And I was your undertaker
I was your highway girl
I was your bitter taste
Of every other world
You wake in the maddening morning
You wake in the firelight world
You wait for your [firmer?] dancer
From every other world
And I was your undertaker
And I was your ivory girl
And I was your bitter taste
Of every other world
And I wait for the trains
To ride me back
To some highway world
And I wait for the trains
To ride me back
You said you'd need a wrecking ball to break thee
Cement around the heart.
A company of mad machines would take the walls,
Crumble them apart
Ohh the dance? will let you batter? barricades
I've tried to keep you
Banned from the blockades
Wait,
One more day.
Flirty with the failed and fleeting fusion
Body after body to entice.
Till you came into my sad seclusion
I let you waste my vice and be your wife
Ohh the dance? will let you batter? barricades
I've tried to keep you
Banned from the blockades
Wait,
Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave
And say a little prayer for you
Kyle says you’ve been dead for a couple of months
And I’ve been thinking your still here my friend
And I still have your songs in my head
And your face engraved into the glass of me
Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave
And say a little prayer for thee
And he misses you when you’re gone
When you’re gone, you’re gone
Tomorrow I’m gonna leave a bird on your grave
With a note and I’m hoping it will last for days
Faded from flesh they put flowers on your grave
Yellow lights are free and gladly
Light the shadow grey behind me
Can you help her walk away again
Blue the colour of the water
Mary and her devil-daughter
Drinking rubies in the rain again
Oh Mary
Don't you die
Oh Mary
Don't you die
Cause of the colour of your eyes
Green the colour of the grasses
Mary and her new blue lassies
Come a-riding in the fall with me
Grey the shades of all nights past me
Rid the blood inside the old tree
Come a-riding in the fall with me
Oh Mary
Don't you die
Oh Mary
Don't you die
The waves rush against the folds of my face
As I start to drown
The waves rush against the folds of my face
As I start to drown
Oh, Virginia
Virgina, Virginia
In winter the water
will wash [?] the waterside
In winter the water
will wash [?] the waterside
Oh, Virginia
Virgina, Virginia
With the rocks in your pockets
You walk up above the waterside
With the rocks in your pockets
You walk up above the waterside
Oh, Virginia
Virgina, Virginia
The waves rush against the full of my face
As I start to fall
The waves rush against the full of my face
As I start to fall
Oh, Virginia
Virgina, Virginia
Say hello to the sea
Or to the lonely water
Say hello to the sea
Under the skies of azure
And I met him yesterday
Under my old umbrella
And I met him yesterday
Under the skies of azure
And turquoise was the colour of his eyes
And bitter were the colour of mine
He was tall, grey
Slowly held my empty fingers
He was tall, gracefully
He filled my cold hot body
And I met him yesterday
Under the skies of azure
And I met him yesterday
Under my old umbrella
And turquoise was the colour of his eyes
Will you play your famous song
Your little song
Your lovely song
Will you play your famous song
For me
I loved all the things he saw
The little [warbles?] in the dark
I loved all the things he saw
The ways in which the water falled
Will you play your famous song
Your little song
Your lovely song
Will you play your famous song
For me
I loved all the things you saw
Your little [warbles?] in the dark
I loved all the things you saw
Mother, the stallions are running wild
Save me your evil thoughts of mine
Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind
Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind
Mother, the table's dressed in white
Save me your evil thoughts of mine
I tried my best to save you from your mind
Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind
Mother, the stallions are running wild
Save me your evil thoughts of time
Lord, I tried my best to save you from your mind
Thinking of you
All through the morning
I’m thinking of you
All through the evening
I’m thinking of you
And the way that your holy water grew
I met a girl under the water
It made me recall how I wanted a daughter
But you never gave me nothing that I could hold on to
But I wrote you letters by the phone
And I wrote you every night alone
But who are you walking around with
Buttercup
He was my lord
And I was his lady
But I soon grew tired of the lazy days
When I moved away and I thought of him often
He came to me nights in my rose colored dreams
Thinking of you
All through the morning
I’m thinking of you
All through the evening
I’m thinking of you
And the way that your holy water grew
But I wrote you letters by the phone
And I wrote you every night alone
But who are you walking around with
Old love haunts me in the morning
La da da da da da da da di
Old love haunts in the evening
When the remnants of pictures come alive
I told you that I loved you
I laid the summer down
