bitterroot a memory sweet, locked away with mandregora and brittle vervain entwined vine of ivy and honeysuckle remind me of lost loves claret wine tempered with woodruff for our Lady of May shall I tell our fortune while burning laurel and sipping green mugwort tea? CHORUS: dusty roses and ragged lavendar like ancient words linger on...linger on preserved... redolent of oakmoss we explored every path and wound up back at home do you remember all those adventures or was I all alone? CHORUS II: Sweet Lady of May where have you gone lost in the past I carry with me preserved bitterroot a memory sweet, locked away with mandregora and brittle vervain entwined vine of ivy and honeysuckle remind me of lost loves dusty roses and ragged lavendar like ancient words linger on...linger on preserved... rosemary, to remember me by ...and yarrow I place by my heart