Rosy Shy - Jesse Winchester

I was taken with a younger thing

Known to me as Rosie Shy

She had bells of brass to ring-a-ding

And danced to please your eyes

It seems like lovely Rosie Shy

She shrank from my caress

I think I’m dying from Rosie Shy

Cause my heart can’t get no rest

No my heart can’t get no rest

And I can’t find grace

In the human face today.

Reborn with a baby ear

I’m singing with Rosie Shy

Far away she looks so real

But up close she looks so high

I had a dream about Rosie Shy

And my dream did come true

And every step away from Rosie Shy

That’s a terrible thing to do

A terrible thing to do And I can’t find grace

In the human face today.

Sunny breakfast, in the Winter time

Coffee with Rosie Shy

To play or not was on her mind

But to love was in her eyes

And where was I with Rosie Shy

And was I ever on her mind

And if I can’t have my Rosie Shy

Then I’d choose to remain blind

Yes, I’d choose to remain blind

And refuse to find grace

In the human face today.

Is there such a thing as all the time

Even when it’s Rosie Shy?

And even lyrics that cannot rhyme

They often do apply

I wish the visions of Rosie Shy

Would come back like my dreams

Well, maybe they just signify

A talking, nothing thing

A talking, nothing thing

And I can’t find grace

In the human face today.