Come all your careless wanderers
By the lake with the days of ruin
When I first saw you in the sunshine
With the speckles and flaxen in your eyes
When I first saw you in the moonlight
It is true that I thought that I might die
I told you that I loved you
By the lake with the summer gone
Come all your careless wanderers
By the lake with the days of ruin
My love and I
Were walking down the road
In a dream that I had not so many years ago
And if my red blood will cease to flow
Your ghost may come where I will go
See you’re as good as dead to me
My holy ghost my savior tree
And if my red blood will cease to flow
Your ghost may come where I will go
Your dreary days
Your damsel days
Your water days
Are dying
Your dreary days
Your damsel day
Your desperate days are dead
Oh where will you go
When I , I loved you ever since
The day we slept in fields of poppies
Oh where will you go,
When I , I loved you ever since
The day, we dreamt in fields of poppies
Your dreary days
Your damsel days
Your water days are dying
Your dreary days
Your damsel days
Sooner or later
I will see you or something
When we talked in the night
To the sound of the broken swing
In the beginning
Stars I would fancy
And we'd walk in the night
To the sound of the surf crashing
Further and further
Are you growing now
Further and further
Is this walk
Further and further
Are you growing now
My little lark
Oh, to my sweet one
In the days of the long run
In the fall looking among
The fields of green and blue
Where did you fly to
Little blue
Sooner or later
I'll be seeing you
In all the markings on the wall
Sooner or later
Will you come to me
Going to tend the body of a willow tree
Mr. John Lee knew about your family
You came when I was lonesome
In the fairest of the spring
But I did not care for your wedding ring
But I did care for Marie
Farewell, my sweet
Bowled you off and took me
How my hair was a raven
And my eyes were shining bright
But I did not love you quite as well
As your darling loving wife
But every time that you see
Your Velveteen Rose
Then think of how you once called me
Your Velveteen Rose
Mr. John Lee
'Twas an act that you told me
The burning thoughts you harboured me
The sheriff found your sweet Marie
Floating by the river weeds
In the fields of green
But every time that you see
Your Velveteen Rose
Then think of how you once called me
Oh to find
Another lover
Oh to lie
In the bed of another
Breaking the bread
And raising the silver there
With you
And I dreamed your face
In the Mexican summer
With Texas above
To die with my brother
Breaking the bread
And raising the silver there
With you
And I dreamed your face a million times
And I vowed to get you out
And I dreamed your face a million times
And I vowed to get you out
And I dreamed your face a million times
And I vowed to get you out
Of here
Oh to find
Another lover
Oh to lie in the
Bed of another
Breaking the bread
And raising the silver there
Without a lover
Without a friend
Without a saviour
Without a friend
Without a lover
Without a friend
Mayflower walked away
Away towards the air
And if you see her
Call out her name
And if you hear her
Out in the rain
Mayflower Maybelle
It was her name
Without a lover
Without a friend
Without a saviour
Without a friend
Without a lover
Without a care
Mayflower walked away
Away towards the air
And if you see her
Call out her name
And if you hear her
Out in the rain
Mayflower Maybelle
Gladly to your home again
Forgive me to the rain
It's true that I willed
And wished for you
Each night upon my bed
Driving down your road again
A winding road of green
Your face a distant memory
An autumn leaf in spring
It was a long time ago
In the time of the lorry low
It was a long time ago
With a claw in the days of old
Following these signs of you
As sparrows flock around
I will always drink to you
When entering this town
Grievous angels laugh at you
For leaving me to be
I see your face in every blueish
Sky and road and sea
It was a long time ago
In the time of the lorry low
It was a long time ago
Every night without the light
Or brightly shining low
Silver trees and darkened leaves
Blot the sky above
As the yellow moon to the darkest night
Turns to raging fire
The road it bends and the darkness spins
To voices in the choir
I dream of horses and their kin
Against the lovely night
I dream of sand and sky and sin
Against the pale blue light
And everyone that feels at all
Has got something to say
About the way of southern ways
(words by Pablo Neruda)
Hay tantos muertos
Y tantos malecones que el sol rojo partia
Hay tantos muertos
Y tantas cabezas que golpean los buques
Hay tantos muertos
Y tantas manos que han encerrado besos
Hay tantos muertos
I say to the day
We'll drop down to die
With fifty five falls
And seventy skies
And I say to the day
Weigh this bag that I brang
With Mayflower May and a monocle dime
Oh, there she lies
Gently close her eyes
Oh, there she lies
Gently close her eyes
Oh, down she lies
Oh, I had a friend
That I remember well
With sad little hands
A sad [sickle cell?]
