
High on a rocky ledge, I pledged my love to her
Every time I climb up to Paradise

How many times I've been up to see her, goodness knows
Huffing and puffing, dressed in the warmest climbing clothes
How many chances would be taken in my
Hopeless pursuit of the Schnee-Mädel-Edelweiß

Then spoke a spirit, "If you would win your lady love"
There's only one way, fall to your death from high above
You will begin to grow in snow beside the one
You have waited for to be mated with

Now I'm an edelweiß to mädel edelweiß
Dying to be with her wasn't any sucrifice
We so deliriously happy on a ledge
Where I pledged my love to my lady fair

So, you who are climbing breathless to see me and my love
Snow flowers growing fonder on lover's ledge above
If you've the yen to pluck, then pluck us both
For we who have lived as one wish to die as one

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