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from Indigo Girls - Becone You (2002)
Yes it's true I've gotten very moody over you Don't think I don't sense your caution way across the room Or across the phone lines, big black ocean, or conversation brief We can't find a clear connection, and I can't get relief Why don't we both agree we're both afraid and too afraid to say If I say count to three and move toward me, would you meet me half the way There are a thousand things about me I want only you to know But I can't do it alone, you've got to show While you occupy me I command my dreams each day To bring you in me even thinly as the morning chases you away I half believe if I just picture us we will come true Wishful thinking or my dreams sinking half depends on you Show me you are fully alive If you want to fly you take this dive If you want to kiss, kiss for real I'll give you back everything you feel Drive in space that peaceful place You'd be my secret sharer Front and back and all around the thin margin of error Move too fast or move too or somewhere in between Navigate the perfect distance so your getaway is clean Why don't we both agree we're both afraid and too afraid to say If I say count to three and move toward me would you meet me half way There are a thousand things about me I want only you to know But I can't go there alone, you've got to show |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
when I let you go
I cursed myself with empty hands strong enough to watch you walk but not enough to understand with spiteful eyes you burn for my grace I was trying to stand outside of this you were trying to save face you can say that I don't care I don't care you can hope that we still have something left to share but just between you baby and me just between me baby and you there's nothing there I finally found someone I can hold you ask me to defend myself as if I shouldn't be so bold well get that look off of your face I don't have the time you don't have the place to say that I don't care I don't care to hope that we still have something left to share and just between me baby and you just between you baby and me there's nothing there baby what are you gonna do I can't salvage any truth for you everybody else already knows it hurts you to realize so leave well enough enough alone and you don't need my hands to help you understand you don't need to hear my voice (you have no choice) so don't be throwing stones the closer we get the harder they come now even if your feeling alone don't come home cause when it was up to you when it was up to you you left it up to me oh you left oh you left oh you left it up to me when it was up to you you left it up to me |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
when I let you go
I cursed myself with empty hands strong enough to watch you walk but not enough to understand with spiteful eyes you burn for my grace I was trying to stand outside of this you were trying to save face you can say that I don't care I don't care you can hope that we still have something left to share but just between you baby and me just between me baby and you there's nothing there I finally found someone I can hold you ask me to defend myself as if I shouldn't be so bold well get that look off of your face I don't have the time you don't have the place to say that I don't care I don't care to hope that we still have something left to share and just between me baby and you just between you baby and me there's nothing there baby what are you gonna do I can't salvage any truth for you everybody else already knows it hurts you to realize so leave well enough enough alone and you don't need my hands to help you understand you don't need to hear my voice (you have no choice) so don't be throwing stones the closer we get the harder they come now even if your feeling alone don't come home cause when it was up to you when it was up to you you left it up to me oh you left oh you left oh you left it up to me when it was up to you you left it up to me |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides I wanted everything to feed me about as full as I got was of myself and the upper echelons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water still water after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides I wanted everything to feed me about as full as I got was of myself and the upper echelons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water still water after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides I wanted everything to feed me about as full as I got was of myself and the upper echelons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water still water after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
you and me of the 10,000 wars dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter i see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still waters try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides i wanted everything to feed me about as full as i got was of myself and the upper echalons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter i see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still waters still waters after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars words and music emily saliers copyright 1990 godhap music (bmi |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
you and me of the 10,000 wars dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter i see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still waters try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides i wanted everything to feed me about as full as i got was of myself and the upper echalons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter i see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still waters still waters after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars words and music emily saliers copyright 1990 godhap music (bmi |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides I wanted everything to feed me about as full as I got was of myself and the upper echelons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water still water after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
you and me of the 10,000 wars
dividing life into factions of pleasure and chores a bed to be made and a bed to lie in a hand in the darker side and our sights set on zion the heart of a skeptic and the mind of a child put my life in a box and let my imagination run wild pour the cement for my feet the heart and the mind on a parallel course never the two shall meet and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water try making one and one make one twist the shapes until everything comes undone watch the wizard behind the curtain the larger than life and the power of seeming certain the evil ego and the vice of pride is there ever anything else that makes us take our different sides I wanted everything to feed me about as full as I got was of myself and the upper echelons of mediocrity and oh the dissatisfied with the satisfied everybody loves a melodrama and the scandal of a lie still you held your arms open for the prodigal daughter I see my eyes in your eyes through my eyes still water still water after the battles and we're still around everything once up in the air has settled down sweep the ashes let the silence find us a moment of peace is worth every war behind us you and me of the 10,000 wars |
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from Indigo Girls - Becone You (2002)
I was downstairs in the greenroom waiting for you to appear. I said hello to your family, I said hello to your friends, I said hello to this situation that never yields. Now its easy for me to tell you that my love for you is real. I once stumbled on these feelings, I once stumbled on these words, something you'll never stumble on dear. Oh you were so baroque, all of those words, just to tell me no. And you were so softspoken with all of the others who said you weren't broken, they just let you go. When you're three days down the highway and you're looking like I feel; if it takes a lot to keep it going, if it takes a lot to keep it real, take sometime for yourself and and learn to yield.. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
i'm coming home with a stone
strapped onto my back i'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black i'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone a ghost of comfort angels breath to keep this life inside my chest this world falls on me hopes of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i woke up in the middle of a dream scared the world was too much for me sejarez said, "don't let go just plant the seeds and watch them grow" i've slept in rainy canyon lands cold drenched to my skin i always wake to find a face to calm these troubled lands ah this world falls on me with dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i'm running to the end of the earth and i'm swimming to the edge of the sea and i'm laughing i'm under a starry sky this world was meant for me don't bury me carry me i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint the edge of death would disappear leave me nothing left to taint i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint give me walking shoes feathered arms and a key to heaven's gate ah this world falls on me dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me i'm running (this world falls on me) to the end of the earth (with hopes of immortality) i'm swimming (everywhere i turn) to the edge of the sea (the beauty keeps on shaking me) and i'm laughing (this world falls on me) cause i'm under a starry sky (hopes of immortality) this world was meant for me (everywhere i turn) i've got hopes of immortality |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
i'm coming home with a stone
strapped onto my back i'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black i'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone a ghost of comfort angels breath to keep this life inside my chest this world falls on me hopes of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i woke up in the middle of a dream scared the world was too much for me sejarez said, "don't let go just plant the seeds and watch them grow" i've slept in rainy canyon lands cold drenched to my skin i always wake to find a face to calm these troubled lands ah this world falls on me with dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i'm running to the end of the earth and i'm swimming to the edge of the sea and i'm laughing i'm under a starry sky this world was meant for me don't bury me carry me i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint the edge of death would disappear leave me nothing left to taint i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint give me walking shoes feathered arms and a key to heaven's gate ah this world falls on me dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me i'm running (this world falls on me) to the end of the earth (with hopes of immortality) i'm swimming (everywhere i turn) to the edge of the sea (the beauty keeps on shaking me) and i'm laughing (this world falls on me) cause i'm under a starry sky (hopes of immortality) this world was meant for me (everywhere i turn) i've got hopes of immortality |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
i'm coming home with a stone strapped onto my back i'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black i'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone a ghost of comfort angels breath to keep this life inside my chest this world falls |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
i'm coming home with a stone
strapped onto my back i'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black i'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone a ghost of comfort angels breath to keep this life inside my chest this world falls on me hopes of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i woke up in the middle of a dream scared the world was too much for me sejarez said, "don't let go just plant the seeds and watch them grow" i've slept in rainy canyon lands cold drenched to my skin i always wake to find a face to calm these troubled lands ah this world falls on me with dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i'm running to the end of the earth and i'm swimming to the edge of the sea and i'm laughing i'm under a starry sky this world was meant for me don't bury me carry me i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint the edge of death would disappear leave me nothing left to taint i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint give me walking shoes feathered arms and a key to heaven's gate ah this world falls on me dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me i'm running (this world falls on me) to the end of the earth (with hopes of immortality) i'm swimming (everywhere i turn) to the edge of the sea (the beauty keeps on shaking me) and i'm laughing (this world falls on me) cause i'm under a starry sky (hopes of immortality) this world was meant for me (everywhere i turn) i've got hopes of immortality |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
i'm coming home with a stone
strapped onto my back i'm coming home with a burning hope turning all my blues to black i'm looking for a sacred hand to carve into my stone a ghost of comfort angels breath to keep this life inside my chest this world falls on me hopes of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i woke up in the middle of a dream scared the world was too much for me sejarez said, "don't let go just plant the seeds and watch them grow" i've slept in rainy canyon lands cold drenched to my skin i always wake to find a face to calm these troubled lands ah this world falls on me with dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me now i'm running to the end of the earth and i'm swimming to the edge of the sea and i'm laughing i'm under a starry sky this world was meant for me don't bury me carry me i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint the edge of death would disappear leave me nothing left to taint i wish i was a nomad an indian or a saint give me walking shoes feathered arms and a key to heaven's gate ah this world falls on me dreams of immortality everywhere i turn all the beauty just keeps shaking me i'm running (this world falls on me) to the end of the earth (with hopes of immortality) i'm swimming (everywhere i turn) to the edge of the sea (the beauty keeps on shaking me) and i'm laughing (this world falls on me) cause i'm under a starry sky (hopes of immortality) this world was meant for me (everywhere i turn) i've got hopes of immortality |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
welcome me to your city of angels
devil prophets still hold my hand i walked your stillborn streets for hours ethnic echoes spitting out their trials they tell me i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to a haven given it's well received into my open arms oh i ran in my sleep through shaking tremors i felt the splitting earth echoing in my ears i feel it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to your city of angels there's a devil monkey laying on our backs now tell me where's the heart where's the bullet for breaking who's gonna give me a weapon a pacifying weapon i need it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i'll be the first to praise the sun i said i said welcome me the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i said welcome me |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
welcome me to your city of angels
devil prophets still hold my hand i walked your stillborn streets for hours ethnic echoes spitting out their trials they tell me i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to a haven given it's well received into my open arms oh i ran in my sleep through shaking tremors i felt the splitting earth echoing in my ears i feel it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to your city of angels there's a devil monkey laying on our backs now tell me where's the heart where's the bullet for breaking who's gonna give me a weapon a pacifying weapon i need it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i'll be the first to praise the sun i said i said welcome me the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i said welcome me |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
welcome me to your city of angels
