Bonnie Prince Billy

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CURSED SLEEP EP

1) Cursed sleep

Backing Vocals: Dawn McCarthy

I slept sweetly unpretendingThat the night was always endingShe breathed lightly right next to meAnd I dreamed of her inside of me

And in my dream she sang so sweetlyA melody I hope to singSo enslaved by her sweet wonderIt cut my legs and fingered hunger

She sang my name and so engulfedI cried and felt my legs failIn her arms I trembled electricOh and she let me and she held me

Then waking she was older still

And holds my love against its willIn spell cast with her palms extendedCursed love is never ending

Cursed eyes are never closingCursed arm are never closingCursed children never risingAnd cursed me never despising

Oh I am loving always holdingWhile she sleeps her song enfoldingEpic song it tells of howShe and I are living now

Cursed loveCursed loveCursed love

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Black Dissimulation / No Such As What I Want

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Black Dissimulation(in parentheses are lines where the live version on the Boxhead Ensemble disc differs)

sweet ill health has hidden from me,


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events about which one has no memory.whether it is to protect or denyone is not told and one asks not why.

the noise near the trees gathers into a block.one drinks just to where one is able to talk.tries to confuse things that surely occurred, (tries to accuse things that really weren't there)by stretching and acting like one hasn't heard. (by shrugging and acting like one doesn't care)

blank indiscretion and testing of linesat the end of a farm there to kick it.to find a young dog, swollen and bald (to find a dead dog swollen and bald)and to giggle and poke it and stick it.

to sit in the drive and pull a head down,or to push in the way of an oncoming blow.to take wine on holidays when no-one's in townto dislike someone and let them so know.

let it burn out this morning at home. (well, I let it burn out this morning athome)the stove and the kitchen; the howl and the steam.

and lay on the couch sometimes resting alonein order to utter a decorative scream

discussed and disgust, and a pretense of light.persistent denial, waylaid in the night.ignoring the stupid and hating the silencedisliking the prurient, disdaining the violence.

denying the rice and accepting the drink.however it comes at the start of a fall.take it whenever you get it; you thinkyou're unlucky ever to get it all.

you're rude to the relatives; cold to the friendsunpleasant to god when he comes by the houseone tries to look cross (?) as the storm it beginsand goes to the inlet to see things out

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No Such As What I Want

what if it didn't come backthis is how the hard one takes it.puts her arms around his neck,

and squeezes gently as if to break it.

she's gonna miss everything about it,but what's best in her is the bottom has stopped.then again what's worse get's betterto messing with what, substantial, dropped.

crazy woman misleads by staringblankly at the wall above you.never in a hundred times will she try to pretend


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to love you all week always

you or she must convert or hide timefrom one to the other and into anotherat the ? ground ?her coldness commands anything further.

there's a black cloud having made it go so.so you hooked (?) her on the arm.ripped her shoulders and split her backand push her quietly forward.

? stuff ? your thumb in it, you,so scream and groan and I'll scream too

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BLUE LOTUS FEET

engrossed is the bee of my mindon the blue lotus feet of my divine mothermy divine mother my divine mother

POLESTAR

I have made thee polestar of my lifethough my sea is darkand my stars are gonestill I see the path through thy mercy

I AM THE SKY

I am the sky motherI am the skyI am a little drop of the skyI am the vast blue ocean of skyfrozen sky

BLUES LOTUS FEET

Leave me alone is all that I sayWhen I have nothing in me to give awayA purple martin in her house, she hollers at meWhy be inhuman ? Why be like me ?

Like so many robins, like so many dovesLike so many lovebirds with so many lovesLike the songs of the bobwhite without any wordsWhen we are inhuman we're one with the birds

At six in the morning you rise from the pillowStand steaming above me ; I slumber belowI'm one with the blanket laying fragrant and looseYou're one with a whipporwill, you're one with a goose


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Like so many robins, like so many dovesLike so many lovebirds with so many lovesLike the songs of the bobwhite without any wordsWhen we are inhuman we're one with the birds

So tweet with me and widely spreadYour olive wings ; embrace my headFly with me 'til we are deadAnd one with the birds

Like so many seagulls, like so many hawksLike so many thrushes and so many cocksA swallow will tell you without using misleading heartrending wordsWhen we are inhuman we're one with the birds"When we hide our feelings we may as well fly away"

Where were the rapists when I was a child ?(Southside of the world)They were my neighbours, that's why I'm so wild(Southside of the world)Where were the drunkards that shot with their guns ?(Ah...)

And closed the shops early so we could have fun ?(Ah...)

Where were the women who spread the disease ?(Southside of the world)Who spread love so freely and so spread their knees ?(Southside of the world)They went to the southside to make their own laws(Southside of the world)Away from the gnawing of innocent jaws(Southside of the world)

Lord, they went to the southside and we must go too

(Southside of the world)If we want our freedom, it's what we must do(Southside of the world)If we want happy families, it's what we must do(Southside of the world)

Give me donkey ears !Give me honkey tears !Give me black blood !And that of queers !To mix with my own

Come with me to the southside where we'll make our home

(Southside of the world)Come with me to the southside where we'll make our home(Southside of the world)

(Southside of the world)(Southside of the world)

O life is sweetAnd death a dream


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O life is sweetAnd death a dreamWhen thy song flows through me, my lordWhen thy song flows through me

Then health is sweetSickness a dreamThen health is sweetSickness a dreamWhen thy song flows through me, my lordWhen thy song flows through me

Then joy is sweetSorrow a dreamThen joy is sweetSorrow a dreamWhen thy song flows through me, my lordWhen thy song flows through me

Then praise is sweetAnd blame a dreamThen praise is sweetAnd blame a dreamWhen thy song flows through me, my lord