Oh, I had a friend
The ship sailed away
'Twas fifty five falls
Of golden to stay
Oh, there she lies
Gently close her eyes
Oh, there she lies
Gently close her eyes
Oh, down she lies
I said to the day
We'll drop down to die
With fifty five falls
And seventy skies
And I say to the day
Weigh this bag that I brang
With Mayflower May and monocle dime
Oh, and she dies
Slowly close her eyes
Oh, there she lies
Gently close her eyes
It's four in the morning, the end of December
I'm writing you now just to see if you're better
New York is cold, but I like where I'm living
There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening
I hear that you're building your little house deep in
the desert
You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping
some kind of record
Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
That night that you planned to go clear
Did you ever go clear
Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older
Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder
You'd been to the station to meet every train
And you came home without Lili Marlene
And you treated my woman to a flake of your life
And when she came back she was nobody's wife
Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth
One more thin gypsy thief
Well I see Jane's awake
She sends her regards.
And what can I tell you my brother, my killer
What can I possibly say
I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you
I'm glad you stood in my way
If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me
Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free
Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes
I thought it was there for good so I never tried
And Jane came by with a lock of your hair
She said that you gave it to her
She'd know in her time
She was young
A year to die
She had gazed a mile
In the corner in the night
And a man come to her
In the dead of old winter
And the doldrums [?]
To touch her body and her mind
Singing, Dum-diddle-dum
Days of fun, days of rum
Singing, Dum-diddle-dum
Days of fun, days of rum
Scarlet in the morning
Raise the bloody blind
Oh, she'd know in her time
She young
And young to die
But the roses never came
She was just some [?]
And in her bed, she bleeds
As she dreamt of a dying [?]
Singing, Dum-diddle-dum
Days of fun, days of rum
Singing, Dum-diddle-dum
Photographs of your face
Against the wind
Against the rain
I'm gonna burn them all
And bury your name
All your damsels in the dark
And sea-shell branches in the park
I'm gonna burn them all
And bury your name
Photographs of your face
Against the wind
Against the rain
I'm gonna burn them all
Take her to the river
Call her a river-child
Take her to the forest
Call her a little wild
Sell her to the gypsy
For a jar of metal coins
Take her to the mountain
And thrust yourself
Into her loins
Calico
Calico
Calico
Her lips are white as snow
She moved to the mountains
With a box all chiseled sharp
She moved to the highlands
With a box of books all dark
I knew her in the city
She and I would dance the night
Drink the wine of dripping berries
Toss the moon and count the lights
Calico
Calico
Calico
Her skin is soft as snow
Take her to the river
Call her a river-child
Take her to the forest
Seven winter's past and gone
I once was young and I once was strong
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Six fine times I've felt my knees
Buckle to your sweet release
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Five times tried to conjure you
A letter or a note or clue
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
Even though you're comin' home
In a box of cedar
For four years you courted I
Your raven hair, your brittle bride
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Three more times I tried to find - a
Lover to match your sweet kind
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
And I'm going to tell everybody
I'm know that I'm glad to see you
Even though you're come and gone
In a box of cedar
[sing-song]
What am I to fill these rooms
I make it want the drone of doom
Shall I be
I'll be
I'll be
Southern winter's past and gone
I once was young and I once was strong
Shall I be
I'll be
Mary, come alive
I brought water and food for your life
I don't want to come alive
Life was hard when I was your bride
And I know we had a beautiful life
But things changed like the leaves on the vine
Mary, come alive
I brought water and food for your life
And I know they had a beautiful life
But things changed like the leaves on the vine
Mary, come alive
I brought water and food for your life
I don't want to come alive
Life was hard when I was your bride
And I know we had a beautiful life
Mama, i have nothin' but cobwebs and dust in the lock
Blood runs thick in the veins
But i live like a fish in the water again
She says soft to a fault
She believes the hardest things of all
To love never did exist at all
Aw, aw, aw, aw
She lives in a dark cloud of little hells
When she meant something to somebody else
But now it's dark and cobwebs and rose petals
Defy her into the well
To go back to the days of color
Into the well
Red is the color of memory
Blue is the way to green
And darling you did gamble
‘cause you were a dying breed
Yes you were a dying breed
Yellow the color of your skin
Black was the color of your hair
Your earthly days have passed you by
Where oh where oh where did you go
When they took your bones
Did you go when they took your bones and ran
Red is the color of memory
Blue is a way to green
And darling you did gamble
‘Cause you were a dying breed
Yes you were a dying breed
Frank this song is for you love
And for your curly hair
Your earthly days have passed you by
Where oh where oh where did you go
When they took your bones
Sometimes you bring me flowers
a misery to me
and I don't want to like a day
without my memory
goodbye Missouri
letters on the line
come here now
you know I won't desert you
it's been four years of
waiting for the day
that you would leave your
girl and take me somewhere away
summertime was lost
and i knew it on the spot
I would marry you some sunny day
But baby i know its strange
to end up this way
a mistress on a sunny day
1000 bottles of why
and the days of rum
turn to years of swine
I'm leaving you for good this time
Flowers died a long
time ago my friend
and they're hanging on the wall
with wax and thread
When you were young
did you think it would ever end?
