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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
i have spent nights with matches and knives leaning over ledges only two flights up cutting my heart, burning my soul nothing left to hold nothing left but blood and fire you have spent nights thinking of me missing my arms but you needed to leave leaving my cuts, leaving my burns hoping i'd learn but blood and fire are too much for these restless arms to hold and my nights of desire they're calling me back to your fold and i am calling you, calling you from 10,000 miles away won't you whet my fire with your love babe i am looking for someone who can take as much as i give and give back as much as i need you know and they still have the will to live ah no cause i am intense, i am in need i am in pain, i am in love and i feel forsaken you know like the things i gave away and blood and fire are too much for these restless arms to hold and my nights of desire they're calling me back to your fold and i am calling you, calling you from 10,000 miles away won't you whet my fire with your love babe, babe, babe i am intense, i am in need, i am in pain, i am in love you know i am intense, i am in need, i am in pain, i am in love i am intense, i am in need, i am in pain, i am in love and blood and fire are too much for these restless arms to hold and my nights of desire they're calling me back to your fold and i am calling you, calling you from 10,000 miles away won't you whet my fire with your love babe won't you whet my fire with your love babe now whet my fire with your love |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
laughing in a crown of jewels numbness from a scepters wound toss and turn, i spin and learn catch yourself before you burn a joker's dance before the king jangling beads, and silver rings close your eyes and bare the sound jumping up - falling down falling, falling, falling, falling down look yourself in the eye before you drown royal rebels discover you trust you turn there is no truth and circle, circle, why are you scared why a smile instead of tears i'm gulping smoke i fade away figures floating down to lay i meet the joker and the thief the king and queen but - no relief falling, falling, falling, falling down look yourself in the eye before you drown falling, falling, falling, falling down look yourself in the eye before you drown i cross myself before i die and the leaping man, he asks me, why well your rhythm is off i reply now you must dance the dance that you imply your actions will follow you full circle round the higher the leap, i said the harder the ground! |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Laughing in a crown of jewels,
Numbness from a scepter's wound. Toss and Turn, I spin and learn, "Catch yourself before you burn." A joker's dance before the king, Jangling beads, a silver ring. Close your eyes and bare the sound, Jumping up-falling down. Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down. Look yourself in the eye before you drown. Royal rebels discover you. Trust? you turn there is no truth. And circle, circle, why are you scared? Why a smile instead of tears? I'm gulping smoke to fade away. Figures floating down to lay. Meet the joker and the thief, The king and queen but-no relief. Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down. Look yourself in the eye before you drown. "The king is in the counting house, counting out his money" {Look yourself in the eye before you drown. Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down.} Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down. Look yourself in the eye before you drown. "The queen is in her parlour, eating bread and honey" {Look yourself in the eye before you drown. Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down.} Falling, Falling, Falling, Falling down. Look yourself in the eye before you drown. [instrumental] "Mary had a little lamb" I cross myself before I die The leaping man, he asks me, "why?" "Well your rhythm is off" I reply, "Now you must dance the dance That you imply!" "Your actions will follow you full circle round, Your actions will follow you full circle round, Your actions will follow you full circle round, Your actions will follow you full circle round, The higher the leap, I said, The harder the ground!" |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
i'm trying to tell you something about my life maybe give me insight between black and white and the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously it's only life after all yeah well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable and lightness has a call that's hard to hear i wrap my fear around me like a blanket i sailed my ship of safety till i sank it i'm crawling on your shores i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line and the less i seek my source for some definitive (the less i seek my source) the closer i am to fine the closer i am to fine and i went to see the doctor of philosophy with a poster of rasputin and a beard down to his knee he never did marry or see a b-grade movie he graded my performance, he said he could see through me i spent four years prostrate to the higher mind got my paper and i was free i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line the less i seek my source for some definitive (the less i seek my source) the closer i am to fine the closer i am to fine i stopped by the bar at 3 a.m. to seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend and i woke up with a headache like my head against a board twice as cloudy as i'd been the night before and i went in seeking clarity. i went to the doctor, i went to the mountains i looked to the children, i drank from the fountains yeah we go to the doctor, we go to the mountains we look to the children, we drink from the fountains yeah we go to the bible, we go through the workout we read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout there's more than one answer to these questions pointing me in a crooked line the less i seek my source for some definitive (the less i seek my source) the closer i am to fine the closer i am to fine the closer i am to fine |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
I went all the way to Paris to forget your face Captured in stained glass, young lives long since passed Statues of lovers every place I went all across the continent to relieve this restless love I walked through the ruins, icons of glory Smashed by the bombs from above Chorus: So we must love while these moments are still called today Take part in the pain of this passion play Stretched our youth as we must, until we are ashes to dust Until time makes history of us. Jeu de Paume's full of faces knowing peace, knowing strife Leisure and toil, still it's canvas and oil There's just no medium for life In the midst of the rubble I felt a sense of rebirth In a dusty cathedral the living God called And I prayed for my life here in earth Chorus There are mountains in Switzerland, brillian cold as they stand From my hotel room, watching the half-moon Bleeding its light like a lamb And the town is illuminated, its tiny figures are fast asleep And it dawns on me the time is upon me To return to the flock I must keep. Chorus Originally submitted by ? Reformatted and extracted to a single lyric file by Doug Henkle |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