When thy song flows through me

I am the sky

Adapte de Paramahansa Yogananda (Hare Krishna)Merci l'Arrangeur Masqu de la traduction des paroles de cette chanson

I am the sky, mother

I am the skyI am the sky, motherI am the sky

I am the vast blue ocean of skyI am a little drop of the skyFrozen skyBlue lotus feet

Adapte de Paramahansa Yogananda (Hare Krishna)

Merci Emmanuel de la traduction des paroles de cette chanson

Engrossed is the bee of my mindOn the blue lotus feet of my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine mother

Engrossed is the bee of my mind


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On the blue lotus feet of my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine mother

Engrossed is the bee of my mindOn the blue lotus feet of my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine motherMy divine mother, my divine mother

Polestar of my life


I have made thee polestar of my lifeTough my sea is gone and my stars are darkStill I see the path through thy mercyDoor of my heart


Door of my heartOpen wide I keep for theeWill thou come ? Will thou come ?Just for once, come to me

Will my days fly awayWithout seeing thee, my lord ?Night and day, night and dayI look for thee night and day

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A minor place

I've been to a minor place

And I can say I like it's faceIf I am gone and with no traceI will be in a minor place

Well I put the shoes in lineSeparate the women mineAs we do what we do fineSo victorious, so benign

I've been to a minor place


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And I can say I like it's faceIf I am gone and with no traceI will be in a minor place

Only take the weather warmAnd the job that does me harmThe scars of last year's stormRest like maggots on my arm

I've been to a minor placeAnd I can say I like it's faceIf I am gone and with no traceI will be in a minor place

Thank you man if for the thoughtThat all my loving can be boughtWas wisely in your gullet caughtBefore my loyalty you sought

I've been to a minor placeAnd I can say I like it's faceIf I am gone and with no traceI will be in a minor place

O it's not a desert nor a webNor a tomb where I lay deadMinor in a sound aloneYes a clear commanding tone

Singing from my little pointAnd aching in my every jointI thank the world it will anoint meIf I show it how I hold it

Nomadic revery (all around)

Today was one where, lost in thoughtI really feel I amLosing not an ounce of whatYou see in me, my lamb

If you're not with me tomorrowThat would be the worstI'm glad I dream of what I dream ofToday a thing was burst

O all aroundO all around

It's kept together moving all around

O all aroundO all aroundIt's kept together moving all around

My brain it beams, it's here at allAnd living, I must workTo make our lives here justifiedAnd not let trouble lurk


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Instead of seeing monkeys bitingI lay on the groundWhile my hectic travelling partnerWandered all around



O all around a left buttockAnd all around a rightAll around your every curveI'm going to go tonightBut only hold me, hold meAll the city's on meAnd all they wish to scold meAnd lay their hands upon meSo only hold me, hold meAnd I'll return't you baby

I just need an eveningWith someone nice to hide me



O all aroundO all around

It's kept together moving all aroundO all aroundO all aroundIt's kept together moving all around

I see a darkness

Merci Pierre de la traduction des paroles de cette chanson

Well you're my friend(It's what you told me)And can you see(What's inside of me)Many timesWe've been out drinkingAnd many timesWe've shared our thoughtsBut did you ever, ever notice


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The kind of thoughts I gotWell you know I have a loveA love for everyone I knowAnd you know I have a driveTo live I won't let goBut can you see it's oppositionComes a-rising up sometimesThat it's dreadful and positionComes blacking in my mind

And that I see a darknessAnd that I see a darknessAnd that I see a darknessAnd that I see a darknessAnd did you know how much I love youIs a hope that somehow you youCan save me from this darkness

Well I hope that someday, buddyWe have peace in our livesTogether or apartAlone or with our wivesThat we can stop our whoringAnd pull the smiles inside

And light it up foreverAnd never go to sleepMy best unbeaten brotherThis isn't all I see

O no I see a darknessO no I see a darknessO no I see a darknessO no I see a darknessAnd did you know how much I love youIs a hope that somehow you youCan save me from this darkness

Another day full of dread

I like to have a good timeAny of my friends will tell youSo if you confront me with stupidityI'm doubly angry at you

And I say : nip ! nap ! it's all a trapBo ! bis ! and so was thisWhoa ! whoa ! to haiti go

And watch it all come downDing ! dong ! a silly songSure do say something's wrongSmile awhile, forget the bileAnd watch it all come down

So I become more livelyTo bury all of the uglyWhole persons sometimesMust be them bodies buried


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And I say : nip ! nap ! it's all a trapBo ! bis ! and so was thisWhoa ! whoa ! to haiti goAnd watch it all come downDing ! dong ! a silly songSure do say something's wrongSmile awhile, forget the bileAnd watch it all come down

And I toe the waterAnd an urchin poke meAn' I must be godfatherTo anyone who'll have me

Today was another day full of dreadBut I never said I was afraidDread and fear should not be confusedBy dread I'm inspired, by fear I'm amused

And I say : nip ! nap ! it's all a trapBo ! bis ! and so was thisWhoa ! whoa ! to haiti goAnd watch it all come down

Ding ! dong ! a silly songSure do say something's wrongSmile awhile, forget the bileAnd watch it all come down

Death to everyone

I am hereRight hereWhere god putsNone asunder

And youIn black dress and black shoeYou doInvite me underGo onGo thereYou canSee me agingStars turnBalls burnComing kidsAre raging

Death to everyoneIs gonna comeAnd it makes hosingMuch more fun

Death to everyoneIs gonna comeAnd it makes hosingMuch more fun


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Knockturne

Fire burned and blew out flowersShowing me its comely powersStill and all it would be hoursBefore I would get burned

