The Magicians - Painting on Wood

{Storytime 1}
My friends, I am but a poor traveler of no little
But I once traveled with a great knight
Who had bargined for his life with death

{Storytime 2}
You may also laugh when I tell you that I have seen visions
But to this gift, I owe my life today
For I alone of all those present
Saw that the knight played against death, and crept away

{Verse 1}
The knight sat by the sea
And played a game with death
I thought that he might win
Till a old man took the queen

{Verse 2}
The knight sat by the sea
The game was growing old
And as he took the queen
That old man laughed out loud

{Chorus 1}
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

{Chorus 2}
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

{Storytime 3}
Do not doubt my story
For this was a time of pestilence
And plague and burning witches
And many strange things occured which fueled that bit of terror

{Verse 3}
The knight sat by the sea
And played a game with death
I thought that he might win
Till a old man took the queen

{Verse 4}
The knight sat by the sea
His time was almost gone
As the old man walked away
He had to fall upon

{Chorus 3}
Then they danced, they danced away
Over the hill and in the day
That old, lone man led the knight and his friends on a journey
Into a painting on wood

See now where death walks among you