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Mind me, little one
though it’s chilling
I have no strength to move
though hearts freeze for the giving up
it’s all I can do
But Lord, Lord
I’m enough
Just a body in a room
and love,
do what you want
but I must learn to live
alone
or incinerate
as lonely stars will do
and walk me to the bitter well
of tears not shed for you
But Lord, Lord
I’m enough
Just a body in a room
and love,
do what you want
but I must learn to live
alone
How many nights have u heard his heavy breathing?
How many wives don’t wish their keepers ill?
But your heart is yours alone
and the heart is known to roam
no one alive wouldn’t throw away their happy home
for one perfect stranger
oh tell me I’m wrong
How many guys got theiving on their minds
living the lie, they’re stealing half the time
just as sure as lovers grow
they will wither like the rose
call it a sin but I’d rather die than sleep alone
with one perfect stranger
baby many little devils gonna darken our door
better leave the lights on low
there’s a slow-moving signal saying
beauty’s in the eyes of the one you’re holding
beauty’s in the eyes of
one perfect stranger
good god in heaven
have mercy on our souls
for our will is not our own
women and men
we’d be better off leaving alone
that one perefect stanger
one perfect stranger
one perfect stranger
that one perfect stranger
What if I stay?
What if I go wrong
what if I fade
before the song is done
what if I stray
what if our gracious god is gone
there was a time when you could look upon my face
and sunlight lent it’s luster to my curls
then ten thousand cigarettes came coloring my voice
and the world thinks me unkind
mm sweet sister please just let me plead my case
in hope that justice is blind
clear the courtroom man and calculate my worth
i got what you need
if what you need is hurt
What if I stay?
What if I go wrong
what if I fade
before the song is done
what if I stray
what if our gracious god is gone
let me be
the one who plunders
your rare and precious jewel
ooo, I wonder
if heaven will protect us
or did they love us and leave us alone
What if I stay?
What if I go wrong
what if I fade
before the song is done
what if I stray
what if our gracious god is gone
You’ll take the summertime
and I’ll take the fall
what I need’s a better man
someone who’s right there when I call
but what good would leaving do
with all these memories of u
the woman I’m supposed to be
who u never knew
I believe
there’s only one woman who’s meant for you
but I don’t wanna cry
just because a man expects me to
I don’t wanna say goodbye
after all the things that we been thru
and I don’t wanna cry
just because a man
expects me to
you’re feeling wonderful
and I’m feeling small
I don’t understand this love
I don’t understand at all
what good’s believing u
when yr love is so untrue
the woman I’m supposed to be
who you’ll never see
I believe
there’s only one woman who’s meant for you
but I don’t wanna cry
just because a man expects me to
I don’t wanna say goodbye
after all the things that we been thru
and I don’t wanna cry
just because a man
expects me to
We’re born of suffering
and our mother’s pain
though love leads to losing
we do it again
but it’s no matter darling
we got more than we need
while babylon’s falling
we’re free
to be real
we don’t need anybody
to tell us our game
we don’t need earthly money
we don’t want fame
we don’t need anybody
to tell us we’ve won
we don’t need anyone
to tell us we’re wrong
lord, lord, lord
god loves the lonely
god loves the lame
and lovers and losers
are one and the same
I’ll be your baby boy
I’ll be your little girl
so we might seek joyful lives
in loveless worlds
let it be known
we don’t need anybody
to tell us our game
we don’t need earthly money
we don’t want fame
we don’t need anybody
to tell us we’ve won
we don’t need anyone
to tell us we’re wrong
Bad weather blowing heartbreak through my town
sad letters steady breaking my system down
found out about it
found out about
what you already know
found out about it
found out about the low
the lonely, lonely
lonely
it won’t be long
it won’t be long
till you’ll be singing someone else’s song
it’s real
I feel
it won’t be long
mad women playing hopscotch on my mind
bad sisters steady taking all my space and time
found out about it
found out about
what you already know
found out about it
found out about the low
he lonely, lonely
lonely
it won’t be long
it won’t be long
till you’ll be singing someone else’s song
it’s real
I feel
I been feeling a million’s worth in stolen bills
I been drinking up oceans baby against my will
but I found out
I found out
how good men hit the ground
it won’t be long
it won’t be long
till you’ll be singing someone else’s
it won’t be long
it won’t be long