Someone mawed and put my cock inCorner-eyed I saw it lock itTwisters rolled but no-one walked inAnd only love was learned

Now I truly love you whollyNo-one else coud e'er have stole meAnd the world so far below meFor ye and me it turned

Madeleine-Mary

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Sing a song of Madeleine-MaryA tune that all can carryBurly says if we don't singThen we won't have anything

All the boys on ship set sailAnd the mate was Madeleine-MaryWhen her eyes did fill with tearsIt was extraordinaryIt was extraordinary

For we none of us could see itFor she kept herself kept belowAnd all her feelings private


None of us could get a glimpseBut all of us did want itAt night above our sleeping headsOur sleeping dreams were haunted

So now my kids you'd like to hearOf one who reached and got herWell if there was well I thinkHe sleeps beneath the water



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Song for the new breed

Ecrite par Dianne BellinoMerci l'Arrangeur Masqu de la traduction des paroles de cette chanson

Your little feetYour sharp teethThe way the light hits your eyesYour scrappy furYour fistsThe light from the lordThat shines inside

Inside of meInside of meSomething is growingSomething is glowingSomeone is showing

Sing a song for the new breedInside of me

Your deep growlYour high whineThe uneven way that you moveYour pure heartYour loveThe lord made you to prove something

Inside of meInside of meSomething is growing

Something is glowingSomeone is showing

Sing a song for the new breedI could be rightThen you'd be right tooToday I was an evil one

Tonight my eyes were hurting muchAs I had strained them all day long

I don't remember waking upMy memory is not that strongThe day was spent walking aboutAnd asking questions blindlyAnd silently and not withoutA sense of lapsing dignity

Today I was an evil oneWho suffered dumbly having funTomorrow god will make me good


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If I allow her to, she would

I was found again in needAnd mostly unprotectedAs I had spent good time with greedAnd giving was rejected

Today I was an evil oneWho suffered dumbly having funTomorrow god will make me goodIf I allow her to, she would

The skin of all my fingers splitPainfully recedingMy hands were dry and itched and hurtAnd also they were bleedingI can fix it by withdrawingClaim from false completenessAnd by humboly allowingGod to grant me sweetness

Raining in darling

DarlingI can stay awake all nightBut I would make mistakes alrightAnd the body asks so much

Sweet thingI give you what I reachTaken what I had to teachAnd re-rendered it with suchWith suchWith such

O it don't rain anymoreI go outdoorsWhere it's fun to beAnd I know you love meI know you do

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GET ON JOLLY

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Adapte des pomes 2 et 15 de Gitanjali de Rabindranath TagoreLa traduction franaise est de Andr Gide, et est extraite de L'offrande lyrique (Rabindranath Tagore, ditions Gallimard)

When you ask me to sing it feels my heart would burst with prideAnd I look at your face and tears come to my eyes


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All that's harsh and wrong in my life melts into one sweet songAnd my love spreads wings like a glad bird flying over the road

I know you take pleasure in my singingI know that only when I sing do you hear meCuz then I touch things I can't touch I touch parts of you I really can't touch

Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call you my friend

I'm here to sing you songsIn your room I have a corner seatIn your world I have no work to doMy life can only break out in songs that have no purpose

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When thou commandest me to sing it seems that my heart would break with pride; and I look to thy face, and tears come to my eyes. All that is harsh and dissonant in my life melts into one sweet harmony and my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird on its flight across the sea. I know thou takest pleasure in my singing. I know that only as a singer I com

e before thy presence. I touch by the edge of the far-spreading wing of my song thy feet which I could never aspire to reach. Drunk with the joy of singing I forget myself and call thee friend who art myLord.

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I am here to sing thee songs. In this hall of thine I have a corner seat. In thy world I have no work to do ; my useless life can only break out in tunes without a purpose. (...)

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Adapte des pomes 25, 38 et 44 de Gitanjali de Rabindranath TagoreLa traduction franaise est de Andr Gide, et est extraite de L'offrande lyrique (Rabindranath Tagore, ditions Gallimard)

In the night of tiredness let me fall asleep without fightingTrusting you and trusting me tooLet me be prepared by not fighting what I can't fightTrusting you and trusting me too

That I want you and only youLet my heart say this over and overAll other desires that distract meDay and night are false and empty to the core


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You'll help me close my eyes at nightAnd things will all be good and finer in the morning

From dawn to dusk I sit here before my door and I know that all of a suddenThe time will come when I'll see youAnd all my dark desires I denied or I gave intoWill become part of the thing I give to you

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In the night of weariness let me give myself up to sleep without struggle, resting my trust upon thee. Let me not force my flagging spirit into a poor preparation for thy worship. It is thou who drawest the veil of night upon the tired eyes of the day to renew its sight in a fresher gladness of awakening.

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That I want thee, only thee let my heart repeat without end. All desires that

distract me, day and night, are false and empty to the core. (...)

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(...) From dawn till dusk I sit here before my door, and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see. (...)

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Adapte du pome 81 de Gitanjali de Rabindranath TagoreLa traduction franaise est de Andr Gide, et est extraite de L'offrande lyrique (Rabindranath Tagore, ditions Gallimard)

On many an idle day I've grieved over lost timeMoaned and groaned and rolled my bones but there is no lost time !You've taken every moment of mine and put it into yours

Hidden in the heart of things you make seeds into sproutsHidden in the heart of things you make buds into flowersAnd hidden in the heart of things you make flowers into edible things

I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed one nightAnd I imagined all the work had ended for the nightBut in the morning I woke up and found my house was bright

What majestic treats do you still have in store for me ?