Pain from pearls - hey little girl - how much have you grown? Pain from pearls - hey little girl - flower for the ones you've known. Chorus: Are you on fire, from the years? What would you give for your kid fears? Secret staircase, running high, you had a hiding place. Secret staircase, running low, but they all know, now you're inside. Chorus Skipping stones, we know the price now any sin will do How much further, if you can spin. How much further, if you are smooth. Chorus Bridge Replace the rent with the stars above Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. Bridge Chorus Bridge Originally submitted by ? Reformatted and extracted to a single lyric file by Doug Henkle |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
you can go to the east to find your your inner hemisphere you say we're under the same sky babe your bound to realize honey it's not that clear i'm not your promised land oh no i'm not your promised one i'm not the land of canaan sweetheart waiting for you under the sun i'm lonely tonight i'm missing you now i'm wanting your love and you're giving it out i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight well, the meanings changed for what it's worth it's just a senseless game well i should think of love but it's fear every time i hear honey your heartbeat strain it's not the fallen man it's not the call of time it's just the london skyline sweetheart telling me you're not mine i'm lonely tonight i'm missing you now i'm wanting your love and you're giving it out i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight my blood is running dry my skin is, my skin is growing thin for every time you find yourself you loose a little bit of me honey from within it's just a raging cycle why can't we bring it all to the end of the line from inside this existence, sweetheart time is not on my side i'm lonely tonight i'm missing you now i'm wanting your love and you're giving it out i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight i'm lonely tonight i'm not your promised land (i'm lonely tonight) i'm not your promised one (honey i'm trying to tell you that i'm lonely tonight) i'm not your promised land i'm not your promised one i'm not the land of canaan (i'm lonely tonight) i'm not your land of canaan (i'm lonely tonight) i'm not the land of canaan sweetheart waiting for you under the sun i'm lonely tonight words and music by amy ray copyright 1988 godhap music (bmi |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
You can go to the East
To find your, inner hemisphere. You say we're under the same sky babe, You're bound to realize, Honey, it's not that clear. I'm not your promise land I'm not your promise one I'm not your Land of Canaan, sweetheart, Waiting for you under the sun. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. Well the meanings changed (for what it's worth), It's just a senseless game. I should think of love, but it's fear every time I hear Your heart strain. It's not the fallen man, It's not the call of time, It's just the London skyline Telling me you're not mine. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. My blood is running dry, My skin is, my skin is growing thin For every time you find yourself You lose a little bit of me, from within. It's just a raging cycle, why can't we Bring it all to the end of the line. From inside this existence, sweetheart, Time is not on my side. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. I'm not your promised land, I'm not your promised one. I'm not your promised land, I'm not your promised one. I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, Waiting for you under the sun, I'm lonely tonight. |
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from Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls (1989)
during the time of which i speak it was hard to turn the other cheek to the blows of insecurity feeding the cancer of my intellect the blood of love soon neglected lay dying in the strength of its impurity meanwhile our friends we thought were so together they've all gone and left each other in search of fairer weather and we sit here in our storm and drink a toast to the slim chance of love's recovery there i am in younger days, star gazing painting picture perfect maps of how my life and love would be not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection my compass, faith in love's perfection i missed ten million miles of road i should have seen meanwhile our friends we thought were so together left each other one by one on the road to fairer weather and we sit here in our storm and drink a toast to the slim chance of love's recovery rain soaked and voice choked like silent screaming in a dream i search for our absolute distinction not content to bow and bend to the whims of culture that swoop like vultures eating us away, eating us away eating us away to our extinction oh how i wish i were a trinity so if i lost a part of me i'd still have two of the same to live but nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal as specks of dust we're universal to let this love survive would be the greatest gift that we could give tell all the friends who think they're so together that these are ghosts and mirages all these thoughts of fairer weather though it's storming out I feel safe within the arms of love's discovery words and music emily saliers copyright 1988 by godhap music (bmi |
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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 - 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 (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 - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
crazy game
i never should have started to play but now you couldn't tear me away love is sweet sweet baby so good to you and so bad and i fear the situations clear before my eyes confusion wants to break me and it tries i've been a little bit stronger from the start listen to my heart cause if you're ever believing i'm thinking of leaving look to the moon cause it's a fact she may go wandering about but she always comes shining back and it's true i'll wait for you you dry your tears don't be thinking grey is here to stay sometimes everything is in the way you're wanting to look at it turn your view around dry your eyes eyes like yours should carry a smile i haven't seen them sparkle in a while give it one more try dry your eyes cause if you're ever believing i'm thinking of leaving look to the moon cause it's a fact she may go wandering about but she always comes shining back and it's true i'll wait for you |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
crazy game