devil prophets still hold my hand i walked your stillborn streets for hours ethnic echoes spitting out their trials they tell me i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to a haven given it's well received into my open arms oh i ran in my sleep through shaking tremors i felt the splitting earth echoing in my ears i feel it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to your city of angels there's a devil monkey laying on our backs now tell me where's the heart where's the bullet for breaking who's gonna give me a weapon a pacifying weapon i need it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i'll be the first to praise the sun i said i said welcome me the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i said welcome me |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Welcome me to the city of angels, devil prophets still hold my hand. I walked your stillborn streets for hours, ethnic echoes spitting out their trials. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. Welcome me to a haven given, it's well received into my open arms. I ran in my sleep through shaking tremors, I had the splitting earth echoing in my ears. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. Welcome me to the city of angels, there's a devil monkey laying on our backs. Where's the heart, where's the bullet for breaking. Somebody give me a weapon, a pacifying weapon. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Welcome me to the city of angels, devil prophets still hold my hand. I walked your stillborn streets for hours, ethnic echoes spitting out their trials. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. Welcome me to a haven given, it's well received into my open arms. I ran in my sleep through shaking tremors, I had the splitting earth echoing in my ears. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. Welcome me to the city of angels, there's a devil monkey laying on our backs. Where's the heart, where's the bullet for breaking. Somebody give me a weapon, a pacifying weapon. I'll be the first to praise the sun, The first to praise the moon. The first to hold the lone coyote, The last to set it free. |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
welcome me to your city of angels
devil prophets still hold my hand i walked your stillborn streets for hours ethnic echoes spitting out their trials they tell me i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to a haven given it's well received into my open arms oh i ran in my sleep through shaking tremors i felt the splitting earth echoing in my ears i feel it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free welcome me to your city of angels there's a devil monkey laying on our backs now tell me where's the heart where's the bullet for breaking who's gonna give me a weapon a pacifying weapon i need it i'll be the first to praise the sun the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i'll be the first to praise the sun i said i said welcome me the first to praise the moon oh the first to hold the lone coyote the last to set it free i said welcome me |
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from Indigo Girls - Come No Now Social (1999)
the girl's known trouble the wind's to blame it blew her to anytown usa that's my middle name and where we go remains nameless a motion picture alive and framelss and we are together finally and the dog caught up with the rabbit is laughing hysterically and we are together you and me yeah eah ah yeah we are together together she's got that sadness she twinkles like a witch and you conjure a love spell i'm gonna give a five-year itch low to the ground high in the holler (we are together) in any old february (together) hot under the collar (collar) and we are together finally and the dog caught up with the rabbit is laughing hysterically and we are together you and me yeah eah ah yeah the setting sun at sadness beach just in view and out of reach resign myself to solitude when love is hard to get and rude and though i said i did not care (oh oh oh oh) it was way before we'd gotten there winded by the fruitless chase (oh oh oh oh) until i saw you face to face (face to face) together finally and the dog caught up with the rabbit is laughing hysterically and we are together you and me (.... the whole world) we are together finally (finally, finally) and the dog caught up with the rabbit is laughing hysterically and we are together you and me yeah eah ah yeah eah ah yeah |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Thought I knew my mind
Like the back of my hand The gold and the rainbow But nothing panned out as I planned And they say only milk and honey's Gonna make your soul satisfied Well I better learn how to swim Cause the crossing is chilly and wide Twisted guardrails on the highway Broken glass on the cement A ghost of someone's tragedy How recklessly my time has been spent They say that it's never too late But you don't, you don't get any younger Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness And feed the hunger Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And there's always retrospect (when you're looking back) To light a clearer path Every five years or so I look back on my life And I have a good laugh You start at the top (start at the top) Go full circle round Catch a breeze Take a spill But ending up where I started again Makes me wanna stand still Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Stepping on a crack Breaking up and looking back Till every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate (twist of fate) Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And when you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Thought I knew my mind
Like the back of my hand The gold and the rainbow But nothing panned out as I planned And they say only milk and honey's Gonna make your soul satisfied Well I better learn how to swim Cause the crossing is chilly and wide Twisted guardrails on the highway Broken glass on the cement A ghost of someone's tragedy How recklessly my time has been spent They say that it's never too late But you don't, you don't get any younger Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness And feed the hunger Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And there's always retrospect (when you're looking back) To light a clearer path Every five years or so I look back on my life And I have a good laugh You start at the top (start at the top) Go full circle round Catch a breeze Take a spill But ending up where I started again Makes me wanna stand still Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Stepping on a crack Breaking up and looking back Till every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate (twist of fate) Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And when you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Thought I knew my mind like the back of my hand, The gold and the rainbow, but ntohing panned out as I planned. And they say only milk and honey's gonna make your soul satisfied! Well I better learn how to swim Cause the crossing is chilly and wide. Twisted guardrail on the highway, broken glass on the cement. A ghost of someone's tragedy How recklessly my time has been spent. And they say that it's never too late, but you don't get any younger! Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness And feed the hunger. Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load. You'll never fly as the crow files, get used to a country mile. When you're learning to face the path at your pace Every choice is worth your while. Well there's always retrospect to light a clearer path Every five years or so I look back on my life And I have a good laugh. You start at the top, go full circle round Catch a breeze, take a spill - But ending up where I started again makes me wanna stand still, Stepping on a crack, breaking up and looking back Every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait Until every step you tak becomes a twist of fate L |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
Thought I knew my mind
Like the back of my hand The gold and the rainbow But nothing panned out as I planned And they say only milk and honey's Gonna make your soul satisfied Well I better learn how to swim Cause the crossing is chilly and wide Twisted guardrails on the highway Broken glass on the cement A ghost of someone's tragedy How recklessly my time has been spent They say that it's never too late But you don't, you don't get any younger Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness And feed the hunger Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And there's always retrospect (when you're looking back) To light a clearer path Every five years or so I look back on my life And I have a good laugh You start at the top (start at the top) Go full circle round Catch a breeze Take a spill But ending up where I started again Makes me wanna stand still Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Stepping on a crack Breaking up and looking back Till every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait Till every step you take becomes a twist of fate (twist of fate) Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while Up on the watershed Standing at the fork in the road You can stand there and agonize Till your agony's your heaviest load You'll never fly as the crow flies Get used to a country mile When you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while And when you're learning to face The path at your pace Every choice is worth your while |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
we use to walk in each other arms
"it was one on one," that's what you said now the moon is a sliver in our eye we stumble bleeding on this broken glass there was too much repetition (over and over and over again) you know we're past the point of sane (over and over and over again) all this broken glass you left behind won't let you make a clean, clean i said walk away now we're crossing from the sacred ground where we once held each other, and each other's names and the words are sparse, and we feel so profound but babe you know all i feel, honey i feel so ashamed ah cause there was, there was too much repetition ah you know you know you know you know we're past the point of sane ah oh all this broken glass we left behind it won't let us make a clean, clean i said walk away ah yeah walk away oh no walk away baby baby walk away ah oh i said walk away walk away oh no walk away baby baby walk away there was a time when we gave everything and it was true babe, true enough to bleed (true enough to bleed baby) but now you feel that you've got nothing left if there's nothing to lose babe ah babe don't you know by now then there's nothing to gain ah no walk away ah no walk away oh baby baby walk away you know i'd still hold you if i could its hard not to try and change try to change your mind i'm a pillar of salt and i want you to understand me cause honey this is the last time, it's the last time i ever look behind ah yeah walk away ah no walk away baby baby walk away all right let's go ah i said walk away ah yeah walk away ah no walk away baby baby walk away ah no i said walk away (don't you know we used to walk) come on now baby walk away (in each others arms) i said close your eyes walk away (hand in hand) baby baby try to listen to me i want to tell you (that's what you said to be baby yeah) now walk away (now the moon) ah yeah walk away (is a sliver in our eyes) try to learn to look inside walk away (and we stumble) baby baby baby baby baby baby (walking on broken glass) i said walk away come on now baby walk away i said listen to me walk away baby baby now i've got something that i want to tell you walk away ah no walk away ah baby i said you've got to know by now come on baby |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
we use to walk in each other arms
"it was one on one," that's what you said now the moon is a sliver in our eye we stumble bleeding on this broken glass there was too much repetition (over and over and over again) you know we're past the point of sane (over and over and over again) all this broken glass you left behind won't let you make a clean, clean i said walk away now we're crossing from the sacred ground where we once held each other, and each other's names and the words are sparse, and we feel so profound but babe you know all i feel, honey i feel so ashamed ah cause there was, there was too much repetition ah you know you know you know you know we're past the point of sane ah oh all this broken glass we left behind it won't let us make a clean, clean i said walk away ah yeah walk away oh no walk away baby baby walk away ah oh i said walk away walk away oh no walk away baby baby walk away there was a time when we gave everything and it was true babe, true enough to bleed (true enough to bleed baby) but now you feel that you've got nothing left if there's nothing to lose babe ah babe don't you know by now then there's nothing to gain ah no walk away ah no walk away oh baby baby walk away you know i'd still hold you if i could its hard not to try and change try to change your mind i'm a pillar of salt and i want you to understand me cause honey this is the last time, it's the last time i ever look behind ah yeah walk away ah no walk away baby baby walk away all right let's go ah i said walk away ah yeah walk away ah no walk away baby baby walk away ah no i said walk away (don't you know we used to walk) come on now baby walk away (in each others arms) i said close your eyes walk away (hand in hand) baby baby try to listen to me i want to tell you (that's what you said to be baby yeah) now walk away (now the moon) ah yeah walk away (is a sliver in our eyes) try to learn to look inside walk away (and we stumble) baby baby baby baby baby baby (walking on broken glass) i said walk away come on now baby walk away i said listen to me walk away baby baby now i've got something that i want to tell you walk away ah no walk away ah baby i said you've got to know by now come on baby |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
Some will strut and some will fret
See this an hour on this stage Others will not but they'll sweat In their hopelessness in their rage We're all the same The men of anger And the women of the page They published your diary And that's how I got to know you Key to the room of your own and a mind without end And here's a young girl On a kind of a telephone line through time And the voice at the other end comes like a long lost friend So I know I'm all right my life will come my life will go Still I feel it's all right 'Cause I just got a letter to my soul When my whole life is on the tip of my tongue Empty pages for the no longer young The apathy of time laughs in my face You say each life has its place The hatches were battened Thunderclouds rolled and the critics stormed Battles surrounded the white flag of your youth But if you need to know that you weathered the storm Of cruel mortality A hundred years later I'm sitting here living proof So you know it's all right Your life will come your life will go Still you feel it's all right Someone will get a letter to your soul When your whole life was on the tip of your tongue Empty pages for the no longer young The apathy of time laughed in your face Did you hear me say each life has its place The place where you hold me Is dark in a pocket of truth The moon has swallowed the sun and the light of the earth And so it was for you when the river eclipsed your life But sent your soul like a message in a bottle to me And it was my rebirth So we know we're all right Life will come and life will go Still you'll feel it's all right Someone'll get a message to your soul (And then you'll know you're all right) And when my life is on the tip of my tongue (Then you'll feel you're all right) Empty pages for the no longer young (The you'll feel it's all right, and it's all right) You said each life has its place (The you'll feel it's all right, and it's all right) And you said each life has its place And it's all right |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
Some will strut and some will fret