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A breath of death, a day of rest and o make me wealthyAnd in the arms of your old charmsLet me forever baskIs that too much to ask ?

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On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time. But it is never lost, my Lord. Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands. Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts, buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness. I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed and imagined all work had ceased. Inthe morning I woke up and found my garden full with wonders of flowers.

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Adapte du pome 86 de Gitanjali de Rabindranath Tagore

La traduction franaise est de Andr Gide, et est extraite de L'offrande lyrique (Rabindranath Tagore, ditions Gallimard)

(I've found a new way of living, I've found a joy of my own)Your friend is at the doorHe has crossed the unknown sea and brought your call to my homeThe night is dark and my heart is full. But I'll turn on the light, open the gate and bow to him my welcomeIt's your friend who stands at the doorI'll worship him with folded hands and tears

I'll worship him placing at his feet the treasures of my lifeHe'll go back with his job done, leaving a dark shadow on my morningAnd in my lonely home only my lonely self will remain as if it were and offeringto you

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Death, thy servant, is at my door. He has crossed the unknown sea and broughtthy call to my home. The night is dark and my heart is fearful yet I will take up the lamp, open m

y gates and bow to him my welcome. It is thy messenger who stands at my door. I will worship him with folded hands and with tears. I will worship him placing at his feet the treasure of my heart. He will go back with his errand done, leaving a dark shadow on my morning; and in my desolate home only my forlorn self will remain as my last offering to thee.

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Dans le silence de l'ombre accrue, je lui demandai : "Fille, toutes vos lampes sont allumes dis-moi donc o tu vas avec la tienne ? Ma maison est obscure et dsete prte-moi ta lumire." Elle leva sur moi ses yeux sombres et resta hsitante un intant. "Je suis venue, dit-elle enfin, pour ddier ma lampe au ciel." Et je restail, contemplant cette flamme inutile se consumer dans le dsert. Dans les tnbres d'un minuit sans lune je lui demandai : "Fille, que cherches-tudonc, en tenant ainsi ta lampe contre ton coeur ? Ma maison est obscure et dserte prte-moi ta lumire." Un instant elle s'arrta et, pensivement, me dvisagea dans noir. "J'ai apport cette lumire, dit-elle, pour me mler au carnaval des lampes." Etje restai l contempler la petite lampe perdue parmi les feux.

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Adapte du pome 66 de Gitanjali de Rabindranath TagoreLa traduction franaise est de Andr Gide, et est extraite de L'offrande lyrique (Rabindranath Tagore, ditions Gallimard)

(I found a joy of my own)She who had always remained in the depth of my beingIn the twilight of gleams and glimpsesShe who had never smiled or given it up in the morningWill be my last gift for you, folded into the last song

Words have wooed but never won herPersuasion has reached to her but come up emptyI have gone from country to country keeping her in the core of my heartAnd around her have risen and fallen the growth and decay of my lifeOver my thoughts and actions, my slumbers and dreams, she ruled yet dwelled alone and apartNobody ever saw her face to face

And she stayed alone in her whatever you want to call itWaiting for you to see her

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She who ever had remained in the depth of my being, in the twilight of gleamsand of glimpses ; she who never opened her veils in the morning light, will bemy last gift to thee, my God, folded in my final song. Words have wooed yet failed to win her ; persuasion has stretched to her itseager arms in vain.

I have roamed from country to country keeping her in the core of my heart, and around her have risen and fallen the growth and decay of my life. Over my thoughts and actions, my slumbers and dreams, she reigned yet dwelledalone and apart. Many a man knocked at my door and asked for her and turned away in despair. There was none in the world who ever saw her face to face, and she remained in her loneliness waiting for thy recognition.

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Master

The way

Winter comes and snowI can't marry you, you knowWithout children to growI can't marry you, you know

Love me the way I love youLove me the way I love you

Take a year in your handYou can find another manLet your unloved parts get lovedAnd I will be your man

Love me the way I love youLove me the way I love you

Places you should be afraid

Into the river we will wadeLove me the way I love youLove me the way I love you

Ain't you wealthy, ain't you wise ?

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Ain't you wealthy, ain't you wise ?Ain't you made to give to me ?Ain't it all good enough to sing ?Ooh...

It's a wondrous day to seeThe joy I hold in meWhile I leave

Now you've seen the evil eyeHold on to me while I cry

And ain't you wealthy, ain't you wise ?

Ain't you made to give to me ?Ain't it all good enough to sing ?Mm...

The moon is very lowIt watches while I goWhere I go

Bound in blankets and blonde hairYou'll be shocked to find me there


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Ain't you wealthy, ain't you wise ?Ain't you made to give to me ?Ain't it all good enough to sing ?Mm...

There's no pain to lamentAnd no dream undreamtThere's no pain to lamentAnd no dream undreamt

Mm...

Master and everyone

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You tell me you don't love meWell, I don't love youYou say that you don't want meWell, I don't want you

You tell me there are other fish in the seaAnd another gathers roses for meOn this we will agree

You do what you wantAnd I will do what I wantI'm now free master and everyoneServant of all and servant to none

And constancy in love is a jokeI'm not afraid of meeting youI'm fickle and I brag about itNeither will I cry for you

And like a bird freed from its cageAll night and all day I'll play and sing

And you do what you wantAnd I will do what I wantI'm now free master and everyoneServant of all and servant to none

Wolf among wolves

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She loves a soul that I have never beenA dog among dogs, a man among menAnd every day when I come home to her

She holds a phantom, she kisses and she hugs himAnd I am not averse to how she loves himWhy must I live and walk unloved as what I am ?

Why can't I be loved as what I am ?A wolf among wolves and not as a man among men

Doo doo doo...

