Joan of Arc

Now the flames they followed Joan of Arc

As she came riding through the dark

No moon to keep her armor bright

No man to get her through this dark and smoky night

She said, "I'm tired of the war

I want the kind of work I had before

A wedding dress or something white

To wear upon my swollen appetite"

Well, I'm glad to hear you talk this way

I've watched you riding every day

And there's something in me that yearns to win

Such a cold, such a lonesome heroine

"And who are you?" she sternly spoke

To the one beneath the smoke

"Why, I'm fire," he replied

"And I love your solitude

I love your pride"

"Well, then fire, make your body cold

I'm gonna give you mine to hold"

And saying this, she climbed inside

To be his one, to be his only bride

Then deep into his fiery heart

He took the dust of Joan of Arc

And high above all these wedding guests

He hung the ashes of her lovely wedding dress

It was deep into his fiery heart

He took the dust of Joan of Arc

And then she clearly understood

If he was fire, oh, she must be wood

I saw her wince, I saw her cry

I saw the glory in her eye

Myself I long for love and light

But must it come so cruel

Must it be so bright?

• Artist:Jennifer Warnes
• Album:Famous Blue Raincoat - The Songs of Leonard Cohen