Widow’s Walk Van Dyke Parks

"Widow’s Walk" by Van Dyke Parks, released in 1972, blends #BaroquePop with intricate melodies and orchestration. The lyrics explore themes of longing, loss, and the passage of time, reflecting on a widow's emotional journey. Its unique musical elements include lush harmonies and a cinematic feel, contributing to Parks' cultural influence in experimental pop.

Widows walk ado walk on as in years of yore
The thought of you divided thus!
It just maybe due to discuss in cold turkey mourning in the willows
Or was it the wind
You recollect we all suspect the mortal door will open the sore mind
The widows walk and wail among the willows
Widows walk ado walk on

Widows face the future
Factories face the poor
The fact remains the peril strains the mind a bit
To have done and quit with it widows walk and wail among the willows
Widows walk ado walk on

I'm guessing this is called civil
Regrettably strife
So lessen your appalled pell-mell and middle life
Long last a hymn to Him to help you on your way

Contented is the boat
By chance how forlorn the shore
I've meant to take the chance to turn you 'bout the floor
So trim the prim, the lame have rose to say
Widows walk and wail among the willows
Widows walk and do-si-do the willows
Widows walk ado walk on

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