She craves a hole that she can go inA sheltered cave that I have never seenNot in my life, and not even in my dreams

Why can't I be loved as what I am ?A wolf among wolves and not as a man among men

Joy and jubilee


There's no reason to be seenNo-one knows where I have beenWhere I have beenI mean love is what I mean

Joy, joy and jubileeJoy, joy and jubileeJoy, joy and jubilee

Joy, joy and jubileeThis is what I want to beEverything's inside of meInside of meWhere only Sue should be

Joy, joy and jubileeJoy, joy and jubileeJoy, joy and jubileeJoy, joy and jubilee

And everything

Is on a wingAnd every faceIs in a hidden placeMm, mm...

Maundering

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de cette chanson

Maundering, I'm maunderingEvil I's just passing throughMaundering, o maunderingDo you know what I'm wanting to do ?I'm going (going) to find something true

Well, I never wanted to beWhat you wanted to seeAnd I wish that she would be patient with me

Maundering, I'm maunderingEvil is as evil doMaundering, just maunderingGod is always showing this to youI'm going (going) to glorify everything goodAnd put right (right) what is wrong, as I should

Time was it beganThere is no planSo I'll hold you in my handUntil you see only you and...

Lessons from what's poor

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When I go, follow my brotherHe's got the blood of father and mother

And he has a spirit that's even mightierAnd if I hunger, see that I doBring me water, bring me foodAnd fill me up with things that are trueAnd very good

And if you want to, touch my wristWith the hands that I have kissedAnd hold my cuffs so strong in your fists

See now, watch how it is I amWatch what I do and how I stand

And stand down, boys, for we are grandRight now we are

I take my lessons from what's poorThat's what god has put me forWealth is death, of that I'm sureFarewell

Even if love


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Once again in the worldOf twelve hundred feelingsAll in electric lightsWe see what we can

And I love the sound of windBlowing at night through treesFrom the roof I can see tombsPast the houses of the city

And I have been yoursIn foul and in prayingAnd I loved to look at youFrom the side at night with music playing

And love will protect youTo the edge of the wood

Then a monster will get youAnd love does no good

And even if love were not what I wantedLove would make love the thing most desired

Three questions

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de cette chanson, ainsi qu' l'Arrangeur Masqu pour leur traduction

Say I found a piece of rockAnd put it in my pocketAnd for the day that we are wedI put it in a locketWhich is to hang around your neckAs long as you see fitWell, tell me, o my loveDo you think that you would wear it ?

And on the day that threatensThat the earth might open upThe birds have stopped their singingAnd the insects have shut upAnd all that's left between usIs some al-homdillillilieOh would you split it with me, babySo that I wouldn't die ?

And after all these things


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Is a question I must askWhen everyone has called me outAnd said I am the worstAnd asked for voices on my sideMy love, would you sing first ?Would you say, "He's okay,He's better than the rest ;He's innocent in god's eyesAnd in mine, he is the best !" ?

Hard life

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And it's a hard lifeFor a man with no wifeBabe, it's a hard lifeGod makes you live

But without itDon't doubt itYou don't even haveYour tears to give

I wake up and I'm fineWith my dreamings still on my mindBut it don't take long, you seeFor the demons to come and visit me

And I've got my problemsSometimes love don't solve them

And I end each dayIn a song

And it's a hard lifeFor a man with no wifeLord, it's a hard lifeGod makes you live

But without itBaby, don't doubt itYou don't even haveYour tears to give

I know I'm a hard manTo live with sometimesMaybe it ain't in meTo make you a happy wife of mine

Maybe you'll kill meHoney I don't blame youIf I was in your placeMaybe that's what I would do


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But I ain't breathing, let me breatheLet me go, let me leaveI don't know, but I might loseI might bum, might blow a fuse

So let me goLay it downOn my ownLet me drown

Let me goGo where you don't know----------The signifying wolf

Merci Joel Minor pour l'aide apporte la retranscription des paroles de cette chanson.

Do you like ?Do you like ?

Do you like, do you like, do you like my seal-skin trousers ?Can you hold ?Can you hold ?Can you hold, can you hold, can you hold your breath ?

Follow meNothing makes me happierExcept the sea itself, the sea itselfThe sea itself, the sea itself and the werewolf wayAnd the wind, yeah, the wind

Well, nothing makes me happier

Than to see you swim tooWell, this is mineYes, it's mineOh, it's your way to be

I am the signifying wolfI am the signifying wolfI am the [ec(h)o warrior ?]I am the signifying wolfHear me go, Woooh ! Oh, hear me go, Woooh ! Yeah, hear me go ...

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THE LETTING GO

Love comes to me

When the numbers get so high


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Of the dead flying through the skyO, I don't know whyLove comes to meLove comes to me

When your mouth is laying opeHead knocked back you don't copeYou're out of rings and flowers and soapLove comes to meLove comes to me

Love comes to meLove comes and allIt's my hands, my heart, my lipsAnd that is all

When the fever hits on your foreheadAnd trusive mice chew up your bedAnd you call on God and God is deadLove comes to youLove comes to you

O, sugar won't you be my onlyI'm a hard-hearted honey-pot hungry shepherd

And I'm longing to be born for you, that's herLove comes to youLove comes and allIt's your hands, your heart, your lipAnd that is all

In the night time when you feel meAnd the backs of your knees conceal meAnd your eyeballs unreal meLove comes to meLove comes to me

Strange form of life

A strange form of life kicking through windows, rolling on yardsHitting in loved ones, triggering oddsA strange one

And a hard way to come into a cabin, into the weatherInto a path walking togetherA hard one

And the softest lips ever, twenty-five years of waiting to kiss themSmiling and waiting to bend down and kiss twiceThe softest lips