When you were young
did you think it would ever end?
Sylvia was a girl
that I knew best
and she wore the finest
eyelid dress
and she sits in her room
painting golden moons
and she sits in her room
painting golden runes
Oh, what am I to do
without a man to see me through?
Oh, what am I to do
without a man to see me through?
I'm more than blue
I'm violet
Lyla met a man
that she loved best
and he died in a fiery crash.
And the hole is wide
the hole is wide
the hole is wide
And the hole is wide
the hole is wide
the hole is wide
Oh, what am I to do
without a man to see me through?
Oh, what am I to do
without a man to see me through?
I'm more than blue
It's a beautiful day
and I went for a walk
but I saw that old dirt path
where we used to talk
where is the rain
cause some spring lovers
are bringing me down again
the years have come
and your hands have gone
but your land is something
lost in a song
why does the sun always remind me of you
yes it does
i hope a new day will come
and cover up what i done
Why does the sun always remind me of you
I would know
that there ain't nothing but love songs
on the radio
turn on the colored days
to peel away the skin
the sun will turn my hands to gold
more than any alchemist
sea water it rounds the edge of shard and turns to sand
I heard you bought a house
and light it up with glass and second hand
why does the sun always remind me of you
yes it does
i hope a new day will come
and cover up what i have done
Why does the sun always remind me of you
i would know
that there aint nothing but love songs
on the radio
always reminds me of you
yes it does
it always reminds me of you
yes it does,
yes it does,
yes it does
why does the sun always remind me of you
i hope a new day will come
and cover up what i have done
why does the sun always remind me of you
i hope a new day will come
and cover up what i have done
why does the sun always remind of you
i would know
that there ain't nothing but love songs
Silvia, Silvia, Silvia,
I met you in the belly of a whale
Silvia, Silvia, Silvia
Oh where did you fail
Time passes slowly in the daylight
But I do not want to die
I met you in the belly of a wicked rhyme
And I read all your letters I could find
And the water is your friend
The water is your friend
And down and down and down you go
Gonna buy you a red dress,
And put feathers in your hair
And resurrect the finer things
I lost when you disappeared
Breaking on the daylight
They put flowers round your grave
And I sang a silly song for you
Hey hey hey hey hey
Silvia, Silvia
Silvia, Silvia, Silvia
I met you in the belly of a whale
Silvia, Silvia, Silvia,
Oh where did you fail
And the water is your friend
The water is your friend
And down and down and down you go
Gonna buy you a red dress
And put feathers in your hair
And resurrect the finer things
I lost when you disappeared
Breaking on the daylight
They put flowers round your grave
And I sang a silly song for you
Hey hey hey hey hey
Every night that I spend alone
You don't know
You don't know me at all
And in my life of a girl
Of the troubles and love
I'm a troubled, troubled heart
Thought I'd sing with the boats
Trouble all away
That they'd swim back to me today
My troubles are never going to leave me alone
A prayer told me
The rosary
That I wear on my neck
Stare out to sea
Ghosts overhead
Bird in a tree
I feel numb and cold, rosary
Numb cold and free, rosary
I was your lover, you were my plan
I told you that you were my sun and my sand
We would ride away and get a circus job
And I'd fly away, become a bird of song
El camino, take me home
El camino, take me home
You are a jester and I am an elf
And I'm sad to the bones that are stocked upon my shelf
Take me back to the river of dirt
Take me back to the river of dirt
Built of the veins
And the flesh and the bones
We're oh so painfully alone
Burdened by rivers of dirt and fire
We return to the ground when we retire
Back to the river of dirt and fire
Summer is coming, I can't believe it's true
Where are you, where is she
I'm turning into you
Take me back to the place of the golden slumbers
Where I was happy and you were my middle name
Take me back to the river of dirt
Take me back to the river of dirt
And I grew up in the houses made of lead
The walls were white, the stairs were sharp
The scent of summer land
Take me back to the river of dirt
Oh what a day to dance with you
Oh what a day to die
I held you once in the palm of my hand
And a fine old time it was
Rachel I fear your death will come
And leave me alone to die
Rachel I fear your death will come
And gone to the dogs and the dimes
The men would come to you and me
We’d freeze them like a light
The men would come to you and me
We’d freeze them like a light
Say farewell Maria dear
Your bones and teeth and skin
Say farewell Maria dear
My you’ve grown so thin
Oh what a day to dance with you
Oh what a day to die
I had you once in the palm of my hand
And a fine old time it was
The men would come to you and me
We’d freeze them like a light
The men would come to you and me
We’d freeze them like a light
Say farewell Maria dear
Your bones and teeth and skin
Say farewell Maria dear
A heart that's full up like a landfill,
a job that slowly kills you,
bruises that won't heal.