See this an hour on this stage Others will not but they'll sweat In their hopelessness in their rage We're all the same The men of anger And the women of the page They published your diary And that's how I got to know you Key to the room of your own and a mind without end And here's a young girl On a kind of a telephone line through time And the voice at the other end comes like a long lost friend So I know I'm all right my life will come my life will go Still I feel it's all right 'Cause I just got a letter to my soul When my whole life is on the tip of my tongue Empty pages for the no longer young The apathy of time laughs in my face You say each life has its place The hatches were battened Thunderclouds rolled and the critics stormed Battles surrounded the white flag of your youth But if you need to know that you weathered the storm Of cruel mortality A hundred years later I'm sitting here living proof So you know it's all right Your life will come your life will go Still you feel it's all right Someone will get a letter to your soul When your whole life was on the tip of your tongue Empty pages for the no longer young The apathy of time laughed in your face Did you hear me say each life has its place The place where you hold me Is dark in a pocket of truth The moon has swallowed the sun and the light of the earth And so it was for you when the river eclipsed your life But sent your soul like a message in a bottle to me And it was my rebirth So we know we're all right Life will come and life will go Still you'll feel it's all right Someone'll get a message to your soul (And then you'll know you're all right) And when my life is on the tip of my tongue (Then you'll feel you're all right) Empty pages for the no longer young (The you'll feel it's all right, and it's all right) You said each life has its place (The you'll feel it's all right, and it's all right) And you said each life has its place And it's all right |
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from Deadicated: A Tribute To The Grateful Dead [omnibus] (1991)
Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore
'cause when life looks like easy street, there is danger at your door Now think this through with me, let me know your mind Oh, what I want to know is: are you kind? Now, it's a buck dancers choice, my friends, better take my advice You know all the rules by now and the fire from the ice Now will you come with me? Won't you come with me? Oh, what I want to know will you come with me? Sister, well, I declare, have you seen the like Their walls are built of cannon balls, their motto is: Don't Tread On Me Come hear Uncle John's band, playing to the tide Come with me or go alone He's come to take his children home It's the same story the crow told me; it's the only one he knows Like the morning sun you come and like the wind you go Ain't no time to hate, barely time to wait Oh, what I want to know Where does the time go I live in a silver mine and I call it Beggers Tomb I've got me a violin, and I beg you: call the tune Anybody's choice, I can hear your voice Oh, what I want to know How does the song go? Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside Got some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide Come on, come on or go alone He's come to take his children home Whoa, what I want to know How does the song go? Come hear Uncle John's band by the riverside Got some things to talk about, here, beside the rising tide Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide Come on along or go alone He's come to take his children home Come hear Uncle John's band (Brother) By the riverside (Ain't no time to hate) Got some things to talk about (Sister) Here, beside the rising tide (Ain't no time to wait) Come hear Uncle John's band playing to the tide Come on along or go alone he's come to take his children home |
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from Indigo Girls - Come No Now Social (1999)
trouble came around here here in the south we fix something to eat steam risin' up off the greenery and we welcome the strangers we meet alien sick growing in these walls like moss in a crack that time made i brush a guy in the airport whistling it's a small world after all and the prices are higher but the kids still selling lemonade get to the point of it (get to the point of it) get to the sense of it (get to the sense of it) i'm in a hurry to get through it i am in trouble (i am in trouble) i am in trouble (i am in trouble) a hurricane flag flappin' in a bad storm same color of the spider underneath my nail that bit me in my dream and who would take out the dominican republic and send god's sweet children floating down a poison stream a secret society of conference rooms i pledge my allegiance to the dollar and when the clergy take a vote oh the gays will pay again yeah 'cause there's more than one kind of criminal white collar so get to the point of it (get to the point of it) get to the sense of it (get to the sense of it) i'm in a hurry to get through it one day the war will stop and we'll grow a peaceful crop and a girl can get a wife and we can bring you back to life sacks of flour and rice or poker chips greasy palms or systems underhanding (...shelter...) and maybe we'll take a walk on pluto yeah but be no closer to the understanding (...what i wish...) get to the point of it (get to the point of it) get to the sense of it (get to the sense of it) i'm in a hurry to get through it yeah i am in trouble (i am in trouble) i am in trouble (i am in trouble) i am in trouble (i am in trouble) i am in trouble (i am in trouble) trouble (trouble) trouble (trouble) trouble (trouble) trouble (trouble) ah |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
From baby to best with no second test, little storms destroy you. Here is the fame they promised to give you, taking the place of my hand now. Chorus: Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did you borrow the soul the soul that you sell now? What does your conscience tell you? Where are the demons of your desire? Why does my love destroy you? I said I tried to be true, What separates me from you. I said I tried, tried to be true What separates me from you. What separates me from you now? So where is the fame, Where is the fortune? Where is the world that denies you? Who is to blame, When my heart finally forfeits to a road that will only misguide you? Did we try to be true? What separates me from you? Did we try, try to be true? What separates me from you . . . I bought my love a hunger more precious than a stone. All these fatal flowers, Did I misguide you? (where is the world that denies you) (tried to be true) Originally submitted by ? Reformatted and extracted to a single lyric file by Doug Henkle |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
From baby to best with no second test,
Little storms destroy you. Here is the fame they promised to give you, Taking the place of my hand now. Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did you borrow the soul, The soul that you sell now? What does your conscience tell you? Where are the demons Of your desire? Why does my love destroy you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I said I tried to be true. What separates me from you. I said I tried, tried to be true. What separates me from you. What separates me from you now? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? So where is the fame, Where is the fortune? Where is the world that denies you? Who is to blame, When my heart finally forfeits To a road that will only misguide you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did we try to be true? What separates me from you? Did we try, try to be true? What separates me from you: Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I bought my love a hunger More precious than a stone. All these fatal flowers, Did I misguide you? (Where is the world that denies you) (Try to be true) Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
From baby to best with no second test,
Little storms destroy you. Here is the fame they promised to give you, Taking the place of my hand now. Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did you borrow the soul, The soul that you sell now? What does your conscience tell you? Where are the demons Of your desire? Why does my love destroy you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I said I tried to be true. What separates me from you. I said I tried, tried to be true. What separates me from you. What separates me from you now? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? So where is the fame, Where is the fortune? Where is the world that denies you? Who is to blame, When my heart finally forfeits To a road that will only misguide you? Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? Did we try to be true? What separates me from you? Did we try, try to be true? What separates me from you: Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? I bought my love a hunger More precious than a stone. All these fatal flowers, Did I misguide you? (Where is the world that denies you) (Try to be true) Did you try to be true? What separates me from you? What separates me from you now? |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
I'm waking from a dream the neighborhood is green all the sounds i've missed all the years come down to wedding deaths and fears and all i've heard has been in vain like water on a stain touch me i'm so beautiful rub your hands across my head just like this come with me it's not worth it if you don't are you hiding i am hiding cypress moon bald in june like the granite in a stream swamp ophelia i'm torn down let your waters let me drown touch me i'm so beautiful rub your hands across my head just like this come with me it's not worth it if you don't are you crying i am crying jump jump jump so high watch me let you down if i stumble i will stumble if i fall i will fall i'm trying to hold it like rain in a river everything is getting bigger better this won't last forever touch me fall
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
three hits to the heart son
and it's poetry in motion one could send you down the river three's a strange way to be delivered would you trade your words for freedom that's a barter for a blind man three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion are you levee'd like a treasure only words can help me find you and this world's a fickle measure i would painfully remind you from a wise man to your red hand you lay covered ion our best sins three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion well i dream you constant stranger with your best bloods and your anger you say mother do you claim me my beloved do you blame me well the first two might release you but the last one sings in me son three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion three hits to the heart son and the last one sings in me |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
three hits to the heart son
and it's poetry in motion one could send you down the river three's a strange way to be delivered would you trade your words for freedom that's a barter for a blind man three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion are you levee'd like a treasure only words can help me find you and this world's a fickle measure i would painfully remind you from a wise man to your red hand you lay covered ion our best sins three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion well i dream you constant stranger with your best bloods and your anger you say mother do you claim me my beloved do you blame me well the first two might release you but the last one sings in me son three hits to the heart son and it's poetry in motion three hits to the heart son and the last one sings in me |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
I drive a three county highway
And every one of them town's got a firework show It's 4th of July and I'm just now getting home, On the horizon I can see them all unfold It's been a warm winter and a cold spring Everywhere I've been has felt wrong to me Everything I kept What I never should have thrown away I wanted you for all those yesterdays I was wishing for you one Sunday morning Walkin down the road in some debtor's town From every church a hymn came blendin' in and everyone of them wantin' to be found Did you say it took a long time to find a lot less man and less harm done? Did you say it took a long time to find a handsome one to keep you young? One day I'm gonna make it up to you, one day we're gonna laugh instead of cry. One day I'm coming home to stay, it's true, and baby, that's the last ticket I'm ever gonna buy. It's been a warm winter and a cold spring, everywhere I've been has felt wrong to me. So put your head on my heart and lay down in the crook of my arm. Everything's okay, I've been found again, I've been found again. (Words and music by Amy Ray) |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
I drive a three county highway
And every one of them town's got a firework show It's 4th of July and I'm just now getting home, On the horizon I can see them all unfold It's been a warm winter and a cold spring Everywhere I've been has felt wrong to me Everything I kept What I never should have thrown away I wanted you for all those yesterdays I was wishing for you one Sunday morning Walkin down the road in some debtor's town From every church a hymn came blendin' in and everyone of them wantin' to be found Did you say it took a long time to find a lot less man and less harm done? Did you say it took a long time to find a handsome one to keep you young? One day I'm gonna make it up to you, one day we're gonna laugh instead of cry. One day I'm coming home to stay, it's true, and baby, that's the last ticket I'm ever gonna buy. It's been a warm winter and a cold spring, everywhere I've been has felt wrong to me. So put your head on my heart and lay down in the crook of my arm. Everything's okay, I've been found again, I've been found again. (Words and music by Amy Ray) |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
It's a fish white belly lump in the throat razor on the wire skin and bone piss and blood in a railroad car 100 people gypsies queers and david's star this train is bound for glory measure the bones count the face pull out the teeth do you belong to the human race doctor doctor are you unkind do you shock the monkeys cover our eyes with clear blue skies this train is bound for glory here is a dancer who has no legs here is a teacher who has no face here is a runner who has no feet here is a healer who has no hands here is a builder who has no back here is a thinker who has no head here is a writer who has no voice these are the questions these are the answers stacked like wood this train is bound for glory these are the questions stacked like wood these are the answers here is potential gone for good
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
It's a fish white belly lump in the throat razor on the wire skin and bone piss and blood in a railroad car 100 people gypsies queers and david's star this train is bound for glory measure the bones count the face pull out the teeth do you belong to the human race doctor doctor are you unkind do you shock the monkeys cover our eyes with clear blue skies this train is bound for glory here is a dancer who has no legs here is a teacher who has no face here is a runner who has no feet here is a healer who has no hands here is a builder who has no back here is a thinker who has no head here is a writer who has no voice these are the questions these are the answers stacked like wood this train is bound for glory these are the questions stacked like wood these are the answers here is potential gone for good
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
I thought the time was passed when I could
find beauty in a verse I set the stage and the scenery rehearsing every word yeah but when i tried to make it more well it was always less and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else oh yeah oh yeah all right with my confidence on fire i set to fixin' up my roles my separation of desires just led me deeper down in the hole yeah when i tried to make it more well it was always less and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else yeah and when i tried to make it more well it was always less it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else now i'm tryin to get back to what i know that i should be hoping to god that i, that I was just a temporary absentee yeah when i tried to make it more well it was always less it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else yeah when i tried to make it more well it was always less and it's a thin line between pleasing yourself and pleasing somebody else somebody else oh yeah oh yeah all right |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
They won't have me, but I love this place.
