Charlotte Corday - Al Stewart

If you hear a step upon

Your stair tonight

If you see a shadow in

The candle light

It’s only your imagination

Leading you astray

See her for a moment

Then she’ll slip away

The ghost of Charlotte Corday

She wanders down the hallway

In a long black dress

And lingers by the fireplace

Like a faint caress

Just what it is that brings her here

No man alive can say

See her for a moment

Then she melts away

The ghost of Charlotte Corday

Stars in the window like a panoply

Covering everything

River of night

Stars in the window

See them shining for

Anyone else, anyone else

The clock ticks in the dark and now

The night is still

The air is like a murmur

On the window sill

All at once there’s someone there

That only you can see

Seeking the forgiveness

That will set her free

The wind has taken away

The words she wanted to say

The sky is now turning gray

The dawn is turning away

The ghost of Charlotte Corday