till you’ll be singing someone else’s song
it’s real
I feel
hello flame
call me the missing kind
you know i do be reeling love
calling your mind
though the stars don’t tell
what the stars don’t know, but
we know the logic of Hell
we know the language of hopefulls
we know something of the lord’s good grace
we know that all good kids must die
to stay awake
out among the vampires
those who cut you down can’t touch you now
the villianous fly by
but they don’t know your name, dear
so I say
hello flame
hello, flame
caught in a camera’s eye
they got white-light meters on
your diamond-mine smile
but you don’t despair
though the boys want more, no
you know the body is air
you know heaven adores you
they got systems to describe your face
singing all young girls must play or be replaced
but we don’t care for false fires
and those who curse you now
can’t put you out
the villianous fly by
but they don’t know your name, dear
out among the vampires
and those who cut you down
can’t hurt you now
the villianous fly by
but they don’t know your name, dear
so I say
hello, flame
It was crying time again for the skies
and the ghosts of children lost to influenza
dead and dying girls
serve as witnesses to the
the last lights of you and I
and the night I broke 3 hearts, one of them was mine
there were wars between our mother’s tongues
in languages the ancients missed the point of love
never talk about
oo I think your butterfly’s
looking more like a dove
and the night I broke 3 hearts
one of them was mine
but i wanna stay
temples were shaking
the night I broke 3 hearts
oo when a human stare can wreck you
what was in the mind of our maker?
it was crying time again for the skies
and the hosts of long-lost illnesses assemble
i could pray
to the halogen above
don’t let me die of love
cos i don’t wanna take
a moment of your time
it was the night I broke
oh, I
and the night I broke 3 hearts,
one of them was mine
My god
is a jealous god
she wants no others before her.
Her love
is a jealous love
that’s how loving can be
she makes me lie in
strangers homes
she makes me cry on
telephones
she makes me drink of
nameless things
she’s a jealous god
and look what I’ve become.
My lord is
a jealous lord
demanding explanation
and my heart is
an open sore
as broken hearts can be
she makes me lie in
strangers homes
she makes me cry on
telephones
she makes me sing of wedding rings
she’s a jealous god
and look what I’ve become
what she’ll do
when she’s through with me
she’ll move to another
and the cruel things she do to me
will destroy another brother
that’s the score
in love and war
but I want her all the more
right here
doing these things to me
she makes me lie in
strangers homes
she makes me cry on
telephones
she makes me drink of
nameless things
she’s a jealous god
and look what I’ve become
oh no
So u stuck around for the encore, baby
u must be someone I know
did I do u wrong
did I do u harm
u wanna deal with me after the show
tell me who takes the proceeds
tell me who likes to jam
I’m coming in like a lion
gonna leave a sacraficial lamb
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
though I be singing songs
for everyone
and my heart’s like to overflow
u leave me dyin out here
dyin
dyin out here
I got machines for singing “Love For Sale”
and they’re programmed to believe
I can turn em on
get em all alone
saying “so nice to be here”
then freeze
they’re nude like babies
and I’m a fool in need
shall I do a little softshoe
let me run this by you
please?
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
though I be singing songs
for everyone
and my heart’s like to overflow
u leave me dyin out here
dyin
dyin out here
do u feel like a shadow, like a stranger in your home?
did u ever have a conversation on a dead line
cryin on a broken phone
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
u got me dyin out here
though I be singing songs
for everyone
and my heart’s like to overflow
and I be trying hard to make u move
and money don’t matter no more
i love you
i need you
i see you
want to free you
in other words
goodnight,
sleep tight
All you earthly maidens crying out
become holy places by and by
to always sleep
in whoever loved you
we will know thee by thy bloody rings
You unfolding
(oo oo)
handsome sailors drifting
(bye bye)
the poles are shifting
obscured by the sound
steady clipping of thy water-wings
there’ll be harbour lights for drying ashes
there’ll be summer-whites at pitch-black masses
so why do we percieve
shadows in these empty things?
we will know thee by thy bloody rings
You unfolding
(oo oo)
handsome sailors drifting
(bye bye)
the poles are shifting
obscured by the sound
steady clipping of thy water-wings
we will know thee by thy bloody rings.
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