And a dark little room across the nation, you found myself racingForgetting the strange and the hard and the soft kissIn the dark room

And a strange form of life kicking through windows, rolling on yardsHitting in loved ones, triggering odds


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A strange one

Wai

The lameness of an unborn childThe tidiness of cryThe only way I'm leaving hereIs curling up and die

The way our shelter moves aboveControlled by just my handInsures the death you're dreaming ofThe drowning down of man

O love, o love, o careless loveI only want to lay with youMy love, my love, my carefull loveI've found the hard way love is true

And always love the smiling oneAnd rounding out will come

With bitter bile and heartless funAnd consciousness made numb

And fearful hate that's steming out>From fear and only fearHas made your inner croco shoutAnd bring his victims here

O love, o love, o careless loveI only want to lay with youMy love, my love, my carefull loveI've found the hard way love is true

A creature born in listlesnessHis hatred to becomeIt's here his love is swollen inAnd consciousness made numb

And relegate your youth and trustYour table and your skinAnd share the love the godly mustAnd hold it til the end

O love, o love, o careless loveI only want to lay with youMy love, my love, my carefull love

I've found the hard way love is true

I only want to lay with youMy love, my love, my carefull loveI've found the hard way love is true

Cursed sleep


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I slept sweetly unpretendingThat the night was always endingShe breathed lightly right next to meAnd I dreamed of her inside of me

And in my dream she sang so sweetlyA melody I hope to singSo enslaved by her sweet wonderIt cut my legs and fingered hunger

She sang my name and so engulfedI cried and felt my legs failIn her arms I trembled electricOh and she let me and she held me

Then waking she was older stillAnd holds my love against its willIn spell cast with her palms extendedCursed love is never ending

Cursed eyes are never closingCursed arm are never closingCursed children never rising

And cursed me never despisingOh I am loving always holdingWhile she sleeps her song enfoldingEpic song it tells of howShe and I are living now

Cursed loveCursed loveCursed love

No bad news

Trouble, more trouble can you get anymoreSlow bubble boiling on the bedroom floorLonely ain't lonely, someone calling at the doorSomeone lovely and she's bringing bad news

She clenches and she cries and she lays on the stairsPounding on the earth and yanking at her hairsAnd showing such fear at being found unawaresTo be here and be bringing bad news

Well, something bad happens and a lot of people goBad themselves, that's how awful it isTurning half the heart into something hard and darkAnd she had to bring here this

Well, she's told, Hold your buttons and look at the skySomeone will fix things if you let your face dryKeep your face near the earth and your heart beat highAnd you may transcend the bad news


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Well, something bad happens and a lot of people goBad themselves, that's how awful it isTurning half the heart into something hard and darkAnd she had to bring here this

For all hammers and nailsFor all leaves and windsFor all love ambitionsAnd enemies and friends

She shakes her face so fiercely that all her features goShe lays like a monkey unclothed in the snowAnd her voice it decays and before it does she goes, I will never again deliver bad news

Something bad happens and a lot of people goBad themselves, that's how awful it isTurning half the heart into something hard and darkAnd she had to bring here this

Mm, hey little bird hey little birdThank you for not letting go of me when I let go of youHey little bird hey little bird

Thank you for not letting go of me when I let go of you(Hey little bird hey little bird)Thank you for not (letting go of me when I let go of you)

Cold & wet

Water may stop warmth, this do not forgetWhen things become too warm make them a little wetAnd douse them with a mouthful, put the baby downClean the earth surrounding and cause the warm to drown

And introduce to every soul a drink made of tearsHear them bicker, watch them die impaled on balsa spearsAnd looking in the morning the streets are flooded outThe men are wailing toothless, the ladies ghostly poutAnd they shout :

Our shoes are wet, our skin is coldAnd we no longer fear the voices of the brave or boldMaking what is to come clear

Well, future is diminished by what today we didWe wetted warmth and killed it and in the water hid

We wetted warmth and killed it and in the water hid

Big friday

You saved me from melting, babyYou saved me from stinging and being holed upAnd braking in snow and killing more


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And overspilling my runneth cup

You had light in your hands and your eyes closedYou had movement out of my sightYou wore no shoes and ate like a leopardAnd slept with your legs apart every night

And if I had to liveThis is what it should beTo have such a woman with me

When tidal wave hit and our house was in splintersI thought you had took all you had to takeBut you snuggled to me on the ground in the winterAnd your breath smelled like honey in the frosty air wake

And if I had to liveThis is what it should beTo have such a woman with me

Lay and love

From what I've seen, you're magnificentYou fight evil with all you doYour every act is spectacularIt makes me lay here and love you

From what I hear, you are generousYou make sunshine and glory tooWhen you walk in things go luminousIt makes me lay here and love you

From what I know, you're terrifiedYou have mistrust running through you

Your smile is hiding something hurtfulIt makes me lay here and love you

It makes me lay here and love youI'm filled with violet and red and blueI've got a feeling from what I doThat you might lay there and love me too

The seedling

I go out back to look up at herSmiling unluckily at my red furAnd into my own I meld my noseMy full-sized child is fully unclothed

Birdies say I got no children, birdies never knowIn my hidden life I've made a seedling grow

When it is cold I shelter her inThe wazimy warmth of the monkey skin


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And into my own I fold my headMy full-sized child with full-sized spread

Birdies say I got no children, birdies never knowIn my hidden life I've made a seedling grow

Hawks and dowes and power fistsBlack hand gripping our kid's wristsLanterns and arrows and little monk fishThey grant my every child wish