i never should have started to play but now you couldn't tear me away love is sweet sweet baby so good to you and so bad and i fear the situations clear before my eyes confusion wants to break me and it tries i've been a little bit stronger from the start listen to my heart cause if you're ever believing i'm thinking of leaving look to the moon cause it's a fact she may go wandering about but she always comes shining back and it's true i'll wait for you you dry your tears don't be thinking grey is here to stay sometimes everything is in the way you're wanting to look at it turn your view around dry your eyes eyes like yours should carry a smile i haven't seen them sparkle in a while give it one more try dry your eyes cause if you're ever believing i'm thinking of leaving look to the moon cause it's a fact she may go wandering about but she always comes shining back and it's true i'll wait for you |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
Through the wind and the rain I hear my mother's cry
She says, "I know my baby's out there Just couldn't bear to ask her why From my womb into the world Lord, I wish the child would call You know, I'm needing some company She makes my life so full" Take my advice, go ahead and live your own life Everybody's waiting for someone to come home Like the fire waits for the sand This world is burning with the tension of human hands Waiting to be cleansed, waiting for their ace of spades They say, "I sure hope he's coming 'Cause I feel like I've just been saved" Take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive Everybody's waiting for someone to come home Come to me and cleanse my soul (I'm free, I'm free) Only with you am I whole (Can't you see that I am me?) I'll be waiting by the window (I'll be heading for the door) I was driving down highway 85, yeah Had to pull off the road just to hear my radio coming in clearer Lord, this life's so full, I said, "Why do we ask for more?" While we're waiting for the man to come We forgot what he's coming for Won't you take my advice, go ahead and live while you're alive Everybody's waiting for someone to come home (I'll be waiting by the window) Everybody's waiting for someone to come home (I'll be waiting by the window) Everybody's waiting for someone to come home Come home |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
love is but a song we sing
and fear's the way we die you can make the mountains ring or make the angels cry though the bird is on the wing you may not know why come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now some may come and some may go we will surely pass when the one that left us here returns for us at last we are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass yeah come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now if you hear the song we sing you will understand you hold the key to love and fear all in your trembling hand just one key unlocks them both it's there at your command come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now come on people now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now try to love one another right now try to love one another right now |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
hey jesus it's me
i don't usually talk to you but my baby's gonna leave me and there's something you must do i am not your faithful servant i hang around sometimes with a bunch of your black sheep but if you make my baby stay i'll make it up to you and that's a promise i will keep hey jesus it's me i'm the one who talked to you yesterday and i asked you please please for a favor but my baby's gone away went away anyway and i don't really think its fair you've got the power to make us all believe in you and then we call you in our despair and you don't come through hey jesus it's me i'm sorry i don't remember all i said i had a few, no, too many and they went straight to my head and made me feel like i could argue with god but you know it's easy for you you got friends all over the world you had the whole world waiting for your birth but now i ain't got nobody i don't know what my life's worth i'm not gonna call on you any more i'm sure you've got a million things to do all i was trying to do was to get through to you get through to you because when i die and i get up to your doors i don't even know if you're gonna let me in the place how come i gotta die to get a chance to talk to you face to face |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
well you followed me this far
did you find out what's inside can you tell me what i'm doing is it something i should hide i don't know for sure i don't wanna find out what i left there for i'm not scared and i'm not lonely saving all my money or my breath i'm not looking for an answer or anyone to second guess no you told me all your secrets and i filled you up with lies now i'm living honestly because i said goodbye i can't go home anymore i don't wanna find out what i left there for i'm not scared and i'm not lonely saving all my money or my breath i'm not looking for an answer i'm not asking anyone to second guess i was losing all my senses i was losing all control it was getting so offensive now you want me back for more and i just won't go if you think you know the answers you've got a lot of gall cause it gives you satisfaction knowing nothing at all i don't care anymore and i don't wanna find out what i left there for what i left there for i'm not scared and i'm not lonely saving all my money or my breath i'm not looking for an answer i'm not asking anyone to take a second guess no i'm not scared and i'm not lonely saving all my money or my breath yeah i'm not looking for an answer i'm not asking anyone to take a second guess no take a second guess yeah take a second guess yeah (hey) take a second guess yeah (hey) take a second guess yeah take a second guess (i can't talk to you) take a second guess (yeah, yeah i know) take a second guess (well i gotta go okay) take a second guess take a second guess (over one billion served) take a second guess oh yeah |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
You can go to the East
To find your, inner hemisphere. You say we're under the same sky babe, You're bound to realize, Honey, it's not that clear. I'm not your promise land I'm not your promise one I'm not your Land of Canaan, sweetheart, Waiting for you under the sun. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. Well the meanings changed (for what it's worth), It's just a senseless game. I should think of love, but it's fear every time I hear Your heart strain. It's not the fallen man, It's not the call of time, It's just the London skyline Telling me you're not mine. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. My blood is running dry, My skin is, my skin is growing thin For every time you find yourself You lose a little bit of me, from within. It's just a raging cycle, why can't we Bring it all to the end of the line. From inside this existence, sweetheart, Time is not on my side. I'm lonely tonight, I'm missing you now. I'm wanting your love and you're giving it out. I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight, I'm lonely tonight. I'm not your promised land, I'm not your promised one. I'm not your promised land, I'm not your promised one. I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, I'm not your Land of Canaan Sweetheart, Waiting for you under the sun, I'm lonely tonight. |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