The rural life is broken, the farmlands gone to chaff. My hands are idle, my mind needs rest, the toil of the decent and the sleep of the best. I sit in diners with the old men, they talk of work cause it's all they ever did. They gave their hearts to Jesus and got serious They gave up their drinking and worked for this nothing. All this love to offer, all this love to waste. All this love to offer, all this love to waste. There's a lame dog on the highway where the old road used to be. Now you know what divides us Is just a difference someone made. Some got tired of trying, some were just too scared to stay. We gave ourselves to nothing and we let 'em have their day. Now who's gonna do the planting? Who's gonna pray for rain? Who's gonna keep the farmland from the sub-division man? All this love to offer, all this love to waste. |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
They won't have me, but I love this place.
The rural life is broken, the farmlands gone to chaff. My hands are idle, my mind needs rest, the toil of the decent and the sleep of the best. I sit in diners with the old men, they talk of work cause it's all they ever did. They gave their hearts to Jesus and got serious They gave up their drinking and worked for this nothing. All this love to offer, all this love to waste. All this love to offer, all this love to waste. There's a lame dog on the highway where the old road used to be. Now you know what divides us Is just a difference someone made. Some got tired of trying, some were just too scared to stay. We gave ourselves to nothing and we let 'em have their day. Now who's gonna do the planting? Who's gonna pray for rain? Who's gonna keep the farmland from the sub-division man? All this love to offer, all this love to waste. |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
The thin horizon of a plan is almost clear my friends and I have had a hard time bruising our brains hard up against change all the old dogs and the magician now I see we're in the boat in two by twos only the heart that we have for a tool we could use and the very close quarters are hard to get used to love weighs the hull down with its weight but the wood is tired and the wood is old and we'll make it fine if the weather holds but if the weather holds then we'll have missed the point that's were i need to go no way construction of this tricky plan was built by other than a greater hand with a love that passes all our understanding watching closely over the journey yeah but what it takes to cross the great divide seems more than all the courage i can muster up inside but we get to have some answers when we reach the other side the prize is always worth the rocky ride but the wood is tired and the wood is old and we'll make it fine if the weather holds but if the weather holds then we'll have missed the point that's where i need to go sometimes i ask to sneak a closer look skip to the final chapter of the book and maybe steer us clear from some of the pain that it took to get us where we are this far but the question drowns in its futility and even i have got to laugh at me cause no one gets to miss the storm of what will be just holding on for the ride the wood is tired the wood is old and we'll make it fine if the weather holds but if the weather holds then we'll have missed the point that's where i need to go
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
she won't recover from her losses
she's not chosen this path but she watches who it crosses maybe move to the right maybe move to the left so we can all see her pain she wears like a banner on her chest and we all say it's sad and we think it's a shame and she's called to our attention but we do not call her name the girl with the weight of the world in her hands cause we're busy with our happiness and busy with our plans i wonder if alone she wants it taken from her hands but if things didn't keep getting harder she might miss her sacred chance to go a consecrated martyr the girl with the weight of the world in her hands i wonder which saint that lives inside a bead will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need it makes us all angry though we feign to care but who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear the girl with the weight of the world in her hands is the glass half-full or empty i ask her as i fill it she said it doesn't really matter pretty soon you're bound to spill it with the half logic language of the sermon she delivers and the way she smiles so knowingly at me gives me the shivers i pull the blanket higher when i'm finally safe at home and she'll take a hundred with her but she always sleeps alone the girl with the weight of the world in her hands i wonder which saint that lives inside a bead will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need it makes us all angry though we feign to care but who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear the girl with the weight of the world in her hands |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
She won't recover from her losses, She's not chosen this path, but she watches who it crosses Maybe move to the right, maybe move to the left So we can all see her pain she wears like a banner on her chest And we all say it's sad, and we think it's a shame And she's called to our attention, but we do not call her name, The girl with the weight of the world in her hands. We're busy with our happiness, busy with our plans I wonder if alone she wants it taken from her hands But if things didn't get any harder She might miss her sacred chance to go a consecrated martyr, The girl with the weight of the world in her hands. I wonder which saint that lives inside a bead will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need It makes us all angry though we feign to care But who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear, The girl with the weight of the world in her hands. "Is the glass half-full or empty?" I ask her as I fill it She said it doesn't really matter, pretty soon you're bound to spill it. With the half logic language of the sermon she delivers And the way she smiles so knowingly at me gives me the shivers I pull the blanket higher when I'm finally safe at home And she'll take a hundred with her, but she always sleeps alone, The girl with the weight of the world in her hands. |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
she won't recover from her losses
she's not chosen this path but she watches who it crosses maybe move to the right maybe move to the left so we can all see her pain she wears like a banner on her chest and we all say it's sad and we think it's a shame and she's called to our attention but we do not call her name the girl with the weight of the world in her hands cause we're busy with our happiness and busy with our plans i wonder if alone she wants it taken from her hands but if things didn't keep getting harder she might miss her sacred chance to go a consecrated martyr the girl with the weight of the world in her hands i wonder which saint that lives inside a bead will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need it makes us all angry though we feign to care but who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear the girl with the weight of the world in her hands is the glass half-full or empty i ask her as i fill it she said it doesn't really matter pretty soon you're bound to spill it with the half logic language of the sermon she delivers and the way she smiles so knowingly at me gives me the shivers i pull the blanket higher when i'm finally safe at home and she'll take a hundred with her but she always sleeps alone the girl with the weight of the world in her hands i wonder which saint that lives inside a bead will grant her consolation when she counts upon her need it makes us all angry though we feign to care but who will be the scale to weigh the cross she has to bear the girl with the weight of the world in her hands |
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from Indigo Girls - All That We Let In (2006)
Whatever it was, is wasn't manumission
To spill the blood, to pull the weed You can bury the past, but it's a mausoleum With the ghost of a fist that won't let us be Can we bring it together, Can we call from the mountain to the valley below? Can we make it better, Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove? I kicked up the dirt, and I said to my neighbor "We keep making it worse, we keep getting it wrong" He tucked in his shirt, he stood a little bit straighter, He said "We need a few less words dear, we need a few more guns." But will it bring us together, Can we call from the mountain to the valley below? Can we make it better, Do we tether the hawk, do we tether the dove? Enduring love Why so much and so strong, beyond this short existence? So don't be still You say there's a long line behind you And it's hardly worth the mentioning But I will Cause we may flicker and fade, But we never will be through with this I see this world battered but not broken There's a fallow heart, it's waiting on a sowing hand You can grow what you want, But one day it's gonna rise up So plant what you need to make a better stand And we'll bring it together And we'll call from the mountain to the valley below. And we'll make it better Let go of the hawk, we let go of the dove. I sing to you, all you true believers With the strength to see this and not be still. I'm telling you now, find the hope that feeds you, Don't let 'em bleed you of your will. |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
early one morning the sun was shining
i was laying in bed wondering if she'd changed at all if her hair was still red her folks they said our lives together sure was gonna be rough they never did like mama's homemade dress papa's bank book wasn't big enough me i'm standing on the side of the road rain falling on my shoes i'm heading out to the east coast lord knows i've paid some dues getting through tangled up in blue she was married when we first met soon to be divorced i helped her out of a jam i guess but i used a little too much force and we drove that car as far as we could abandoned it out west we split up on a sad dark night both agreeing it was best she turned around and looked at me as i was walking away then i heard her say over my shoulder we'll meet again someday on the avenue tangled up in blue i was living in the great north woods working as a cook for a spell i never did like it all that much and one day the axe just fell so i drifted down to new orleans where i happened to be employed yeah i was working for a while on a fishing boat right outside of de la croix and all the while i was alone the past was close behind i'd seen a lot of women but she never escaped my mind and i just grew tangled up in blue she was working at a topless bar and i stopped in for a beer i just kept looking at the side of her face in the spotlight so clear now later on as the crowd thinned out and i was just about to do the same yeah but she was standing there at the back of my chair she said don't i know your name well i muttered something underneath my breath she studied the lines on my face i must admit i felt a little uneasy when she bent down to tie the laces of my shoes we were tangled up in blue i know i know i know she lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe i thought you'd never say hello she said you look like the silent type and then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me written by an italian poet from the 13th century every one of his words rang true and glowed like burning coal pouring off every page like it was written in my soul from me to you tangled up in blue yeah yeah i lived with them on montague street in a basement down the stairs yeah there was music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air that's when he started into dealing with slaves yeah something inside of her died just died and she had to sell everything she owned and she froze up inside finally the bottom fell out i became withdrawn the only thing i knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew tangled up in blue oh yeah now i'm headed back again i gotta get to her somehow and all the people we used to know they're an illusion to me now some are mathematicians some are carpenter's wives i don't know how they all got started i don't know what they're doing with their lives but me i'm still on the road headed for another joint we always did feel the same we just saw it from a different point of view tangled up in blue i know i know i know yeah yeah oh yeah |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
i come to you with strange fire
i make an offering of love the incense of my soil is burned by the fire in my blood i come with a softer answer to the questions that lie in your path i want to harbor you from the anger find a refuge from the wrath this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire mercenaries of the shrine now who are you to speak for god with haughty eyes and lying tongues and hands that shed innocent blood now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary you gamble away our freedom to gain your own authority find another state of mind you know it's time we all learned to grab hold strange fire burns with the motion of love fire fire when you learn to love yourself you will dissolve all the stones that are cast now you will learn to burn the icing sky to melt the waxen mask i said to have the gift of true release this is a peace that will take you higher oh i come to you with my offering i bring you strange fire this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire fire I come to you with strange fire |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
i come to you with strange fire
i make an offering of love the incense of my soil is burned by the fire in my blood i come with a softer answer to the questions that lie in your path i want to harbor you from the anger find a refuge from the wrath this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire mercenaries of the shrine now who are you to speak for god with haughty eyes and lying tongues and hands that shed innocent blood now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary you gamble away our freedom to gain your own authority find another state of mind you know it's time we all learned to grab hold strange fire burns with the motion of love fire fire when you learn to love yourself you will dissolve all the stones that are cast now you will learn to burn the icing sky to melt the waxen mask i said to have the gift of true release this is a peace that will take you higher oh i come to you with my offering i bring you strange fire this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire fire I come to you with strange fire |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
i come to you with strange fire
