Jack Hardy - The Tailor

the king's guardsman's greedy
he's underpaid he knows
tailor sew me a cloak of indigo
that will disguise me well
for the highwayman's game
no one will suspect evil
and the king's cross are the same
i will pay you dearly
with half of what i claim

(chorus:)
no said the tailor
the tailor said no
a cloak will not hide
what your own eyes see
a cloak will not change
what is hidden underneath
just as mine does not confine
the idea of what i am
i am not a tailor i'm a man

the king's queen is hungry
for the pleasures adultery knows
tailor sew me a cloak of scarlet
that will disguise me well
for courting on the sly
that will make the fever
transparent to the night's eyes
i will pay you dearly
with favors and with sighs

(repeat chorus)

the king he is frightened
with shadows behind his back
tailor sew me a cloak of sable
that will disguise me well
from the daggers of my foes
that will keep me far above
those that are below
i will pay you dearly
if you fail on the gallows

(repeat chorus)