You look so tired-unhappy,
bring down the government,
they don't, they don't speak for us.
I'll take a quiet life,
a handshake of carbon monoxide,
with no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
Silent silent.
This is my final fit,
my final bellyache,
with no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises,
no alarms and no surprises please.
Such a pretty house
and such a pretty garden.
No alarms and no surprises (get me outta here),
no alarms and no surprises (get me outta here),
Lily was a maiden in the castle sea
They found her in the forest
Where the wild willows be
Lily was a maiden in the castle sea
They found her in the forest
Where the wild willows be
Singing, Don't plead me, no
For I will seize you in the snow
Singing, Don't plead me, no
For I will seixe you in the snow
Henry first saw Lilianne
The girl of coloured hair
a-sitting by the river
With the willows in her hair
Lily sang a tune she knew,
A shanty from the sea
He seized her by her little waist
Against the willow tree
Singing fare thee, Oh well
Where you gone, no one can tell
Singing fare thee, Oh well
Where you gone, no one can tell
Oh, you are worth a million silver pennies
Henry said to Lilianne
Oh, you are worth a million silver pennies
Mayflower was a girl
Who came from my room
With a box of faded feathers
And her leather made shoes
But you know when she goes
She’ll be crying
Cause she died all alone
With her feathers and bows
I was just a lonely thing
When I met Mr. Bear
And he loved his sleeping next to me
And in his eyes I stared
But you know when he goes
He’ll be crying
Cause he died all alone
With his feather and bows
Mary Mary Mayflower
And John Lee all came
On the day that I died
Upon the spring
The day his wedding came
But you know
When I go I’ll be crying
Cause I died all alone with my feathers and bows
Don’t you know when she goes she’ll be crying
Cause a love that has died is a sad sad thing
Mayflower way a girl
Who came from my room
With a box of faded feathers and
Her leather made shoes
But you know when she goes
She’ll by crying
Cause a love that has died
Where did you go
When the snow fell that year
you were inside these wooden walls
like a bear
eager child for the end in your lair
for the end of the year
And that old familiar fear
creeps up your little arms
and runs through your veins
like blood through your songs
like blood through your songs
like blood through your songs
And then summer came
and he wore you like a charm
and you knew yourself
that what had come
would soon be gone
well sometimes in your burrowed hole
you love to be the pawn
always moving on
Oh where did I go
when the rains fell that year
we were inside that wooden house
like a bear
eager child for the end to be near
for the end of the year
And then winter came
and I wore him
like a charm
and we knew that what had come
would soon be gone
well sometimes in my burrowed hole
I feel it coming on
Always moving on
An island is always alone
and you were breaking yours with a stone
so I took you home to a bastion
a hurricane by any other name
so I took you home and I crashed you
You were gone and I was gone
and all of the flowers were dead and gone
And all of the things that I had, were songs again
Weaving the scent of the loss of your heart
from they are to meant
Life seems so empty
without you, my friend
Heartpaper lover
Are you gone again
heart paper lover
Are you gone again
Are you mine again
Grass is green all along
sun is filtering, yellow strong
I ripped and I burned all the papers
To the dust with them
Weaving the scent of the loss of your heart
from they are to meant
Life seems so empty
without you, my friend
Heart paper lover
Are you mine again
Heart paper lover
Are you gone again
Heart paper lover
Winter was an island, child
Some of the friends
You had been gone a while
It's a dark twisted line across
You sear into the wild
People are looking down you say
You can feel the beat of yesterday
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
From the ground
You drank the days away you say
Today is the same as any other day
On the street there was a big parade
And a family of four
Victorian gentlemen
They rap on the walls
When you're trying to sleep
And there's nothing you can say
To make them go away
To make them go away
To make them go
Oh-oh-oh-oh away
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They'll haunt you for a while
Ghosts and lovers
They will haunt you for a while
From the stars and from the sheets and ground
From the ground
From the ground
From the ground
Feathered failures on my knees
I broke my back from missing thee