And birdies say I got no children, birdies never knowIn my hidden life I've made a seedling growBirdies say I got no children, birdies never knowIn my hidden life I've made a seedling grow(Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know)(In my hidden life I've made a seedling grow)(Birdies say I got no children, birdies never know)(In my hidden life I've made a seedling grow)

Then the letting go

Les paroles entre parenthses sont crites et chantes par Dawn McCarthy

There was someone a long time ago(Come follow me here and then we'll go)Who played with me whenever it snowed(To a fortress in the snow)She lived nearby and I'd walk her home(On these bushes berries grow)Then I would go to my own house alone

Then one december bad weather came on

(We will eat them seeds and all)I went to our shared place and nobody came(Hand in my hand, nose and nose)And it was dark before I made my way home(Shall we marry or shall we go)And sat at my window and watched the snow come

When I had children I asked them to stay When the weather turned bad indoors to playI tried to make games and be a bold friendThough strong was the call of the harsh winter wind

They ran out of doors and shouted and sang

(They won't find us from the road)Their voices went soft as they ran further on(Thicker branches tangled so)Till only a trace of their singing did hang(Flashlights fading, the fire low)On my eyes and my whiskers where they didn't belong

Then my, someone from childhood came into the roomAnd lay her wet head on my withering feetHer tears wet my lap and she fell asleep soon


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Saying nothing to me just going to sleep

O how my head burned as I sat unprepared(Come marry me here and then we'll go)I was rendered blind and of the world unaware(To the places in the snow)In the quiet of the day, well, I laid her low(You a fire, me aglow)And used her skin as my skin to go out in the snow

God's small song

I will wake up tomorrowI have tended to God's small songAnd to Love's small songAnd closed my eyes to sleep so long

And tonight I'll goInto all of the places that you loveThat is my place hereTo have been in those

I will wake up tomorrowI have amended some of the thingsThat some actions bringAnd closed the head to be with you

In each eye there is an appleBuried there before the eyeAnd out of sockets come the branchesAnd from the branches dangle I

I called you back

And I called you back to a place beside meAnd I called you back to a place beside me

Love found us easilyAnd if that's all we have you will find we need nothing more


And everytime we kiss

We find ourselves in love again

And the older that we getWe know that nothing else for us is possible


Mm, when I was quietWell, I heard your voice in everything


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And I called you back to a place beside meAnd I called you back to a place beside meAnd I called you back to a place beside me

Ebb tide

Ecrite par Franck Sinatra.

Merci Joel Minor pour l'aide apporte la retranscription des paroles de cette chanson.

First the tide rushes inPlants a kiss on the shoreThen goes out to seaAnd the sea is very still once more

So I rush to your sideLike the oncoming tideWith one burning thought :

Will your arms open wide ?At last we're face to faceAnd as we kiss through an embraceI can tell, I can feel you are lovedYou are really, really mineIn the rain, in the dark, in the sun

Like the tide at its ebbI'm at peace in the webOf your heart's armsOf your arms

--------------------The brave...

His hands

Merci Mike Metcalf pour la retranscription et la traduction des paroles de cettechanson, ainsi qu' l'Arrangeur Masqu pour les corrections apportes

There were a lot of things in his touchSometimes the slightest whisper could hurt so muchI could feel him coming nearer his little noises and suchAnd then my man would lay his hands on me

He might touch me the way a man should sometimesBring me to passions that only he couldAnswer some earthly need whenever he wouldWhen my man would lay his hands on me


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All the kindness and protectionThe tenderness and the careAnd he was happy goodness meBut then when he was scaredThose hands they took on a life undeadThey were vicious and they were smallBut big enough to keep this woman's backAgainst the wall

Lord I didn't ask for itNot the love or anything elseNot the years spent in the worldOf a man that only loved himselfI didn't ask for itBut God it is mine nowThose hands are in my mind and soulBut Lord it's you and meThat make their power

And I will pity that beautiful manAnd Lord I will bless his pathWe were both just wounded childrenIn a love that thank God didn't last

There's a lot of things in Lord your touchSometimes your slightest whisper moves me so muchYour grace and your forgiveness the whole world and suchWhen youYou lay your handsOn me

Yes when youLord rest your gentle handsOn meOn me Il y avait beaucoup de choses dans son toucherParfois le moindre chuchotement pouvait faire tant de mal

Je le sentais s'approcher, ses petits bruits et autresEt puis mon homme posait ses mains sur moi

Il pouvait me toucher comme un homme le devrait parfoisMe transporter jusqu' la passion comme lui seul tait capableRpondre volontiers un besoin terrestreQuand mon homme posait ses mains sur moi

Toute cette gentillesse et protectionToute cette tendresse et cette attentionAh, il tait heureux, bon DieuMais quand il avait peurCes mains se transformaient en choses monstrueuses

Elles taient brutales, mesquines et petitesMais assez grandes pour forcer la femme que je suis rester toujoursLe dos au mur

Seigneur, je n'ai pas demand tout aNi l'amour ni rien d'autreNi les annes passes dans le mondeD'un homme qui n'aimait que lui-mmeJe n'ai pas demand tout aMais Dieu, tout a fait partie de moi maintenant


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Ces mains sont dans mon esprit et mon meMais Seigneur, c'est Toi et moiQui leur donnons leur pouvoir

Mais j'aurai piti de ce bel hommeEt Seigneur, je bnirai son cheminOn n'tait tous les deux que des enfants blesssDans une relation qui, Dieu merci, ne dura pas

Il y a beaucoup de choses dans Ton toucher, SeigneurParfois le moindre de tes chuchotements m'meut tantTa grce et ton pardon pour le monde entier et tout aLorsque TuTu poses Tes mainsSur moi

Oui, quand Toi,Seigneur, reposes Tes douces mainsSur moiSur moi

Calvary cross

crite par Richard Thompson

I was under the Calvary CrossPale-faced lady she said to meI've watched you with my one green eyeAnd I'll hurt you till you need meYou scuff your heels and you spit on your shoesYou do nothing with reasonOne day you catch a train

Never leaves the stationEverything you do everything you doYou do for me

Now you can make believe on your tin whistleAnd you can be my broom boyScrub me till I shine in the darkAnd I'll be your light till doomsdayA black cat cross your pathOh, why don't you followMy claw's in you and my light's in youThis is your first day of sorrow

Everything you do everything you doYou do for me

That's pep !

crite par Mark Allen Mothersbaugh


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Vigor, vim, vitality and punchThe ability to act on a sudden hunchNerve to tackle the hardest thingWith feet that climb and hands that clingA heart that never forgets to singThat's pep ! that's pep ! that's pep !