i make an offering of love the incense of my soil is burned by the fire in my blood i come with a softer answer to the questions that lie in your path i want to harbor you from the anger find a refuge from the wrath this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire mercenaries of the shrine now who are you to speak for god with haughty eyes and lying tongues and hands that shed innocent blood now who delivered you the power to interpret calvary you gamble away our freedom to gain your own authority find another state of mind you know it's time we all learned to grab hold strange fire burns with the motion of love fire fire when you learn to love yourself you will dissolve all the stones that are cast now you will learn to burn the icing sky to melt the waxen mask i said to have the gift of true release this is a peace that will take you higher oh i come to you with my offering i bring you strange fire this is a message a message of love love that moves from the inside out love that never grows tired i come to you with strange fire fire fire I come to you with strange fire |
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from Indigo Girls - Becone You (2002)
If you were here in Starkville, the townie boys would love the way you stare. If you were here in Starkville, the local girls , they wouldn't have a prayer. I spent a reckless night inside the wonder of your everlasting charm, now I'm haunted by geography, and the flora and the fauna of your heart. At the dawning of some road worn day, I called you on a whim just to say- "The morning birds are singing", but I could not do them justice, so I hung up and fell back to sleep. I'm in love with my mobility, but sometimes this life can be a drag; like when I noticed your nobility and how my leaving only held you back. I remember one occasion- you were drinking,-when you asked me to the coast, but I was hell bent on agony back then, so I missed the boat. At the dawning of a road worn day, I called you a whim just to say, "My regrets become distractions when I can not do them justice", then I hung up and fell back to sleep. When I was down in Starkville, I was hiding out inside some Comfort Inn from a local gang of troubadors, when the homecoming queen -she come riding in. I slipped out of my room into the rain and I went running for my health. The headlights turned to moonlight, and finally I was running by myself. At the dawning of this road worn day, I call you a whim just to say, "The morning birds are singing". |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
maybe we'll make texas by the morning
light the bayou with our tail lights in the night 800 miles to el paso from the state line and we never have the money for the flight i'm in the back seat sleepy from the travel we played our hearts out all night long in new orleans and i'm dirty from the diesel fumes, drinking coffee black when the first breath of texas comes in clean and there's something bout the southland in the springtime where the waters flow with confidence and reason though i miss her when i'm gone it won't ever be too long till i'm home again to spend my favorite season when god made me born a yankee he was teasin' there's no place like home and none more pleasin' than the southland in the springtime in georgia nights are softer than a whisper beneath a quilt somebody's mother made by hand with the farmland like a tapestry passed down through generations and the peach trees stitched across the land there'll be cider up near helen off the roadside and boiled peanuts in a bag to warm your fingers and the smoke from the chimneys meets its maker in the sky with a song that winter wrote whose melody lingers and there's something bout the southland in the springtime where the waters flow with confidence and reason though i miss her when i'm gone it won't ever be too long till i'm home again to spend my favorite season when god made me born a yankee he was teasin' there's no place like home and none more pleasin' than the southland in the springtime |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Maybe we'll make Texas by the morning Light the bayou with our taillights in the night 800 miles to El Paso from the state line And we never have the money for the flight I'm in the back seat sleepy from the travel Played ou hearts out all night long in New Orleans I'm dirty from the diesel fumes, drinking coffee black When the first breath of Texas comes in clean And there's something bout the Southland in the springtime Where the wtaers flow with confidence and reason Though I miss her when I'm gone it won't ever be too long Till I'm home again to spend my favorite season When God made me born a yankee He was teasin' There's no place like home and none more pleasin' Than the Southland in the springtime In Georgia nights are softer than a whisper Beneath a quilt somebody's mother made by hand With the farmland like a tapestry passed down through generations And the peach trees stitched across the land There'll be cider up near Helen off the roadside And boiled peanuts in a bag to warm your fingers And the smoke from the chimney meets its maker in the sky With a song that winter wrote whose melody lingers. |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
maybe we'll make texas by the morning
light the bayou with our tail lights in the night 800 miles to el paso from the state line and we never have the money for the flight i'm in the back seat sleepy from the travel we played our hearts out all night long in new orleans and i'm dirty from the diesel fumes, drinking coffee black when the first breath of texas comes in clean and there's something bout the southland in the springtime where the waters flow with confidence and reason though i miss her when i'm gone it won't ever be too long till i'm home again to spend my favorite season when god made me born a yankee he was teasin' there's no place like home and none more pleasin' than the southland in the springtime in georgia nights are softer than a whisper beneath a quilt somebody's mother made by hand with the farmland like a tapestry passed down through generations and the peach trees stitched across the land there'll be cider up near helen off the roadside and boiled peanuts in a bag to warm your fingers and the smoke from the chimneys meets its maker in the sky with a song that winter wrote whose melody lingers and there's something bout the southland in the springtime where the waters flow with confidence and reason though i miss her when i'm gone it won't ever be too long till i'm home again to spend my favorite season when god made me born a yankee he was teasin' there's no place like home and none more pleasin' than the southland in the springtime |
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from Indigo Girls - Come No Now Social (1999)
Kelly mountain road
Saw a heavy load With a sagging heart And a break apart Voices in me Stood as thick as thieves With no sympathy For the beggars art I have passed these pines 'bout a million times Effortlessly (effortlessly) Now I grip the wheel Fear is what I feel At the slow unraveling of (slow unraveling of) Me (me) (ah) (ah) But you tell me it's temporary (tell me it's temporary) It's a matter of time (it's a matter of time) By god Don't you think I know it's in my mind (in my mind) And it's right over left (right over left) And healing the then (healing the then) I'll soon be to nothing But I don't know when Well the way I flee (daylight) On my crooked feet Barn happy horse (fading) On a one-track course Then I self despise (daylight) Cryin' out my eyes 'cause the happy trail (fading) Led me to remorse, But the road is long (but the road is long) And the song is gone I blow empty In my cicada shell If I saw my choice (if I saw my choice) I might find my voice But I don't know when (don't know when) And I just can't tell (just can't tell) (ah) (ah) You tell me it's temporary (tell me it's temporary) It's a matter of time (it's a matter of time) By god Don't you think I know it's in my mind (in my mind) It's right over left (right over left) And healing the then (and healing the then) I'll soon be to nothing But I don't know when Deep behind my face Is a safer place But old gears are hitched tight To the gate It?s a daily grind Waiting to unwind Till I hear that click That unlocks my fate (ah) (ah) Yeah But you tell me it's temporary (but tell me it's temporary) And it's a matter of time (and it's a matter of time) By god Don't you think I know it's in my mind It's right over left (it's right over left) And healing the then (and healing the then) I'll soon be to nothing (I'll soon be to nothing) But I don't know when I'll soon be to nothing (I'll soon be to nothing) But I don't know when I'll soon be to nothing But I don't know when (but I don't know when) |
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from Indigo Girls - All That We Let In (2006)
I've seen the sun on a funeral, the full moon in a midday sky
Tactician politician hold his head and wonder why I'm always struck that much harder by the power of suggestion By now I know the answer's always in the question Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills I've got to get back to something real with you I had to call your parents to get your number again I was either gonna be the prodigal or the banished friend We were standing against an outside wall, I was afraid of what you'd say It took me ten years to call you back but here we are today Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills I've got to get back to something real with you So life has brought you this: two marriages and three kids And me life as slick as ice that finally hit the skids You're as sweet as you ever were A slight sickness of regret washes over me And in the end that's all I get Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills I've got to get back to something real I've got to get back to something real I've got to get back to something real with you |
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from Indigo Girls - Come No Now Social (1999)
I'm heading out of Alabama So you'd better think fast The wind's gonna pick me up now And the rain won't stop I'm heading down to Georgia So don't lose track Of where you been and where you going now And who you've seen and what they lack And why you come undone Every time you go there And how you come undone I know your heart's in danger And so is your life You'd better learn to trust a stranger And stop & rest for a night See a sign up in the headlights And a moon up above won't be enough Light the embers of another and the night won't seem so rough Sister.... There was a bloody beast of burden On a dark Texas road And a woman in a family way And a car that lost control I'm studying the distance From the blanket to the gun It's ten hours to Natchez And another ten home I know your heart's in danger And so is your life You'd better learn to trust a stranger And stop & camp for the night See a sign up in the headlights And a moon up above Light the embers of another and the night won't seem so rough Sister Go ahead Come on now It was trust that brought me here And trust will bring me home |
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from Indigo Girls - Becone You (2002)
We were sitting round a dying fire, somebody lit incense somebody lit a cigarette and passed the bottle around It was just strawberry season, backbreaking pickers in the patches everything's burning down to ashes and down to the ground She's saving me I don't even think she knows it It's a strange way to show it as distant as last night's dream unravels She's saving me I'm a very lost soul I was born with a hole in my heart The size of my land locked travels I try to put it aside but it's too much bigger than me there's a big brown hawk in the tree Lighting and leaving There's tea leaves tossing, heads up pennies in my pocket, dead star like a rocket, the arc of my grieving She's saving me I don't even think she knows it It's a strange way to show it as distant as last night's dream unravels She's saving me I'm a very lost soul I was born with a hole in my heart The size of my land locked travels The sky pours out biblical rain Then days so still the beauty gives you pain The heatwave kills the green and she remains unseen But colors up my dream with all things blooming This is not all there is it's not a kingdom it's not an angry god It feels like her It feels like no fear, it feels like no doubt, it feels like inside out The ashes stir She's saving me I don't really think she knows it It's a strange way to show it as distant as last night's dream unravels She's saving me I'm a very lost soul I was born with a hole in my heart as wide as my land locked travels |
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from Indigo Girls - SHAMING OF THE SUN (1997)
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you are 17 itchy trigger and venomous you're growing longer you're growing stronger so shed your skin baby now shed this come on over now come on over baby you tell me it's holy holy i don't know what it is come on over now let's call it the fullness of time and i don't know what it is come on over now hey holy console me some power controls me remorse it i force it can't free it so be it i'm speaking in tongues handling you and i got religion now look at it the days grow longer as we grow stronger so shed your skin baby let it rip come on over now come on over baby tell me it's holy holy i don't know what that is come on over child i want to call it the fullness of time i don't know if it is come on over now hey holy me console me some power controls me remorse it i force it don't free it just be it just be it just be it i'm looking to find you but it's a little to late to well i look and doubt if i in you in you i got the hangman i got milagro i got the celebration too the flesh is strong my spirit's stronger so shed your skin baby let through come on over now come on over baby tell me it's holy holy like i don't know what it is come on over child i want to call it the fullness of time i don't know what it is come on over now hey holy console me some power controls me remorse it i force it can't free it so be it hey holy console me some power controls me come on over baby |
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from Indigo Girls - SHAMING OF THE SUN (1997)
My friends they wash the windows
