Enchantment Passing Through Songtext

A few more days and we'll be home in gloryAlready they'll be getting out the flagsWith Memphis high _______ dormitoryFor me, I only see a lot of snagsThe prospect above all I find distressfulIs having to give up the soldier's lifeIf anything I'm rather too successfulThey made me hand my sword in for a wifeFor just because I've triumphed as a slaverBrought booty back to Egypt by the tonOf this and every month, I'm now the flavorAnd scheduled to do things I've never doneAnd why should I tell you this, a stranger I just metA woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forgetAnonymous and undemandingEnchantment passing throughMy secrets and my confidence are safe enough with youMy days out on the field are all but endedThey'll put me out to grass which means the throneBedecked and bejeweled alongside my intendedI feel as though my heart is set in stoneBut maybe I am being far too gloomyYes, maybe I'll make waves in pastures newFind goverment and politics come to meAs naturally as I now talk to youFor just because I've triumphed as a slaverBrought booty back to Egypt by the tonOf this and every month, I'm now the flavorAnd scheduled to do things I've never doneAnd why should I tell you this, a stranger I just metA woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forgetAnonymous and undemandingEnchantment passing throughMy secret lack of confidence is safe enough with youWhy should I tell you this, a stranger I just metA woman who in hours from now I'll certainly forgetAnonymous and undemandingEnchantment passing throughMy secret lack of confidence is safe enough with you