Sand and grit in a concrete baseA friendly smile on an honest faceSpirit that helps when another's downKnows how to scatter the blackest frownLove's its neighbor, love's its townThat's pep ! that's pep ! that's pep ! that's pep !

Say "I will", for you know you canLook for the best in every manMeet each thundering knockout blowCome back with a smile 'cause you knowYou'll get the best of the whole damn showThat's pep ! that's pep ! that's pep ! that's pep !Oh, that's pep ! oh, that's pep !

It's expected I'm gone

crite par Mike Watt

I don't want to hurtSee my position was hereI mean as it was, I was

So this led to the downfall of manI can make seconds feel hours

I make certainThat my head is connected to my body

No hope ?See, that's what gives me gutsBig fucking shit right now, man

Cravo canela

crite par Milton Nascimento et Ronaldo Bastos

morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouO cheiro do cravo ? morena quem temperou


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Cigana quem temperouA cor de canela ?

morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouO cheiro do cravo ? morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouA cor de canela ?

A lua morenaA dana do ventoO ventre da noiteE o sol da manhA chuva ciganaA dana dos riosO mel do cacauE o sol da manh

morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouO cheiro do cravo ? morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperou

A cor de canela ?A lua morenaA dana do ventoO ventre da noiteE o sol da manhA chuva ciganaA dana dos riosO mel do cacauE o sol da manh

A lua morenaA dana do vento

O ventre da noiteE o sol da manhA chuva ciganaA dana dos riosO mel do cacauE o sol da manh

A lua morenaA dana do ventoO ventre da noiteE o sol da manhA chuva ciganaA dana dos rios

O mel do cacauE o sol da manh

morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouCigana quem temperouO cheiro do cravo ? morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouCigana quem temperou


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A cor de canela ?

morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouCigana quem temperouO cheiro do cravo ? morena quem temperou Cigana quem temperouCigana quem temperouA cor de canela ?

Some say (I got devil)

crite par Melanie Safka

Some say I got devilSome say I got angelBut I'm just a girl in troubleI don't think I'm in dangerNo, I don't think I'm in danger

No, I know I'm not in dangerBut some have tried to sell meAll kinds of things to save meFrom hurting like a woman, and crying like a babySomething like a woman, crying like a baby

And all the things that I have seenQualify me for a part in your dreamQualify me for this dream

Though I'd like to tell itExactly how I feel it

Somehow the musicHides it and conceals itHides it and conceals itOh, it hides

And all the things that I have seenCan be hidden in a part of my dreamGonna hide it from my dream

Some say I got devilSome say I got angelBut I'm just this girl in troubleI don't think I'm in danger

No, I don't think I'm in dangerNo, I know I'm not in danger

Pancho

crite par Dave Hanner


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Pancho, dont you like me no morePancho, to me our friendship means morePancho, please forget what I saidCause Pancho we're headintowards our end

I remember the first time when you came aroundSpeaking in Spanish, making the roundsWhen you first saw me your face was a grinAnd you called me the Cisco Kid

Pancho, dont you like me no morePancho, to me our friendship means morePancho, please forget what I saidCause Pancho we're headintowards our end

I said somedayYoull be happy with me Pancho

I remember the good times when you loved me soI gave you my hat and wore your sombreroAnd all of the times you saved me from deathOh Pancho, you were the best

I had a black horse, you had a greyMy horse was faster but yours did okayWhen it came to chasinrustlers wed always winCause we were Pancho and the Cisco Kid

Oh Pancho, were headintowards our end...

Love is love

crite par Lungfish

Love is love in the shape things takeLove is love in the womb of wombsLove is love at the highest height

Love is love at the deepest depth, all rightLove is love as the risen riseLove is love in the sign of creationLove is love in patterns of lightLove is love at the root of the brain

Love is love in the life of all life

Love is love in echoes through spaceLove is love, a vigil for this worldAnd love is love in the marrow of new boneLove is love as above so belowLove is love in a record of events

And love must be love to let time beginLove is love, all is reconciledLove is love in wind and shadeAnd love is love, alien and strange


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Love is love in truth and falsehood

On my own

crite par Quix*o*tic

All of this [???]Whistlin' wayside of the highwayI am far away

On my own, on my ownOn my own, on my own

Wandering aimless through brambles and briarOver pools of dirty waterSneakers getting wet at the tips


Warmth is slipping from under the doorPeople stare as I walk insideNow has become used to being close


I am running away from homeFreedom's running at my paceDon't think I deserve anything


All of this [???]All wishes recounted over pillowsI am far away

Thunder road

crite par Bruce Springsteen

The screen door slamsMary's dress wavesLike a vision she dances across the porchAs the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonelyHey, that's me and I want you onlyDon't turn me home againI just can't face myself alone again

Don't run back inside, darling


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And I'm pulling out of here to win

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