everybody loves you
and they want to know your story you go riding out a mystery concealed in all your glory but when it comes to flesh and bones you remind me of shallot only made of shadows even though you're not i remember how i spent all my energy and time with affected conversation trying to pry inside your mind you are as beautiful as truth and as empty as a shell and i came to you one night and it made me feel like hell oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool everybody loves a hero an image to create the antithesis of everything inside ourselves we hate but you'd better close your eyes when it's time for them to die because you'd hate to think the life you'd built upon them was a lie oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool i resign myself to silence i will never blow your cover no one ever has to know who the hero took for lover but it comes to mind as you blaze on as brilliant as a star how many you've left behind how many casualties there are oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool |
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from Indigo Girls - Strange Fire (Expanded Edition) (1989)
i'm in search of greener pastures
don't like my garden's what i said although i'm working harder than last year i'm still deep in the red i am rowing as hard as i can and they're selling me up a stream i'm always one more step away from the american dream i got a chip on my shoulder about the size of a mental block i've got someone on the telephone trying to sell me a future in stock maybe i work too hard to be happy and i should practice letting go but it's hard not to rock the boat when you're sailing against the undertow i want to slide into the black and wear the black mask i might not get what i lack but it doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail i need my life to be breezier i said please god or someone make it easier i went to sunday school every sunday swallowed the bait and i got the hook when i needed something someday i would read the good book tell me what does it take to get ahead sometimes i know i'd sell my soul when it looks like everybody else is flying and i'm crawling in the hole well maybe if i open my own business maybe if i buy a lottery ticket someone tell me what is the secret to getting out of the thicket give me more than just a sample i need a whole lot of glory my life become an example of the american success story i want to slide into the black and wear the black mask i might not get what i lack but it doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail i need my life to be breezier i said please god or someone make it easier i want to slide into the black and wear the black mask i might not get what i lack but it doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail i need my life to be breezier i said please god or someone make it easier make it easier make it easier |
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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 - 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 - 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 - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
from the bowery to the brimstone i tried to find your heart with drugs of initiation the bottom of a barrel that drops i understand your causes sympathize the motivation but all the details of this war are just self-infatuation and it's 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go home manic blood runs thick my friend are you looking for a clean escape what's left when the locks have all been broken young children of authority now how long can you be agile dancing between the alter and the mercy seat yeah now here's a chance to make a choice are you aware of the fire beneath your feet 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go home the basement lies within us our fear comes through the door now there's nothing left between us as the fear becomes a roar once that wheel is in motion don't you lose what you have found i'm talking about that burning wheel of tongues everything that makes it go round and round we're all born in the devils scorn they want to see you die i'm asking you are you true everything they say is a lie it's a lie 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go 1 2 3 (we're all born) nothings for free (in the devils scorn) 1 2 3 (we're all born) nothings for free (in the devils scorn) everything they say it's a lie (we're all born) it's a lie now (in the devils scorn) everything they say it's a lie it's a lie now pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) -aca |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
From the bowery to the brimstone I tried to find your heart
The drugs of initiation, the bottom of a barrel that drops I understand your causes sympathize with motivation All the details of this war are just self-infatuation 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home Your manic blood runs thick my friend are you looking for a clean escape What's left when the locks have all been broken young children of authority Tell me how long can you be agile dancing between the alter and the merci seat Now here's a chance to make a choice are you aware of the fire beneath your feet 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home You better own up to me Yeah Yeah Go home The basement lies within us Our fear comes through the door Now there's nothing left between us As the fear becomes a roar Once that wheel is in motion don't lose what you have found We're talking bout the burning wheel of tongues everything that makes it go round and round We're all born in the devil's scorn he wants to see you die I'm asking you, "are you true", and everything they say is a lie is a lie now 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) And everything they say is a lie it's a lie now Everything they say is a lie it's a lie Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
From the bowery to the brimstone I tried to find your heart
The drugs of initiation, the bottom of a barrel that drops I understand your causes sympathize with motivation All the details of this war are just self-infatuation 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home Your manic blood runs thick my friend are you looking for a clean escape What's left when the locks have all been broken young children of authority Tell me how long can you be agile dancing between the alter and the merci seat Now here's a chance to make a choice are you aware of the fire beneath your feet 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home You better own up to me Yeah Yeah Go home The basement lies within us Our fear comes through the door Now there's nothing left between us As the fear becomes a roar Once that wheel is in motion don't lose what you have found We're talking bout the burning wheel of tongues everything that makes it go round and round We're all born in the devil's scorn he wants to see you die I'm asking you, "are you true", and everything they say is a lie is a lie now 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) And everything they say is a lie it's a lie now Everything they say is a lie it's a lie Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Clearing webs from the hovel
