RF Berks - Air of Mystery Lyrics

Nobody thought he would ever come back
The night he leapt into the black
But there he stood looking full of grace
He shook my hand and he called me Ace

Ace, he said, I've been gone a long time
I don't know if I'll hang around
If they ask if you've seen me
Try to keep an air of mystery

I worked in the mill since the age of nine
Rolling up spools of bailing twine
I married a woman, she bore me a son
I got no complaints when the day is done

Every now and then I like to get away
With a bedroll out beneath a rising moon
'Cause a man's not half what he could be
Without an air of mystery

Each must choose their own path to walk
But in the end the reaper bales the straw
So I remember the night that he came back
And I keep his picture on the wall of my shack

Ace, he said, I've been gone a long time
I don't know if I'll hang around
If they ask if you've seen me
Try to keep an air of mystery