MAGIC ABROAD   

Good day to you, sir, please sit down, let me take your hand.
A coin in the bowl, for the spirits, you understand.
May I know on what day, at what time, you were born? Let me see...
On the cusp of the sign of the Horn and the sign of the Tree.
You have recently suffered a serious loss to your trade,
But take heart, for the stars say there soon will be gains to be made.
And your line of romance is pronounced, with an upswinging trend.
So look forward to love, for success will be yours in the end.
CHORUS
There is magic abroad in the land, and the mighty shall fall,
And the strangers among us shall flee, or be slain one and all.
So take heed what I say, what I know, what I suffered to learn,
For the wrongs shall be righted at last when the Starsent return.

Good morrow, madame, hang your robe on the peg over there.
May I say how delightful you look with that shade in your hair.
Place a coin in the bowl, let me see now, how long has it been?
Seven days since I saw you, indeed yes, the times are grown lean.
Since the strangers took over your life has been turned upside down.
This would never have been if the Prince had been ripe for the crown.
Once again you have pierced to the heart of the matter with ease:
If we put you in charge you would soon have the foe on their knees.
CHORUS

Good evening, sir - oh, it's you, come inside, close the door.
Seven copper, ten silver, nine gold--still it could have been more.
And the story is off on its way, let it fly where it will,
With the fools and the gossips, the widows, the maimed and the ill.
There is far too much pain in this city, I've said it before:
And nowhere near all of it caused by this sick little war.
When the Prince comes to rule, if this ludicrous plan should succeed,
He had better be ready to care for his people in need.
CHORUS
There is rumour abroad in the land, and the mighty shall hear,
And their unthinking laughter shall slowly be silenced by fear.
They will heed what we say, what we hint, what we let them discern,
And the wrongs shall be righted at last when the Starsent return.