A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep, I always do. I see my fate on the surface I look a lot like Narcissus A dark aabyss of an emptiness Standing on the edge of a drowning blue. I look behind my ears for the green Even my sweat smells clean Glare off the white hurts my eyes. Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands, not just my head I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. I had a lot of good intentions Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension, Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting after making a decision I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts My life is part of the global life I'd found myself becoming more immobile When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything. A distant nation my community A street person my responsibility If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
Clearing webs from the hovel A blistered hand on the handle of a shovel I've been digging too deep, I always do. I see my fate on the surface I look a lot like Narcissus A dark aabyss of an emptiness Standing on the edge of a drowning blue. I look behind my ears for the green Even my sweat smells clean Glare off the white hurts my eyes. Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail Learn how to use my hands, not just my head I think myself into jail Now I know a refuge never grows From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose. I had a lot of good intentions Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension, Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts But my life is more than a vision The sweetest part is acting after making a decision I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts My life is part of the global life I'd found myself becoming more immobile When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything. A distant nation my community A street person my responsibility If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
i've taken so many down
i've helped them all to dismount i've followed so many down i take their hand me downs all with hope all with hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness all with hope all with hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all everything that i believe crawls from underneath the streets everything i truly love comes from somewhere far above everything that i believe is wrong with you is wrong with me everything i truly love i love in you and i love in me so give me hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all you swear you can't swim the river (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) but i saw you running to jump in (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) i swore i'd never be your sinner (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) til i held your sin hand me downs now you ask me why i'm here the same as you i'm scared - it's fear i've become the beggar now and you've become the saint somehow twist the words and place the blame and tell me now aren't we the same tripping in our yellow feet checking underneath our sheets for some hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness give me hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
I've taken so many down, I've helped them all to dismount. I've followed so many down, I take their hand me downs. All with hope, all with ope that Emptiness brings fullness and Loss of love brings wholeness to all. Everything that I believe crawls from underneath the streets. Everything I truly love comes from somewhere high above. Everything that I believe is wrong with you is wrong with me. Everything I truly love I love in you I love me. So give me hope, give me hope that Emptiness brings fullness and Loss of love brings wholeness to us all. Swear you can't swim the river, I saw you running to jump in. I swore I would never by your sinner, Until I help your sin. Now you ask me why I'm here. The same as you, I'm scared, it's fear. I've become the beggar now, you've become the saint somehow. Twist the words and place the blame, tell me now, aren't we the same? Tripping in our yellow feet, checking underneath our sheets, For some hope, give me hope that Emptiness brings fullness and Loss of love brings wholeness to us all. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
i've taken so many down
i've helped them all to dismount i've followed so many down i take their hand me downs all with hope all with hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness all with hope all with hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all everything that i believe crawls from underneath the streets everything i truly love comes from somewhere far above everything that i believe is wrong with you is wrong with me everything i truly love i love in you and i love in me so give me hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all you swear you can't swim the river (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) but i saw you running to jump in (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) i swore i'd never be your sinner (i've become the beggar now) (you've become the saint somehow) til i held your sin hand me downs now you ask me why i'm here the same as you i'm scared - it's fear i've become the beggar now and you've become the saint somehow twist the words and place the blame and tell me now aren't we the same tripping in our yellow feet checking underneath our sheets for some hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness give me hope give me hope that emptiness brings fullness and loss of love brings wholeness to us all |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
for you
i would tattoo me with lines crossing into a hand and a heart that would never bleed with the twilight and the horse drawn on my arm standing for an addiction pray we go unharmed here is my love and anger you see now these are my gods these are my scars here is my love and anger well these arms are burning but they're open wide some things i hold too tightly some things i'll never i'll never touch oh but i'm wearing down the stones in the river and you see all my life i've painted with anger's brush now, now could you lift me through my love and anger you see now these are your gods these are my scars lift me through my love and anger ah and my arms are burning but they're open wide oh you precious kid i have a motion and it's just for you i see a warrior barefoot and dancing oh with tears of pain and beauty and all of this is true for you lift me through my love and anger you see now these are my gods these are your scars lift me through my love and anger oh and my arms are burning and they're open wide pointing out the graveyards i will be the reaper if you will be the keeper of my heart i will be the reaper if you will be the keeper of my heart you are the keeper of this heart of my heart |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
