Chorus:	 Oh, take me in a dream or real

	 To that old time the earth once knew

	 When all the lands alive with legend

	 Shared a future bright and new

	 When all the animals were tame

	 When every creature talked

	 When giants walked



1.  Before peculiar was a sin

    The world was playground for us all

    And giants were our gentle friends

    Before we took that tragic fall

    And light was dripping honey

    On the mountains and the shore

    But no one speaks of giants anymore



2.  Before peculiar was a sin

    When honor-bound was something real

    Before all creatures learned to fear

    Before we learned to lie and steal

    The giants danced in circles

    'Round the fires we built to share

    And now we cannot find them anywhere



3.  And then peculiar turned to sin

    And different meant a friendship's death

    And all the rare and special beasts

    Stopped in their tracks and held their breath

    And when the giants saw this

    There was nothing left to say

    And that was when the giants went away



4.  Yes, when peculiar turned to sin

    They gathered in their giant hands

    The different and defenseless fey

    The strangest creatures in the lands

    And carried them away

    Before another day could dawn

    And still nobody knows where they have gone



5.  So now peculiar is a sin

    And honor is a useless token

    Different means a life alone

    And love is better left unspoken

    Everyone who lives outside

    The circle that we`ve chalked

    Would love to go to where the giants walked



6.  And if peculiar is a sin

    Then mark me with a sinners brand

    And if the gods are kind to me

    I'll climb into some gentle hand

    And leave behind a world so blind

    It cannot see my face

    And go to where peculiar is a grace





Words and music:  Kathy Mar



Copyright 1985 Kathy Mar