And they shine in the sun They tell me wake up early in the morning sometime See what a beautiful job we've done I say let's put on some tunes Sing a long and dolittle all day Go down to the riverside take off our shoes And wash these sins away And the river said La la la it said shame on you And the river said La la la it said shame on you I go down to Chicano City park Cause it makes me feel so fine And when the weeds go down you can see up close In the dead of the winter time But when the summer comes everything's in bloom And you wouldn't know it's there And the white folks like to pretend it's not But their music's in the air And you can hear 'em singing La la la they said shame on you You can feel em dancing La la la they said shame on you My friend Tanner she says you know Me and Jesus we're of the same heart The only thing that keeps us distant Is that I keep fuckin' up I said come on down to Chicano City park And wash your blues away The beautiful ladies walk right by You know i never know what to say And they'll be singing Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you And they'll be dancing Ooo la la la they said shame on you Shame on you Let's go road block trippin in the middle of the night Up in Gainesville town There'll be blue lights flashin down the long dirt road When they ask me to step out They say we've been looking for illegal immigrants Can we check your car? I say you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat back in 1694 And I said Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you They'll be dancing La la la i said shame on you I said Ooo la la la la la la la la la la shame on you Shame on you la la La la la la la shame on you I said I said La la la shame on you I'll be dancing And they'll be singing La la la i said shame on you Shame on you Road block trippin in the middle of the night Gainesville town Blue lights flashin down the long dirt road |
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from Indigo Girls - Cold Beer And Remote Control (2000)
My friends they wash the windows
And they shine in the sun They tell me wake up early in the morning sometime See what a beautiful job we've done I say let's put on some tunes Sing a long and dolittle all day Go down to the riverside take off our shoes And wash these sins away And the river said La la la it said shame on you And the river said La la la it said shame on you I go down to Chicano City park Cause it makes me feel so fine And when the weeds go down you can see up close In the dead of the winter time But when the summer comes everything's in bloom And you wouldn't know it's there And the white folks like to pretend it's not But their music's in the air And you can hear 'em singing La la la they said shame on you You can feel em dancing La la la they said shame on you My friend Tanner she says you know Me and Jesus we're of the same heart The only thing that keeps us distant Is that I keep fuckin' up I said come on down to Chicano City park And wash your blues away The beautiful ladies walk right by You know i never know what to say And they'll be singing Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you And they'll be dancing Ooo la la la they said shame on you Shame on you Let's go road block trippin in the middle of the night Up in Gainesville town There'll be blue lights flashin down the long dirt road When they ask me to step out They say we've been looking for illegal immigrants Can we check your car? I say you know it's funny I think we were on the same boat back in 1694 And I said Ooo la la la la la la la la shame on you They'll be dancing La la la i said shame on you I said Ooo la la la la la la la la la la shame on you Shame on you la la La la la la la shame on you I said I said La la la shame on you I'll be dancing And they'll be singing La la la i said shame on you Shame on you Road block trippin in the middle of the night Gainesville town Blue lights flashin down the long dirt road |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Secure yourself to heaven hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun In the ink of the night I saw you bleed, through the thunder I could hear you scream Solid to the air I breathe, open-eyed and fast asleep Falling softly as the rain, no footsteps ringing in your ear Ragged down worn to the skin, warrior raging have no fear Secure yourself to heaven hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun I'm kneeling down with broken prayers hearts and bones from days of youth Restless with an angel's wing I dig a grave to bury you No feet to fall you need no ground, allowed to glide right through the sun Released from circles guarded tight, now we all are chosen ones Secure yourself to heaven hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun Secure yourself to heaven hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun In the ink of the night I saw you bleed through the thunder I could hear you scream Solid to the air I breathe, open-eyed and fast asleep Falling softly as the rain, no footsteps ringing in your ears Ragged down worn to the skin, warrior raging have no fear Secure yourself to heaven hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens, you have just begun Amy: Secure yourself to heaven Hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens You have just begun Secure yourself to heaven Hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthly burdens You have just begun Now we all are chosen ones Allowed to glide right through the sun Released from circles guarded tight Now we all are chosen ones Emily: In the ink of the night I saw you bleed Through the thunder I could hear you scream Solid to the air I breathe Open-eyed and fast asleep No feet to fall you need no ground Allowed to glide right through the sun Released from circles guarded tight Now we all are chosen ones Secure yourself to heaven Hold on tight the night has come Fasten up your earthy burdens Now we all are chosen ones |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
In the ink of an eye I saw you bleed;
Through the thunder I could hear you scream, Solid to the air I breath, Open-eyed and fast asleep. Falling softly as the rain; No footsteps ringing in your ears. Ragged down worn to the skin, Warrior raging, have no fear. Secure yourself to heaven. Hold on tight, the night has come. Fasten up your earthly burdens, You have just begun. Kneeling down with broken prayers, Hearts and bones from days of youth. Restless with an angel's wing, I dig a grave to bury you. No feet to fall, You need no ground. Allowed to glide right through the sun, Released from circles guarded tight, Now we all are chosen ones. Secure yourself to heaven. Hold on tight, the night has come. Fasten up your earthly burdens, You have just begun. |
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from Indigo Girls - SHAMING OF THE SUN (1997)
Scooter boys and Argentineans,
Europe shed the blood of the Indians. Here I sit in the land of plenty, Crying about my own virginity Hey blueblood you're nothing new. You see I come from privilege too. A chapter of the book on the Americas, You're just another colonial terrorist. Scooter boys and Argentineans, Europe shed the blood of the Indians. Here I sit in the land of plenty, Crying about my own virginity Shame Shame Way down south where the Mayas reign. Zapata reading poetry in his grave, They said "We're stealing from the best to feed the poor." Well they need more. Scooter boys and Argentineans, Europe shed the blood of the Indians. Here I sit in the land of plenty, Crying about my own virginity. Shame Shame |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
You don't want me calling you up
All melancholy sick from love You prefer it uncomplicated Things are tricky now I bet you hate it Your mind's eye finds the exit sign And you're off in perfect fashion And you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can The party's over, we had our fun Flirting with madness a loaded gun As much as nothing everything's changed I'm soaking in it, it falls like rain You seek the sun to dry off what's been done You'll heat up every corner of the world As you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can Can you keep this pace forever I have never seen it done Up deep burn all you leave behind you You are the surface of my sun I measure to what degree I can shape up what's been forged in me The cooper penny hissing in the pool So much for wishes so much for cooling Down this fire impossible desire The further you get the more I'm drawn And you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
You don't want me calling you up
All melancholy sick from love You prefer it uncomplicated Things are tricky now I bet you hate it Your mind's eye finds the exit sign And you're off in perfect fashion And you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can The party's over, we had our fun Flirting with madness a loaded gun As much as nothing everything's changed I'm soaking in it, it falls like rain You seek the sun to dry off what's been done You'll heat up every corner of the world As you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can Can you keep this pace forever I have never seen it done Up deep burn all you leave behind you You are the surface of my sun I measure to what degree I can shape up what's been forged in me The cooper penny hissing in the pool So much for wishes so much for cooling Down this fire impossible desire The further you get the more I'm drawn And you run, that's all you've ever done It's all you know to do I can't hold that against you And you'll flee cause you're born to be free And if you go I'll understand But you better get out while you can |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
A love-struck Romeo
Sings a street-side serenade He's layin' everybody low He's got a love song that he made He finds a convenient street light And steps out of the shade, and says something like "You and me babe, how about it?" Juliet says, "Hey it's Romeo You nearly gave me a heart attack" yeah well He's underneath my window, now she's singing 'Hey-la my boyfriend's back' You shouldn't come around here Singing up to people like that Oh, anyway, whatcha gonna do about it? O Juliet, the dice were loaded from the start And I bet... and you exploded into my heart And I forget, I forget, the movie song When are you gonna realize It was just that the time was wrong Julie Well we both come up on different streets And they were both streets of shame You know, they're both dirty, both mean And yes even our dreams were the same But I dreamed your dream for you And now your dream is real, so tell me honey Now how can you look at me as if i were just another one of your deals? Now you can fall for chains of silver And you can fall for chains of gold You know, you fall for pretty strangers And the promises they hold Well you promised me everything, and then And then you promised me thick and thin And now you just turn away And say Romeo? I think i used to have a scene with him O Juliet, when we made love you used to cry You said I love you like the stars above Gonna love ya till I die There's a place for us I know you know this song Now when you gonna realize It was just that the time was wrong? Julie, I'm so in love So in love, yeah But I can't do the talk Like they talk on my t.v. screen I can't do a love song Not the way you sung it to me I can't do anything but I would Do anything for you I can't do anything except Be in love with you, yeah Now all I do is miss you And the way it used to be, you know And all I do is keep the beat I keep bad, bad company And all I do is kiss you Through the bars of this rhyme When, Julie, I'd do the stars with you, anytime Ah Juliet, when we made love you used to cry You said I love you like the stars above I'm gonna love ya till I die There's a place for us I know, you know, the movie song One day we're gonna realize It was just that the time was wrong Julie, Julie, Julie Now this love struck romeo Sings a street-side serenade He's lettin' everybody know He's got a love song that he made He finds a convenient street light And he'll step out of the shade and he'll say something like You and me babe, how about it? |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
It didn't happen for you,
no one wants to hear the truth, coming from three political queers. Plucking the punk rock bloom. So you break up the band and leave us all in tow. Now we gotta figure out where to go. I caught it at a rave Did it give you vaccination? I saw it on my T.V. Did it lighten up your load? And every f**kin D.J. Did you feel affilliated, Is telling me I'm free. like you really had a home? Free to be a loser Were the ticket prices too high? Free to be a trend Were the lights too bright? Free to be a backlash over and over again. Was it all a bunch of hype? You say, "I'm losing inspiration, one band at a time. I gotta know there's someone, somewhere, out there singing for our side." Where I come up, we share the mortar and the glue. And what we build together, we share that too. And the wind may come, and the rain may fall, but we stand together or we don't stand at all. Where are you going to now, now that the goings gone? So here's to your survival and swimming up the stream, crossing over one dam after another until we get to Rock and Roll Heaven's gate. I caught it at a rave Did it give you vaccination? I saw it on the T.V. Did it lighten up your load? And every f**king D.J. Did you feel affiliated, Is telling me I'm free. Like you really had a home? Free to be a loser Were the ticket prices too high? Free to be a trend Were the lights too bright? Free to be a backlash over and over until I get to Rock and Roll Heaven's gate. |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
It didn't happen for you,
no one wants to hear the truth, coming from three political queers. Plucking the punk rock bloom. So you break up the band and leave us all in tow. Now we gotta figure out where to go. I caught it at a rave Did it give you vaccination? I saw it on my T.V. Did it lighten up your load? And every f**kin D.J. Did you feel affilliated, Is telling me I'm free. like you really had a home? Free to be a loser Were the ticket prices too high? Free to be a trend Were the lights too bright? Free to be a backlash over and over again. Was it all a bunch of hype? You say, "I'm losing inspiration, one band at a time. I gotta know there's someone, somewhere, out there singing for our side." Where I come up, we share the mortar and the glue. And what we build together, we share that too. And the wind may come, and the rain may fall, but we stand together or we don't stand at all. Where are you going to now, now that the goings gone? So here's to your survival and swimming up the stream, crossing over one dam after another until we get to Rock and Roll Heaven's gate. I caught it at a rave Did it give you vaccination? I saw it on the T.V. Did it lighten up your load? And every f**king D.J. Did you feel affiliated, Is telling me I'm free. Like you really had a home? Free to be a loser Were the ticket prices too high? Free to be a trend Were the lights too bright? Free to be a backlash over and over until I get to Rock and Roll Heaven's gate. |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
it's coming on christmas
they're cutting down trees putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace i wish i had a river i could skate away on but it don't snow here it stays pretty green gonna make a lot of money then i'm gonna quit this crazy scene and i wish i had a river i could skate away on i wish i had a river so wide i would teach my feet to fly i wish i had a river i could skate away on 'cause i made my baby cry you tried hard to help me and you put me at ease then loved me so naughty made me weak in my knees and wish i had a river that i could skate away on i'm so hard to handle i'm selfish and i'm sad now i lost the best baby that i ever had and i wish i had a river that i could skate away on i wish i had a river so wide i could teach my feet to fly i wish i had a river that i could skate away on cause i made my baby say goodbye it's coming on christmas they're cutting down trees putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace but i wish i had a river i could skate away on god i wish i had a river so wide i'd teach my feet to fly i wish i had a river i could skate away on i made my baby say goodbye |