For you, I would tattoo me With lines crossing into a hand, and a heart that would never bleed. The twilight and the horse Drawn on my arm Standing for addiction, Pray we go unharmed. here is my love and anger these are my gods, these are my scars here is my love and anger my arms are burning, but they're open wide. Some things, I hold too tightly. Some things, I'll never I'll never touch. I'm wearing down the stones In the river All my life, I've painted With anger's brush here is my love and anger these are your gods, these are my scars lift me through my love and anger these arms are burning, but they're open wide. Oh, you precious kid I have a motion just for you. A warrior, barefoot and dancing With tears of pain and beauty All of this is true for you lift me through my love and anger these are my gods, these are your scars. lift me through my love and anger my arms are burning but they're open wide. Pointing out the graveyards I will be the reaper If you will be The keeper of my heart. |
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from Indigo Girls - Nomads/ Indians/ Saints (1990)
for you
i would tattoo me with lines crossing into a hand and a heart that would never bleed with the twilight and the horse drawn on my arm standing for an addiction pray we go unharmed here is my love and anger you see now these are my gods these are my scars here is my love and anger well these arms are burning but they're open wide some things i hold too tightly some things i'll never i'll never touch oh but i'm wearing down the stones in the river and you see all my life i've painted with anger's brush now, now could you lift me through my love and anger you see now these are your gods these are my scars lift me through my love and anger ah and my arms are burning but they're open wide oh you precious kid i have a motion and it's just for you i see a warrior barefoot and dancing oh with tears of pain and beauty and all of this is true for you lift me through my love and anger you see now these are my gods these are your scars lift me through my love and anger oh and my arms are burning and they're open wide pointing out the graveyards i will be the reaper if you will be the keeper of my heart i will be the reaper if you will be the keeper of my heart you are the keeper of this heart of my heart |
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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 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)
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 - 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)
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 - 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)
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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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 - 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 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)
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 - 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 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 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 - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
From the bowery to the brimstone I tried to find your heart
The drugs of initiation, the bottom of a barrel that drops I understand your causes sympathize with motivation All the details of this war are just self-infatuation 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home Your manic blood runs thick my friend are you looking for a clean escape What's left when the locks have all been broken young children of authority Tell me how long can you be agile dancing between the alter and the merci seat Now here's a chance to make a choice are you aware of the fire beneath your feet 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go home You better own up to me Yeah Yeah Go home The basement lies within us Our fear comes through the door Now there's nothing left between us As the fear becomes a roar Once that wheel is in motion don't lose what you have found We're talking bout the burning wheel of tongues everything that makes it go round and round We're all born in the devil's scorn he wants to see you die I'm asking you, "are you true", and everything they say is a lie is a lie now 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 Nothing's for free 4 5 6 Pick up the sticks And go 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) 1 2 3 (we're all born) Nothing's for free (in the devil's scorn) And everything they say is a lie it's a lie now Everything they say is a lie it's a lie Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) Pick up the sticks |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
from the bowery to the brimstone i tried to find your heart with drugs of initiation the bottom of a barrel that drops i understand your causes sympathize the motivation but all the details of this war are just self-infatuation and it's 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go home manic blood runs thick my friend are you looking for a clean escape what's left when the locks have all been broken young children of authority now how long can you be agile dancing between the alter and the mercy seat yeah now here's a chance to make a choice are you aware of the fire beneath your feet 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go home the basement lies within us our fear comes through the door now there's nothing left between us as the fear becomes a roar once that wheel is in motion don't you lose what you have found i'm talking about that burning wheel of tongues everything that makes it go round and round we're all born in the devils scorn they want to see you die i'm asking you are you true everything they say is a lie it's a lie 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go 1 2 3 nothings for free 4 5 6 pick up the sticks and go 1 2 3 (we're all born) nothings for free (in the devils scorn) 1 2 3 (we're all born) nothings for free (in the devils scorn) everything they say it's a lie (we're all born) it's a lie now (in the devils scorn) everything they say it's a lie it's a lie now pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) pick up the sticks (pick up the sticks) pick up the sticks and go home |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
Pain from pearls-hey little girl-
How much have you grown? Pain from pearls-hey little girl- Flower for the ones you've known. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Secret staircase, running high, You had a hiding place. Secret staircase, running low, But they all know, now you're inside. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Skipping stones, we know the price now, Any sin will do. How much further, if you can spin. How much further, if you are smooth. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. Are you on fire, From the years? What would you give for your Kid fears? Replace the rent with the stars above. Replace the need with love. Replace the anger with the tide. Replace the ones, the ones, the ones, that you love. |
