RED-CHAMBER-ENG-01B Red Beans of Longing Mary

[Intro] [Verse 1] Red beans grow in the southern hills, red as the tears I hide. I gather one, I lose another, counting the years beside. [Verse 2] Every seed is a little ember, every ember knows your name. I send them out with no address, and they return the same. [Pre-Chorus] When spring comes back to the old courtyard, when swallows cross the rain, will you remember who once waited, will you come home again? [Chorus] Red beans, red beans, heart of sorrow, small as a word I could not say. Take all the longing I cannot carry, carry it gently away. [Interlude] [Bridge] If love is only a cup of bitterness, why does it smell like wine? If parting is written in every blossom, why was your hand in mine? [Final Chorus] Red beans, red beans, heart of sorrow, small as a word I could not say. Take all the longing I cannot carry, carry it gently away. [Outro] One red bean, one lifetime.