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from Indigo Girls - All That We Let In (2006)
dog at the window still looks all day never gets her fill
cause a glance means a chance to break the birds out congregating I have seen a look like that you licked your chops from where you sat make your kill for a thrill and you don't mind waiting rise up your dead, there's life in the old girl yet rise up your dead when it bums you out, all the hunters sprung to pounce and at best it's a mess like a nest infested you remember there's more than this there always was and always is tend the artist in your charges, you are full invested and if you need to, read your mindless mag call me up for tickets, we'll go see sugarland and it gets better even when it's been a drag just move to the music, move your body to the band and rise up |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
I had guards like watchdogs dogs in a manger i could feel the protection possession and anger and i drove out of there with no one behind me feeling funny and free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers and i got nothing to hide i laughed as i said it this is my situation it's not pictures or privilege its just self preservation i don't want you to feel any obligation would it be so funny to be free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers and i got nothing to hide we act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions (i remember you when we were shiny and new) of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes (now you guard your faith) cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver (temper your speed) it feels funny being free all you pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't you precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers
pretty pretenders negligent vendors aren't we precious inside i have no need for anger with intimate strangers i got nothing to hide i had guards like watchdogs dogs in a manger (i remember you) |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
well i woke up this morning
grey dawn with a prayer on my breath you see i lost something precious and god'll save me from losing myself i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong now i met the queen and i understand why why she closed the door i'm not making excuses but you know i've been there a few times you know i was i was knocking on the door i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong wrong wrong see there's a man he lived in a house had a family of five well he blew up the windows and the doors he said “i just couldn't i just couldn't survive” yeah well we've all been removed in one way or another we don't know our families we don't need our brothers we're pushing the needle too far pushing the needle too far well if you wake up in the morning grey dawn there's a prayer on your breath see maybe you've lost something precious god'll save you from losing yourself you say i think i know what's wrong let me hear you i think i know what's wrong there's the queen who closed the door the family that lies the people who turn the cat that has died a boy that od's a girl with a gun the world on its knees and a band on the run you know you'd help me more (the queen who closed the door) by not giving in (the family that lies) you know you'd help me more (people who turn) by not giving in (and the cat that has died) you know you'd help me more (a boy that od's) by not giving in (and a girl with a gun) i said you'd help me more (the world on it's knees) now don't you give in (and a band on the run) ah now you'd help me more by not giving i said don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (she said) you'd help me more (she said she wouldn't give in) by not giving in i said you'd help me more by not giving in i said i i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong we're pushing the needle too far |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
well i woke up this morning grey dawn with a prayer on my breath see i lost something precious and god'll save me from losing myself i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong now i met the queen and i understand why why she closed th |
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from Stanley, Son of Theodore: Yet Another Alternative Music Sampler (1996)
well i woke up this morning
grey dawn with a prayer on my breath you see i lost something precious and god'll save me from losing myself i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong now i met the queen and i understand why why she closed the door i'm not making excuses but you know i've been there a few times you know i was i was knocking on the door i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong wrong wrong see there's a man he lived in a house had a family of five well he blew up the windows and the doors he said “i just couldn't i just couldn't survive” yeah well we've all been removed in one way or another we don't know our families we don't need our brothers we're pushing the needle too far pushing the needle too far well if you wake up in the morning grey dawn there's a prayer on your breath see maybe you've lost something precious god'll save you from losing yourself you say i think i know what's wrong let me hear you i think i know what's wrong there's the queen who closed the door the family that lies the people who turn the cat that has died a boy that od's a girl with a gun the world on its knees and a band on the run you know you'd help me more (the queen who closed the door) by not giving in (the family that lies) you know you'd help me more (people who turn) by not giving in (and the cat that has died) you know you'd help me more (a boy that od's) by not giving in (and a girl with a gun) i said you'd help me more (the world on it's knees) now don't you give in (and a band on the run) ah now you'd help me more by not giving i said don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (she said) you'd help me more (she said she wouldn't give in) by not giving in i said you'd help me more by not giving in i said i i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong we're pushing the needle too far |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
well i woke up this morning
grey dawn with a prayer on my breath you see i lost something precious and god'll save me from losing myself i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong now i met the queen and i understand why why she closed the door i'm not making excuses but you know i've been there a few times you know i was i was knocking on the door i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong wrong wrong see there's a man he lived in a house had a family of five well he blew up the windows and the doors he said “i just couldn't i just couldn't survive” yeah well we've all been removed in one way or another we don't know our families we don't need our brothers we're pushing the needle too far pushing the needle too far well if you wake up in the morning grey dawn there's a prayer on your breath see maybe you've lost something precious god'll save you from losing yourself you say i think i know what's wrong let me hear you i think i know what's wrong there's the queen who closed the door the family that lies the people who turn the cat that has died a boy that od's a girl with a gun the world on its knees and a band on the run you know you'd help me more (the queen who closed the door) by not giving in (the family that lies) you know you'd help me more (people who turn) by not giving in (and the cat that has died) you know you'd help me more (a boy that od's) by not giving in (and a girl with a gun) i said you'd help me more (the world on it's knees) now don't you give in (and a band on the run) ah now you'd help me more by not giving i said don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (she said) you'd help me more (she said she wouldn't give in) by not giving in i said you'd help me more by not giving in i said i i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong we're pushing the needle too far |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
well i woke up this morning
grey dawn with a prayer on my breath you see i lost something precious and god'll save me from losing myself i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong now i met the queen and i understand why why she closed the door i'm not making excuses but you know i've been there a few times you know i was i was knocking on the door i said i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong wrong wrong see there's a man he lived in a house had a family of five well he blew up the windows and the doors he said “i just couldn't i just couldn't survive” yeah well we've all been removed in one way or another we don't know our families we don't need our brothers we're pushing the needle too far pushing the needle too far well if you wake up in the morning grey dawn there's a prayer on your breath see maybe you've lost something precious god'll save you from losing yourself you say i think i know what's wrong let me hear you i think i know what's wrong there's the queen who closed the door the family that lies the people who turn the cat that has died a boy that od's a girl with a gun the world on its knees and a band on the run you know you'd help me more (the queen who closed the door) by not giving in (the family that lies) you know you'd help me more (people who turn) by not giving in (and the cat that has died) you know you'd help me more (a boy that od's) by not giving in (and a girl with a gun) i said you'd help me more (the world on it's knees) now don't you give in (and a band on the run) ah now you'd help me more by not giving i said don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (not giving in no) don't you dare (she said) you'd help me more (she said she wouldn't give in) by not giving in i said you'd help me more by not giving in i said i i think i know what's wrong i think i know what's wrong we're pushing the needle too far |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
My place is of the sun, and this place is of the dark, and (and I-hii) I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense the words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence the angry feelings came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve I said I have no way of feeding you so leave there was a time I asked my father for a dollar and he gave it a ten dollar raise when I needed my mother and I called her she stayed with me for days (daay-eehh-hayys) chorus now someone's on the telephone desperate in his pain someone's on the bathroom floor doin her cocaine someone's got his finger on the button in some room no one can convince me we are gluttons for our doom but I tried to make this place my place I asked for providence to smile upon me with his sweet face and I'll tell you my place is of the sun, and this place is of the dark, and (and I-hii) I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark my place is of the sun, and this place is of the dark, and (and I-hii) and I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age my heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage my greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve and my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve the cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing I couldn't from the thunder I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling and he almost pulled me under (ohhh-uhh-hooo) chorus |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar And he gave it a ten dollar raise When I needed my mother and I called her She stayed with me for days And now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom But I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace, my sight grows stronger and I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing I couldn't hear them for the thunder I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling And he almost pulled me under Now someone's on the telephone desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch of spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace my sight grows stronger, grows stronger) I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark (And I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls/ Strange Fire/ Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (2003)
My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark
I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark I don't know when I noticed life was life at my expense The words of my heart lined up like prisoners on a fence The dreams came in like needy children tugging at my sleeve I said I have no way of feeding you, so leave But there was a time I asked my father for a dollar And he gave it a ten dollar raise When I needed my mother and I called her She stayed with me for days And now someone's on the telephone, desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom But I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace, my sight grows stronger and I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) Maybe there's no haven in this world for tender age My heart beat like the wings of wild birds in a cage My greatest hope my greatest cause to grieve And my heart flew from its cage and it bled upon my sleeve The cries of passion were like wounds that needed healing I couldn't hear them for the thunder I was half the naked distance between hell and heaven's ceiling And he almost pulled me under Now someone's on the telephone desperate in his pain Someone's on the bathroom floor doing her cocaine Someone's got his finger on the button in some room No one can convince me we aren't gluttons for our doom I tried to make this place my place I asked for Providence to smile upon me with his sweet face But I'll tell you My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark I do not feel the romance I do not catch of spark My place is of the sun and this place is of the dark (By grace my sight grows stronger, grows stronger) I do not feel the romance I do not catch the spark (And I will not be a pawn for the Prince of Darkness any longer) |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