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from Indigo Girls - Back On The Bus, Y'All (1991)
everybody loves you
and they want to know your story you go riding out a mystery concealed in all your glory but when it comes to flesh and bones you remind me of shallot only made of shadows even though you're not i remember how i spent all my energy and time with affected conversation trying to pry inside your mind you are as beautiful as truth and as empty as a shell and i came to you one night and it made me feel like hell oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool everybody loves a hero an image to create the antithesis of everything inside ourselves we hate but you'd better close your eyes when it's time for them to die because you'd hate to think the life you'd built upon them was a lie oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool i resign myself to silence i will never blow your cover no one ever has to know who the hero took for lover but it comes to mind as you blaze on as brilliant as a star how many you've left behind how many casualties there are oh to reach through all your surface just to find an empty pool and to suffer all your pride as i lay down by your side and you swallowed up my heart and left me a fool left me a fool |
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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 - 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 - 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 - Rites Of Passage (1992)
Up on the airplane
Nearer my God to Thee I start making a deal Inspired by gravity (inspired by gravity) If I did wrong, I won't do it again Cause I can be sweet and good and nice And if I had enemies, they're friends I hold on, to my life, with the grip of a vice... And I'm up the airplane (up on the airplane) Nearer my God to Thee (nearer my God thee) (count on the plane) I start making a deal Inspired by gravity (inspired by gravity) That little spot on the ground is my home town Like to call it my home and it's sweet I'd rather take a seat down there than a throne up here Up above 30,000 feet... And I'm up on the airplane... I never should've read my horoscope Or the fortune on the bubblegum strip Saying, "what you think won't happen will" Great thing to read before a trip... On an airplane... Thought says the big blue sky's like a swimming pool Big fluffy cloud's like a feather bed But I'd rather have a real pillow underneath my head Lying in my bed, which is in my hometown Which is on the ground Far from an airplane (My bed, my hometown) Far from an airplane (On the ground. My bed, my hometown) Far from an airplane (On the ground. My bed, my hometown) On the airplane [On the ground] [I'll be making a deal] I'm up on the airplane (On the ground) (I'll be making a deal) On the airplane (I'll be making a deal) (I'll be making a deal) (I'll be making a deal) |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
You dug a well
You dug it deep For every wife you buried You planted a cedar tree The best... The best you ever had... I stand where you stood I stand for bad or good And I am green And you are wood The best... The best he ever had... I dig a well I dig it deep And for my only love I plant a cedar tree The best... The best we ever had... |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
i am an only child
born of the wild riddled to spend my time defending my land you are my only one born in the sun riddled to spend your time defending my plan dead dog on the highway median cats are growling at me i turn my lights on brighter counting through the night ride and it's one more life for the taker chickenman one more song for the maker chickenman on the road to Athens i saw a dead deer on the highway i slipped into a desert five prairie dogs and a rabbit i was running down on queen street i saw a woman on the sidewalk she was beaten by a stranger danger danger danger nd it's one more life for the taker chickenman chicken-man chickenman hold my hand one more life for the maker hold my hand chickenman i was on the road to Austin i met a man on the highway he sold me junk and conversation he was wise and dirty from the weather i said darkness into darkness all the carnage of my journeys makes it hard to be living he said it's a long road to be forgiven and one more life for the taker chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand one more song for the maker chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand i am an only child born of the wild riddled to spend my time defending my land you are my only one born in the sun riddled to spend you time defending my plan i went looking for a car found myself beneath the stars i went looking for a girl found a man and his world chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand i am an only child hold my hand chickenman chickenman chickenman hold my hand |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
Galileo's head was on the block
The crime was looking up the truth And as the bombshells of my daily fears explode I try to trace them to my youth And then you had to bring up reincarnation Over a couple of beers the other night And now I'm serving time for mistakes Made by another in another lifetime How long 'til my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the resting soul, of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight And then I think about my fear of motion Which I never could explain Some other fool across the ocean years ago Must have crashed his little airplane How long 'til my soul gets it right? Could any human being ever reach that kind of light? I call on the resting soul, of Galileo King of night vision, king of insight I'm not making a joke, You know me, I take everything so seriously If we wait for the time 'til all souls get it right Then at least I know there'll be no nuclear annihilation In my lifetime, I'm still not right I offer thanks to those before me That's all I've got to say 'Cause maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime Now i have to pay... But then again it feels like some sort of inspiration To let the next life off the hook But she'll say "look what I had to overcome from my last life I think I'll write a book!" How long 'til my soul gets it right? Can any human being ever reach the highest light? Except for (the resting soul) Galileo, God rest his soul (of Galileo) King of night vision, king of insight... How long...? (until my soul gets it right) ('Til we reach the highest light) How long...? ('til my soul gets it right) ('Til we reach the highest light) How long... |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
There's a letter on the desktop
