• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• Fred Astaire - Dayna Kurtz
• Banks Of The Edisto - Dayna Kurtz
• Venezuela - Dayna Kurtz
• The Miracle - Dayna Kurtz
• SHOWDOWN - Dayna Kurtz
• Right For Me - Dayna Kurtz
• Postcards From Downtown - Dayna Kurtz
• Nola - Dayna Kurtz
• Love Where Did You Go - Dayna Kurtz
• Love Gets In The Way - Dayna Kurtz
• It's The Day Of Atonement 2001 - Dayna Kurtz
• From The Bottom Up - Dayna Kurtz
• Another Black Feather - Dayna Kurtz
• Dayna Kurtz - Dayna Kurtz

i’m caught
i’m seen through
if you were a chivalrous man,
you’d know what to do
you’re a sad prince
you’re my most humble pie
and under serious oath
you’re my sweetest lie
i had a dream that you danced
just like fred astaire
i sat and watched, leaning back
as you glided on air around me
i’d do anything you want
look what you’ve done
i’d be a game that you play
much too easily won
i’m too easily won
and i don’t care
what you do
who strokes your hair
where you run off to
mill street tonight is twinkling like stars
hollywood dust under seventies cars
i miss you
i’d do anything you want
look what you’ve done
i’d be a game that you play
much too easily won
i’m too easily won
and what do you remember
after too much sweet wine;
that you woke up hungover
or that you had a good time?

i’ve been lazy
i’ve been overfed
i’ve been thinking
too much with my head
i was dreaming
about the life you led
on the banks of the edisto
on the banks of the edisto
where the sweet gum and the cypress grows
i want to know what the cypress knows
on the banks of the edisto
where’d you go
when you died my friend
do you see us
did your soul ascend
and i listened
for his answer then
on the banks of the edisto
heaven’s here where the bard owl cries
where the smile meets my sweetheart’s eyes
i’ll be right here taming dragonflies
only heaven i need to know
on the banks of the edisto
where the sweet gum
and the cypress grows
i want to know what the cypress knows
on the banks of the edisto
i’ve been lazy
i’ve been overfed
i’ve been thinking too much with my head
i’ve been dreaming
about the life you led

that was such a lovely dream
the streets were golden in the sun
i’ve never been to venezuela
but my family was all there
and my mother looked so young
venezuela looked like brooklyn
though the streets were twice as wide
children spun around the trees
little tops, little sufis
mamas smile from inside
oh fernando i’m so sorry
for the love you saved for me
but my heart is locked forever
in another lovely dream
he approached me like a prince
and said he’s loved me all his life
he said he knew that i’d come here
that he’s been waiting all these years
that i’m meant to be his wife
and my sister was so jealous
of the love you had for me
she left, stomping ‘cross the square
rigid arms flying hair
her skirt had many layers and it bounced like sandra
dee’s
oh fernando i’m so sorry
whatever could i say
to a man i’ve never met
who’s the one who got away
i cried to see his heart so plainly
(for he was such a formal man)
handed to me like a daisy
in the presence of my family
from his damp and shaking hands
i said – fernando, i can’t stay here
and a clock began to chime
and i opened up my shirt
and in its bony cage
ticked a paper valentine
oh fernando i’m so sorry
for the love you saved for me
but my heart is locked forever
in another lovely dream
oh fernando i’m so sorry
whatever could i say
to a man i’ve never met

sleep holds
nothing but
dreams hold
nothing but
we’ll never know
we’ll never know
we are
open
as sky can be
a birds eye
a tapped knee
we’re in it now
we’re in it now
we are
strangers
come this far
someday
even stars
will leave us
they’ll leave us
we are
half a work of art
half smile
half heart
we’ll never know
we’ll never know

pulled out the big guns
got my best dress on
shit, i’d forgotten you were charming
– you’re disarming
been playing too hard
this is a hard town
& all my old gang has broken down, somehow
I miss them all
(though not just now)
we say i’m fine, how are you
showdown
it’s you & me
got you pinned up against a stark raving skyline
it’s love, yeah love
just picks me up then lets me down
pulled out the big guns
got my new boots on
i’m gonna wear a groove so deep
in your mind that everyone coming after me
will be moving to my beat
showdown
we got green lights down 9th avenue
we got an ice cold slice of winter moon
we both got torture guards around our hearts
mine usedta break me down too soon

hold back the cannons
call off the guards
how did your eyes get
so mean so fast so hard?
can we do something else
we’ve been here before
stop dragging me into
the battles of your little wars
i don’t know what you’re going through
what demons you need to set free, need to set free
i don’t think you’re right in the head
but i think you’re just right for me
you’re just right for me
baby you’re just right for me
so call me tomorrow
when this storm has passed
when you’re good you love me
like nobody else ever has
i don’t know what you’re going through
what demons you need to set free, need to set free
i don’t think you’re right in the head
but i think you’re just right for me
you’re just right for me
baby you’re just right for me
i don’t know what you’re going through
what demons you need to set free, need to set free
i don’t think you’re right in the head
but i think you’re just right for me
you’re just right for me

i lost all my faith in love
on those stairs that november
i know it meant a lot at the time
now i can barely remember
it’s been a long time
it’s been a long time
you said i’ve been alone so long
that i’ve got big theories of lonely
and that i drag them all over town
just to look occupied
but i’m learning something
i’m doing time
red light, green light, one, two, three
have you come to conquer me?
it’s been a long time
hey i know how to take in all kinds
of heartless offers
and i’ve learned how to hand back a few
and i’ve come as close to love
as to walking on water
so what could i do with you?
what will i do with you?
i’m going out now i’ll send you some
postcards from downtown
i’ll show you all the apartments
where i got my degrees
where i’d fall like small dreams