Now the parking lot is empty everyone's gone someplace i pick you up and in the trunk i've packed a cooler and a 2 day suitcase cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country live miles out of the city limit we're singing and your hand's upon my knee so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two you know the things that i am afraid of i'm not afraid to tell and if we'd ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well i've seen the shadows of so many people trying on the treasures of youth a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash and i'm glad we got off to tell you the truth cause we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your
bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two all the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends) something new instead of something old (but keep the old) all you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (and remember what is gold) and it's fools gold fools gold fools gold (what is gold what is gold) and now we're talking about a difficult thing and your eyes are getting wet but i took us for better and i took us for worse and don't you ever forget it is the steel bars between me and a promise suddenly bend with ease and the closer i'm bound in love to you the closer i am to free so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take 'em apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two |
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from Boys On The Side (보이즈 온 더 사이드) by David Newman [ost] (1995)
Now the parking lot is empty everyone's gone someplace i pick you up and in the trunk i've packed a cooler and a 2 day suitcase cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country live miles out of the city limit we're singing and your hand's upon my knee so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two you know the things that i am afraid of i'm not afraid to tell and if we'd ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well i've seen the shadows of so many people trying on the treasures of youth a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash and i'm glad we got off to tell you the truth cause we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your
bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two all the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends) something new instead of something old (but keep the old) all you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (and remember what is gold) and it's fools gold fools gold fools gold (what is gold what is gold) and now we're talking about a difficult thing and your eyes are getting wet but i took us for better and i took us for worse and don't you ever forget it is the steel bars between me and a promise suddenly bend with ease and the closer i'm bound in love to you the closer i am to free so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take 'em apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two |
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from Indigo Girls - 1200 Curfews (1996)
Now the parking lot is empty everyone's gone someplace i pick you up and in the trunk i've packed a cooler and a 2 day suitcase cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country live miles out of the city limit we're singing and your hand's upon my knee so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two you know the things that i am afraid of i'm not afraid to tell and if we'd ever leave a legacy it's that we loved each other well i've seen the shadows of so many people trying on the treasures of youth a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash and i'm glad we got off to tell you the truth cause we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your
bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take them apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two all the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends) something new instead of something old (but keep the old) all you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (and remember what is gold) and it's fools gold fools gold fools gold (what is gold what is gold) and now we're talking about a difficult thing and your eyes are getting wet but i took us for better and i took us for worse and don't you ever forget it is the steel bars between me and a promise suddenly bend with ease and the closer i'm bound in love to you the closer i am to free so we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying chase all the ghosts from your head i'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed smarter than the tricks played on your heart we'll look at them together then we'll take 'em apart adding up the total of a love that's true multiply life by the power of two |
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from Indigo Girls - Perfect World (2003)
We get to be a ripple in the water
We get to be a rock that’s thrown We get to be a boy on the bridge Standing over the reservoir I see the water lap along the shoreline The buried forest of a man-made lake Cemeteries are laying underneath it Your heart like a damm when it breaks. We are floating, we are swimming And in this moment we are forgetting What we costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way I’m okay if I don’t look a little closer I am driving with the tank full I’m okay I if don’t see beyond the shore The sun is blistering the black top road I’m okay I don’t have to do the killing We are talking cellular and mobile Or know what the killing is for As if it’s come kind of cure for this world of woe We are talking, we are driving And in this moment we are denying What it costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world If you can’t see beyond the myth of isolation And the miracle of daybreak doesn’t move you anymore Connect the points and see the constellations As the night comes down on the reservoir We are swimming, we are floating And in this moment we are beholden To what it costs, to what it takes For one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world |
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from Indigo Girls - All That We Let In (2006)
We get to be a ripple in the water
We get to be a rock that’s thrown We get to be a boy on the bridge Standing over the reservoir I see the water lap along the shoreline The buried forest of a man-made lake Cemeteries are laying underneath it Your heart like a damm when it breaks. We are floating, we are swimming And in this moment we are forgetting What we costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way I’m okay if I don’t look a little closer I am driving with the tank full I’m okay I if don’t see beyond the shore The sun is blistering the black top road I’m okay I don’t have to do the killing We are talking cellular and mobile Or know what the killing is for As if it’s come kind of cure for this world of woe We are talking, we are driving And in this moment we are denying What it costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world If you can’t see beyond the myth of isolation And the miracle of daybreak doesn’t move you anymore Connect the points and see the constellations As the night comes down on the reservoir We are swimming, we are floating And in this moment we are beholden To what it costs, to what it takes For one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world |
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from Indigo Girls - All That We Let In (2006)
We get to be a ripple in the water
We get to be a rock that’s thrown We get to be a boy on the bridge Standing over the reservoir I see the water lap along the shoreline The buried forest of a man-made lake Cemeteries are laying underneath it Your heart like a damm when it breaks. We are floating, we are swimming And in this moment we are forgetting What we costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way I’m okay if I don’t look a little closer I am driving with the tank full I’m okay I if don’t see beyond the shore The sun is blistering the black top road I’m okay I don’t have to do the killing We are talking cellular and mobile Or know what the killing is for As if it’s come kind of cure for this world of woe We are talking, we are driving And in this moment we are denying What it costs, what it takes For one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world when we look the other way It’s one perfect world If you can’t see beyond the myth of isolation And the miracle of daybreak doesn’t move you anymore Connect the points and see the constellations As the night comes down on the reservoir We are swimming, we are floating And in this moment we are beholden To what it costs, to what it takes For one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world Can we learn to live another way? It’s one perfect world |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
I meet you for coffee
We get together periodically and I got a bad case I can't shake off of me The fevered wanderin round wondering how it ought to be You work in the system You see possibilities and you're glistening Eyes show the hell you're gonna give 'em When they back off the mic for once and give it to a woman I dream like a mad one Brutal fantasies I catch as catch can I'm a psychic and a laywoman I see love and I like to make it happen What we get from your war walk The ticker of the nation breaking down like a bad clock I want the pendulum to swing again So that all your mighty mandate was just spitting in the wind It doesn't come by the bullwhip It's not persuaded with your hands on your hips It's not the company of gunslingers The epicenter love is the pendulum swinger She is she is she is It's fine about the old scroll Sanskrit Gnostic gospels the da vinci code a smash hit Aren't we dying just to read it and relate it Too hard just to go by a blind faith But they left out the sisters I've been praying to a father god so long I really missed her The goddess of benevolence You should listen to your mama if you have a lick of sense left Pushed under by the main press, buried under a code of dress Relegated by the Vatican But you can't keep a spirit down that wants to get up again If we're a drop in the bucket With just enough science to keep from saying f**k it Until the last drop of sun burns its sweet light Plenty revolutions left until we get this thing right 2006 words and music: Emily Saliers |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
I meet you for coffee
We get together periodically and I got a bad case I can't shake off of me The fevered wanderin round wondering how it ought to be You work in the system You see possibilities and you're glistening Eyes show the hell you're gonna give 'em When they back off the mic for once and give it to a woman I dream like a mad one Brutal fantasies I catch as catch can I'm a psychic and a laywoman I see love and I like to make it happen What we get from your war walk The ticker of the nation breaking down like a bad clock I want the pendulum to swing again So that all your mighty mandate was just spitting in the wind It doesn't come by the bullwhip It's not persuaded with your hands on your hips It's not the company of gunslingers The epicenter love is the pendulum swinger She is she is she is It's fine about the old scroll Sanskrit Gnostic gospels the da vinci code a smash hit Aren't we dying just to read it and relate it Too hard just to go by a blind faith But they left out the sisters I've been praying to a father god so long I really missed her The goddess of benevolence You should listen to your mama if you have a lick of sense left Pushed under by the main press, buried under a code of dress Relegated by the Vatican But you can't keep a spirit down that wants to get up again If we're a drop in the bucket With just enough science to keep from saying f**k it Until the last drop of sun burns its sweet light Plenty revolutions left until we get this thing right 2006 words and music: Emily Saliers |
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from Indigo Girls - Dispite Our Differences (2006)
I meet you for coffee
We get together periodically and I got a bad case I can't shake off of me The fevered wanderin round wondering how it ought to be You work in the system You see possibilities and you're glistening Eyes show the hell you're gonna give 'em When they back off the mic for once and give it to a woman I dream like a mad one Brutal fantasies I catch as catch can I'm a psychic and a laywoman I see love and I like to make it happen What we get from your war walk The ticker of the nation breaking down like a bad clock I want the pendulum to swing again So that all your mighty mandate was just spitting in the wind It doesn't come by the bullwhip It's not persuaded with your hands on your hips It's not the company of gunslingers The epicenter love is the pendulum swinger She is she is she is It's fine about the old scroll Sanskrit Gnostic gospels the da vinci code a smash hit Aren't we dying just to read it and relate it Too hard just to go by a blind faith But they left out the sisters I've been praying to a father god so long I really missed her The goddess of benevolence You should listen to your mama if you have a lick of sense left Pushed under by the main press, buried under a code of dress Relegated by the Vatican But you can't keep a spirit down that wants to get up again If we're a drop in the bucket With just enough science to keep from saying f**k it Until the last drop of sun burns its sweet light Plenty revolutions left until we get this thing right 2006 words and music: Emily Saliers |
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from Indigo Girls - Come No Now Social (1999)
honey pick the red corner shoes the ones that hardly ever get used i knelt in front of my whole collection and i'm picking you a special selection on a no news is good news middle of mid-year day i feel no ill with time to kill i wanna play let's make peace tonight (let's make peace tonight) the moon is bare and shining bright (moon is shining bright) let's make peace tonight in a good time (let's make peace tonight) i'm callin' on my good friends today you know the drive's about an hour away and we'll be pitching up a tent by the trees and we'll be wading in the river to our knees oh now love's been planted and we're checking out the yield it's two black dogs and a white one their running in the field let's make peace tonight (let's make peace tonight) the moon is bare and shining bright (moon is shining bright) well let's make peace tonight in a good time (let's make peace tonight) oh oh oh well we used to have some money but we spent it (used to have some money but we spent it) yeah so when we want to have it then we rent it (when we want to have it we rent it) but we're cuttin' up the rug and i know you love me love me (we're cuttin' up the rug and i know you love me) and the best of everything here is free (everything here is free) oh when things get messy then we tidy up the room we'll be no stranger to that dustpan and the broom let's make peace tonight (let's make peace tonight) the moon is bare and shining bright (moon is shining bright) let's make peace tonight (let's make peace tonight) the moon is bare and shining bright (moon is shining bright) let's make peace tonight in a good time (let's make peace tonight |
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