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| 1. |
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So we'll go no more a-roving
So late into the night Though the heart be still as loving And the moon be still as bright For the sword outwears its sheath And the soul outwears the breast And the heart must pause to breathe And love itself have rest Though the night was made for loving And the day returns too soon Yet we'll go no more a-roving By the light of the moon |
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| 2. |
| 3:01 |
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Because of a few songs
Wherein I spoke of their mystery Women have been Exceptionally kind To my old age They make a secret place In their busy lives And they take me there They become naked In their different ways and they say "Look at me, Leonard Look at me one last time." Then they bend over the bed And cover me up Like a baby that is shivering |
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| 3. |
| 4:45 |
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You never liked to get
The letters that I sent But now you've got the gist Of what my letters meant You're reading them again The ones you didn't burn You press them to your lips My pages of concern I said there'd been a flood I said there's nothing left I hoped that you would come I gave you my address Your story was so long The plot was so intense It took you years to cross The lines of self-defense The wounded forms appear The loss, the full extent And simple kindness here The solitude of strength You walk into my room You stand there at my desk Begin your letter to The one who's coming next |
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| 4. |
| 4:20 |
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I set out one night
When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught in the grip Of the undertow Ditched on a beach Where the sea hates to go With a child in my arms And a chill in my soul And my heart the shape Of a begging bowl |
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| 5. |
| 3:28 |
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No words this time?
No words No, there are times when nothing can be done Not this time Is it censorship? Is it censorship? No, it's evaporation No, it's evaporation Is this leading somewhere? Yes We're going down the lane Is this going somewhere? Into the garden Into the backyard We're walking down the driveway Are we moving towards We're in the backyard Some transcendental moment? It's almost light That's right That's it Are we moving towards some transcendental moment? That's right That's it Do you think you'll be able to pull it off? Yes. Do you think you can pull it off? Yes, it might happen I'm all ears I'm all ears Oh the morning glory! |
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| 6. |
| 2:05 |
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Some people say
It's what we deserve For sins against g-d For crimes in the world I wouldn't know I'm just holding the fort Since that day They wounded New York Some people say They hate us of old Our women unveiled Our slaves and our gold I wouldn't know I'm just holding the fort But answer me this I won't take you to court Did you go crazy Or did you report On that day On that day They wounded New York |
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| 7. |
| 5:56 |
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From bitter searching of the heart
Quickened with passion and with pain We rise to play a greater part This is the faith from which we start Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart We loved the easy and the smart But now, with keener hand and brain We rise to play a greater part The lesser loyalties depart And neither race nor creed remain From bitter searching of the heart Not steering by the venal chart That tricked the mass for private gain We rise to play a greater part Reshaping narrow law and art Whose symbols are the millions slain From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part This is the faith from which we start Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part The lesser loyalties depart And neither race nor creed remain From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part Reshaping narrow law and art Whose symbols are the millions slain From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part This is the faith from which we start Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part This is the faith from which we start Men shall know commonwealth again From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part Not steering by the venal chart That tricked the mass for private gain We rise to play a greater part Reshaping narrow law and art Whose symbols are the millions slain From bitter searching of the heart We rise to play a greater part |
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| 8. |
| 4:36 |
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When it all went down
And the pain came through I get it now I was there for you Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you I make my plans Like I always do But when I look back I was there for you I walk the streets Like I used to do And I freeze with fear But I'm there for you I see my life In full review It was never me It was always you You sent me here You sent me there Breaking things I can't repair Making objects Out of thoughts Making more By thinking not Eating food And drinking wine A body that I thought was mine Dressed as Arab Dressed as Jew O mask of iron I was there for you Moods of glory Moods so foul The world comes through A bloody towel And death is old But it's always new I freeze with fear And I'm there for you I see it clear I always knew It was never me I was there for you I was there for you My darling one And by your law It all was done Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you |
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| 3:41 |
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Dear Heather
Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter Dear Heather Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter Dear Heather Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter Dear Heather Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter And your legs all white From the winter |
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| 10. |
| 2:28 |
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I built my house beside the wood
So I could hear you singing And it was sweet and it was good And love was all beginning Fare thee well my nightingale It was long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes around you The sun goes down behind a veil It is now that you would call me So rest in peace my nightingale Beneath your branch of holly Fare thee well my nightingale It was long ago I found you Now all your songs of beauty fail The forest closes around you Fare thee well my nightingale I lived but to be near you Tho' you are singing somewhere still I can no longer hear you |
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| 11. |
| 2:33 |
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Hurt once and for all into silence
A long pain ending without a song to prove it Who could stand beside you so close to Eden When you glinted in every eye the held-high razor, shivering every ram and son? And now the silent loony bin, where The shadows live in the rafters like Day-weary bats Until the turning mind, a radar signal Lures them to exaggerate Mountain-size on the white stone wall Your tiny limp How can I leave you in such a house? Are there no more saints and wizards To praise their ways with pupils No more evil to stun with the slap Of a wet red tongue? Did you confuse the Messiah in a mirror And rest because he had finally come? Let me cry Help beside you, Teacher I have entered under this dark roof As fearlessly as an honoured son Enters his father's house |
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| 12. |
| 4:17 | 
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| 13. |
| 4:05 |
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I was dancing with my darlin'
To the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see Introduced him to my loved one And while they were waltzing My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how much I have lost Yes I lost my little darlin' The night they were playing The beautiful Tennessee Waltz She comes dancing through the darkness To the Tennessee Waltz And I feel like I'm falling apart And it's stronger than drink And it's deeper than sorrow This darkness she's left in my heart |
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