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[Verse 1]
I met you by the fairground gate
With a pink ribbon in your hair
You laughed at the cotton candy man
And said, “Meet me anywhere”
We carved our names on the old wood bench
By the lake where the willows bend
You swore that night would never end
And I swore I’d be your end
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the rain came hard
On the county road
Headlights broke the dark
And the cold wind blew
[Chorus]
Red ribbon lake
You went away
Red ribbon lake
I still call your name
(oh baby, come back)
My soul keeps screaming
My soul keeps screaming
Red ribbon lake
[Verse 2]
The sheriff said it plain and low
By the porch with the screen door shut
Your mama gripped her kitchen cloth
Till her fingers turned to dust
They laid you out in Sunday blue
With lilies at your feet
I kissed your hand and felt my heart
Fall through the chapel seat
[Pre-Chorus]
Then the bells rang soft
But I heard no sound
When they closed that box
I was underground
[Chorus]
Red ribbon lake
You went away
Red ribbon lake
I still call your name
(oh baby, come back)
My soul keeps screaming
My soul keeps screaming
Red ribbon lake
[Bridge]
At midnight I walk that broken pier
And the boards still know my cry
I see your face in the water black
And I beg the dark, “Don’t lie”
If love can live after skin and bone
Then meet me where the reeds grow thin
I’m half in earth and half in flame
Since the night they took you in
[Final Chorus]
Red ribbon lake
You went away
Red ribbon lake
I still call your name
(oh baby, come back)
My soul keeps screaming
My soul keeps screaming
Red ribbon lake
Red ribbon lake
Wait for me there
Red ribbon lake
I’m already half-way
(hold me, hold me)
My soul keeps screaming
My soul keeps screaming
Red ribbon lake
Details
GeneratedJun 10, 2026
Duration4:49
LanguageEnglish
Style
50s torch ballad with doo-wop shadows, slow 6/8 sway, mournful brush drums, upright bass, trembling electric guitar fills, and close-harmony backing vocals; verse tells the story with sparse piano and room tone, pre-chorus lifts on held chords, chorus lands in aching three-part harmony with a cracked lead vocal, echo tails on the anchor phrase, and a final verse strips to voice and bass before the last chorus swells with string-like organ and distant handclaps. Intimate, dusty, cinematic mix, soul, sombre
Credits
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Brigids_Hearth
Brigids_HearthModelAria v5.5
Prompt
50’s love song, story telling (think Teen Angel). Sombre, dark, mournful. One of the couple dies, the other’s soul is screaming… I want to feel their grief and pain.