new york is impossibly handsome
impossibly bright
but his hands are too busy
his shirts are too shiny and tight
on fridays he dances to metronomes
so he can keep counting
all night all night all night
every time that i see her
my heart ends up begging to stay
she’s been calling me to her
she tortures me every day
have you been on a joyride
say your best backslide
then rocked all night
till you’re trembling and sore?
just take me in your scented arms
new orleans i’m coming for more
oh, new orleans i’m coming for more
i know angels can lie
if it lightens your load
they’ll be stroking your cheek
but they’re speaking in code
they’ll take all your money
and then hit the road
and leave you broken and smiling
he has no use for me
he never looks in my eyes
been waking up cursing
it’s no way to live or to die
i’ve nothing of value to bring you
i come to you wasted and poor
please take me in your scented arms
new orleans i’m coming for more
oh, new orleans i’m coming for more
in the rush and the spin
in the flush of my sin
she’ll be rolling her eyes
while she beckons me in
please god, let me love truly
forgive every nation
and walk like a woman again
baby i love you
but baby i just have to go
i’ve got so much to learn
she’s got secrets i just have to know
i left my true love for you
oh just take everything
i’ll do what you want me to do
please take me in your scented arms
new orleans i’m coming for you
oh, new orleans i’m coming for you

I get high
Then I get low
I asked why
But you don’t know
The sink is full
The plants gone yellow
Oh love where did you go?
I’ve forgiven awful things
From lesser men
With weaker slings
Their stingy love
Their restless wings
Oh love where did you go?
I wonder where you are tonight
Who gave you strength
Who stole my fight
Who holds your gaze
In love’s fresh light

i’ve made love with one eye on the door
i’ve left good rooms with nothing to say
i wanted to love them
but love got in the way
i wanted to love them
but love gets in the way
and so what if everything’s changed
and so what if i’ve held out for more
i'm all wild in places i wasn’t before
i'm wild in places where i wasn’t before
so come on and make a mess of me
i won’t walk away
i'm ready as i’ll ever be
i won’t walk away
i want to be fed by you
i want to be led by you
i thought i wanted freedom
but love got in the way
i went looking for freedom
but love got in the way
so come on and make a mess of me
i won’t walk away
i'm ready as i’ll ever be

it’s the day of atonement, 2001
i’m sorry for anything i might have done
i’m sorry for everything we’ve left to do
i’m sorry we’re still so confused
well, i never had faith -
so, we’ll never be safe
we never were safe anyway
it’s just that the veil was ripped from our face
on such a beautiful day
mohammed is pacing
when he isn’t kneeling
jesus can’t talk
he’s too busy weeping
yahweh’s a mother
who sighs at the ceiling
if only they knew how good it could’ve been
it’s the day of atonement 2004
would jesus be happy we evened the score?
you hypocrites, bullies who profit from war
may your gods all spit on your graves
i say all of you gods
tell your squabbling children
whatever the color or call
they can all go to hell
(if there is such a thing)
go to hell
have it out
have a ball
mohommed is pacing
when he isn’t kneeling
jesus can’t talk
he’s too busy weeping
yahweh’s a mother
who sighs at the ceiling
if only you knew how good it could’ve been
i say all of you gods
tell your squabbling children
whatever the color or call
they can all go to hell (if there is such a thing)
go to hell
have it out

i found my love but where’s my heart?
they love you from the bottom up
your head comes all apart
my price went down my youth is gone
i hate this town my youth is gone
i went to bed a head of state
and now i mow the lawns
careful what you wish for
i had a secret small and rare
hell i had secrets everywhere
they withered in the light of love
and i don’t even care
if they want me i’ll be found
just look for me i’ll be around
i’ll be wearing friday night
a few feet off the ground
careful what you wish for
for heavy lids and whole wheat hair
your sweetest smile and lusty stare
whatever i can gather up
whatever i can spare
i found my love i lost my heart
i found my love but where’s my heart?
they love you from the bottom up

i’m lonely today
but in a good way
i’ve let my heart lead
without mercy sometimes
i’m faithful to you
and i know i will be
and i’m not always kind, but i’m trying
there’s a zydeco band
in the last sticky light
and i’m dancing with strangers, one after another
and the only thing left
to want from this night
is you dancing with me as my own sweetest lover
you’re in the city and you’re looking for desert
then you’re in the desert and you’re wishing for rain
you’re in his arms looking for comfort
he’s given you comfort and you’re wishing for pain
not another dark waltz
i dream these too often
out in the back
digging holes for our dinner
another brass tack
for the lid of my coffin
another black feather
for the wings of a sinner
you’re in the city and you’re looking for desert
then you’re in the desert and you’re wishing for rain
you’re in his arms looking for comfort
he’s given you comfort now you’re begging for pain
next time i see you
could you act like a stranger and
kiss me like you don’t know love has a chance
remember that first time
in my old apartment
whenever our feet touch the ground

i’m caught
i’m seen through
if you were a chivalrous man,
you’d know what to do
you’re a sad prince
you’re my most humble pie
and under serious oath
you’re my sweetest lie
i had a dream that you danced
just like fred astaire
i sat and watched, leaning back
as you glided on air around me
i’d do anything you want
look what you’ve done
i’d be a game that you play
much too easily won
i’m too easily won
and i don’t care
what you do
who strokes your hair
where you run off to
mill street tonight is twinkling like stars
hollywood dust under seventies cars
i miss you
i’d do anything you want
look what you’ve done
i’d be a game that you play
much too easily won
i’m too easily won
and what do you remember
after too much sweet wine;
that you woke up hungover
or that you had a good time?