I turned to brittle barren worlds
I hear you’re living with the girl
Sara Sara eyes of blue
Sara Sara in love you
She knows you had a woman fine
With eyes as deep as brandy wine
Flora flora, flora flora , flora flora,
Flora flora, flora flora, flora
Flora, flora, la da dum
Flora flora you knew her then
You plucked her from her fields of men
And all at once it came to me
Under my favorite lonesome tree
Sara Sara eyes of blue
Sara Sara in love with you
She knows you had a woman fine
With eyes as deep as brandy wine
Flora flora, flora flora , flora flora,
Flora flora, flora flora, flora
Flora, flora, la da dum
Feathered failures on my knees
I broke my back from missing thee
I turned to brittle barren worlds
I hear you’re living with girl
Sara Sara eyes so blue
Sara Sara in love with you
She knows I was your woman fine
Will you play your famous song
Your little song
Your lovely song
Will you play your famous song
For me
I loved all the things he saw
The little war birds in the dark
I loved all the things he saw
The ways in which the water fall
Will you play your famous song
Your little song
Your lovely song
Will you play your famous song
For me
I loved all the things you saw
Your little war birds in the dark
I loved all the things you saw
So do you know I’m a dancer now
With red painted lips, and a jezebel crown
So have you heard, I’m a singer now
With reliquary eyes, and a diadem frown
But I look for you
In the diamond trees
And the highway divine
Deliver me
Your father died
A month ago
And he scattered his ashes
In the snow
But oh my lonely diamond heart
It misses you so well
Oh my lonely diamond heart
It misses you oh well
I had a man in every town
And I thought of you each time
I tore off my gown
Changes have come
And I cannot recall
The shape of your face
Through the winters and falls
But I look for you
In the traffic seas
And the bars I’m always frequenting
Your father died
Some months ago
And we scattered his ashes
In the snow
Holidays are the hardest hours of the year
Holidays are the hardest hours of the year
Holidays are the hardest hours of the year
And oh my lonely diamond heart
It misses you my dear
She gave me a bird
Made out of clay
So I never will forget her
And he gave me a book
Made out of wood
To fasten all
The emblems
She gave me a bird
Made out of clay
So I never will forget her
But oh my lonely diamond heart
It misses you so well
And oh my lonely diamond heart
Many were the years I was brittle, crushed
And tore your name from leaf hearts
And blades of grass that were lost in the haze
And it's funny he still loves me
And it's funny he still loves me
Call her name, she dreams of you
Send her your regards
In the flesh is what I want
But no, you're a weak man now
Where did you go, fantasy
Were you lost in the haze
Were you free
Life is a rambling end
When you are gone
When you are gone
If I call your name at midnight
You would not be there
If I call your name at midnight
Oh, you would not be there
You said my name so sweetly
Oh, the one time that you called
Oh, you said my name so sweetly
That I took my clothes all off
Oh, the birds are calling
And I do not believe for me
Oh, the birds are calling
And I do not believe for me
Yes, I do not believe for me
I thought I saw you walking
With your trenchcoat in the rain
Yes, I thought I saw you driving
Down those streets past me again
Yes, I drank the table under
And I drank your bitter wine
Yes, I drank the table under
And I drank your bitter wine
Oh, the bells are ringing
And I do not believe for me
Oh, the bells are ringing
And I do not believe for me
Yes, I do not believe for me
I walk on every Monday
With your memories so clear
Yes, I walk on vagrant runways
(words by Edgar Allan Poe)
It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabelle Lee
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me
I was a child and she was a child
In this kingdom by the sea
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabelle Lee
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me
And this was the reason that, long ago
In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabelle Lee
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea
It was many and many a year ago
In a kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
When you came to town I fell for you it seems
to a house with twisted branches
and a candle dream
I'll be your Alabaster Queen
Your Alabaster Queen
When I hear you play
I think of water and sunshine
and i never really mind
all your women wistful wanting
you all the time
I'll be your Alabaster Queen
Your Alabaster Queen
Your Alabaster Queen
