<B>COWBOY JUNKIES - OPEN</B><BR>1985년 캐나다 토론토에서 결성되어 포크와 컨트리의 샹수를 몽환적으로 해석해낸 인디 록 밴드 카우보이 정키스의 최근작. 국내에는 영화 <NATURAL BORN KILLERS>에 쓰였던 VELVET UNDERGROUND의 커버 곡 "SWEET JANE"으로 유명한 이들은 본작을 통해 대단히 정갈하고 원숙한 깊이있는 음악세계를 드러내고 있으며, 절제된 기타연주와 드문드문 삽입된 환상적인 어쿠스틱 피아노 연주가 섬세한 감성으로 다가간다. .... ....
She took his dentures from his mouth And placed them in her own. Took a shovel from the shed And then dragged him from their home. (I did it all for you.) Left a note tacked to the door, "Paid in full" is what it said. High above I look below And watch her slowly go. River, like magnesium, Burns.
(I did it all for you)
He stuck his fingers in their backs To count the holes he bore. Doused them all in kerosene
And moved to bolt the door. (I did it all for you) Called his Dad and said goodbye As his lit match hit the floor. High above I look below And watch them slowly go. River, like magnesium, Burns.
(I did it all for you)
Set his guilt before his rage Set it like a wall To protect what he once knew as love, But which he never knew at all. River, like magnesium, Burns. (I did it all for you) (I did it all for you)
Can't lose the taste of this river mud, Black water in my lungs. They say you can't step in the same river twice Well I've been stepping in this river seems like most my life.
So sharpen up those dragging hooks Tie that sheep shank tight Cast into the river boys We're dragging for those lost years tonight.
There's a man whose lost his wife Said she'd be home by eight, But that was well on three weeks ago Now he's walking those banks searching for clues to her fate.
See that girl she's lost her boy Flash flood stole him away.
Now she keeps a vigil on that suspension bridge Praying for that river to return him one day.
So sharpen up those dragging hooks Tie that clove hitch tight Cast into the river boys We're dragging for lost love tonight.
Can't lose the taste of this river mud Black water in my lungs. They say even the weariest river in the end will find the sea But here among the cat tails all we discuss is breaking free
So sharpen up those dragging hooks Tie that sheep shank tight Cast into the water boys We're dragging for lost souls tonight.
Well I'm lyin' in my bed, a tangle of arms and legs, But the one that I'm with is not the one bouncing 'round my head. I could turn this into song or cheap fantasy, But whatever I've ignited will still burn in me.
Bread and wine, bread and wine, your heart ain't nearly as guilty as mine.
I'm a dark heavy heart. I'm a soul full of holes. I'm a boat that is sinking, muddy waters threatening this baggage in my hold. And there's a line in my head from an old gospel song, But no matter how hard I try, the words they just come out wrong.
Bread and wine, bread and wine your thoughts aint nearly as wicked as mine. Bread and wine, bread and wine your cross aint nearly as heavy as mine.
I've been graced by the gift of a gold wedding band. I've been soothed by the simple caress of my true love's hand. And yet I'm lyin' in my bed, a tangle of arms and legs, And the one that I'm with is not the one that I'm dreaming of.
Bread and wine, bread and wine, won't you please be my bread and wine. Bread and wine, bread and wine, won't you please be my bread and wine.
Stuck in that dark hole again. Someone throw me a ladder On which I can depend. Someone give me a handhold To help me ascend. Someone give me a reason To start up these walls once again.
Lost in those gray clouds again. Trying to punch my way through them As fear settles in.
Earth growing larger as I fall into a spin. Someone give me a reason To take on those gray clouds again.
Caught in this rip tide again. My mouth wide open, The sea pouring in. Perhaps I'll just float here And see where this journey ends. Until someone gives me a reason To stay clear of those rip tides again.
Here we all are at the end of "the century of beauty lost". We greedily ate what you gave us, the rest we tossed. We've trapped all your rivers, paved every pass, Pulled at your sky till we caused it to rip. But you've got Jimi Hendrix so lets call it an even split.
I've met a girl who has turned my whole world upside down. The stars I once stretched for, now litter the ground. I am cursed by too little, or is it too much belief,
In the strength of another man's words. But I've got a girl, thank you Lord.
Here we all are at the start of another thousand years. All those love stories, yet to be told. Ours is this river asleep at our feet, Blessed by this wet autumn day. Here we all are...
I've been told that it's just the way life goes. Once the wildest river is now a trickle to the sea. The peak we risk our lives to scale becomes dirt beneath our feet. The wisdom of a life time always disappears untapped. Paradise once given will always be taken back. And the love you hang your life upon will start to slowly crack.
I have seen people suffocate the dream. Forgetting to turn that one last time while she watches through the door. Focusing on the garbage that she use to ignore. Thinking she looks so beautiful but not yelling it out loud. He should have thought to kiss her before he headed out. Just forgetting how f**king lucky you are to have found her in such a crowd.
But we've seen a cloud of starlings rising on a crisp autumn day. We were handed the weight of a child sleeping and bore her away. We've tasted the tears that fall when saying goodbye forever. And we've seen the silver from a waxing moon wash upon the shore.
I have heard about the lives of small swift birds. They dazzle with their colour and their deftness through the air. Just a simple glimpse will keep you simply standing there. Legendary journeys made on fragile hollow wings. The night skies rich with whistling each and every spring. And then there's the day we look for them and can't find them anywhere.
She was found beneath the gate, Forsaken at the gate. Who would have thought that so much love Could be so carelessly misplaced. Found. Beneath the gate.
We gazed upon the moon, A honed and whetted moon. Wondered if you saw the same An hour from your mothers womb.
Gazing at the moon.
We stood beneath the gate. Three beneath the gate. The rare good will of the random world, Smiling like a sickle moon.
She was found beneath the gate. Forsaken at the gate. Found beneath the gate.