That I dug out of a drawer The last truce we ever came to From our adolescent war And I start to feel the fever From the warm air through the screen You come regular like seasons Shadowing my dreams And the Mississippi's mighty But it starts in Minnesota At a place that you could walk across With five steps down And I guess that's how you started Like a pinprick to my heart But at this point you rush right through me And I start to drown And there's not enough room In this world for my pain Signals cross, and love gets lost And time passed makes it plain Of all my demon spirits I need you the most I'm in love with your ghost I'm in love with your ghost Dark and dangerous like a secret (don't tell a soul) That gets whispered in a hush When I wake the things I dreamt about you (don't tell a soul) Last night make me blush Then you kissed me like a lover Then you sting me like a viper I go follow to the river Play your memory like the Piper And I feel it like a sickness How this love is killing me But I'd walk into the fingers of your fire willingly And dance the edge of sanity I've never been this close In love with your ghost Unknowing captor You'll never know much you Pierce my spirit But I can't touch you Can you hear it, a cry to be free... Oh, I'm forever under lock and key As you pass through me Now I see your face before me That would launch a thousand ships To bring your heart back to my island As the sand beneath me slips As I burn up in your presence And I know now how it feels To be weakened like Achilles With you always at my heels And my bitter pill to swallow Is the silence that I keep It poisons me, I can't swim free The river is too deep Though I'm baptized by your touch I am no worst at most In love with your ghost (In love) You are shadowing my dreams (with your ghost) (In love with your ghost) (In love with your ghost) |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
you said the world was magic
i was wide-eyed and laughing we were dancing up to the bright side forget about your ego forget about your pride and you will never have to compromise and you were only joking you were only joking brother we talked about our mothers kissed the wounds of our fathers i could have been your sister i would have been your brother you kissed me like i was a soldier headed for a war i dying man but i don't know what for and you were only joking you were only joking brother you were only joking (wide-eyed and laughing) you were only joking brother (dancing up to the bright side) gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet i bruised my heels on the swollen street we were girls in bars boys on the town bumping like a pinball off a careless crowd you said good friends are hard to come by i laughed and bought you a beer it's too corny to cry well sentiment given oh sentiment lost you shake it off with a smirk and a toss and you were only joking you were only joking brother you were only joking were only joking brother and you were only joking (gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet) you were only joking brother (i bruised my heels on the swollen street) you kissed me like a soldier heading for a war (joking) i'm a dying man (you were only joking) and you were only joking (don't know what for) (dying man) you were only joking brother (don't know what for) and you were only and you were only and you were only joking brother one two three four ah yeah sha la sha la sha la sha la sha la (wide eyed and laughing) sha la (dancing up to the bright side) sha la (wide eyed and laughing) sha la (dancing up to the bright side) |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
sticks and stones
battle zones a single light bulb on a single thread for the black sirens wail history fails rose-colored glass begins to age and crack while the politicians shadowbox the power ring in an endless split decision never solve anything from a neighbor's distant land i heard the strain of the common man let it be me (this is not a fighting song) let it be me (not a wrong for a wrong) let it be me if the world is night shine my life like a light well the world seems spent and the president has no good idea of who the masses are well i'm one of them and i'm among friends we're trying to see beyond the fences in our own backyards i've seen the kingdoms blow like ashes in the winds of change but the power of truth is the fuel for the flame so the darker the ages get there's a stronger beacon yet let it be me (this is not a fighting song) let it be me (not a wrong for a wrong) let it be me if the world is night shine my life like a light in the kind word you speak in the turn of the cheek when your vision stays clear in the face of your fear then you see turning out a light switch is their only power when we stand like spotlights in a mighty tower all for one and one for all then we sing the common call let it be me (this is not a fighting song) let it be me (not a wrong for a wrong) let it be me if the world is night shine my life like a light |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
Guess I wasn't the best one to ask
Me, myself, with my face pressed Up against love's glass To see the shiny toy I've been hoping for The one I never can afford The wide world spins and spits turmoil And the nations toil for peace The paws of fear upon your chest Only love can soothe that beast And my words are paper tigers No match for the predator of pain inside her I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through And where there's now one, there will be two I was born under the sign of Cancer... (love will come to you) Like brushing cloth, I smooth the wrinkles for an answer... (love will come) And I'm always closing my eyes (close my eyes) (Wish you fine) And wishing I'm fine (Even though I) Even though I'm not this time (know your not this time) And I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through Where there's now one there will be two Dodging your memories (dodging you memories) A field of knives Always on the outside looking in On other's lives I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through (I have offered up to you) Where there's now one there will be two And I wish her insight To battle love's blindness Strength from the milk of human kindness A safe place for all The pieces that scatter Learn to pretend There's more Than love That matters... |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
Guess I wasn't the best one to ask
Me, myself, with my face pressed Up against love's glass To see the shiny toy I've been hoping for The one I never can afford The wide world spins and spits turmoil And the nations toil for peace The paws of fear upon your chest Only love can soothe that beast And my words are paper tigers No match for the predator of pain inside her I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through And where there's now one, there will be two I was born under the sign of Cancer... (love will come to you) Like brushing cloth, I smooth the wrinkles for an answer... (love will come) And I'm always closing my eyes (close my eyes) (Wish you fine) And wishing I'm fine (Even though I) Even though I'm not this time (know your not this time) And I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through Where there's now one there will be two Dodging your memories (dodging you memories) A field of knives Always on the outside looking in On other's lives I say love will come to you Hoping just because I spoke the words that they're true As if I offered up a crystal ball to look through (I have offered up to you) Where there's now one there will be two And I wish her insight To battle love's blindness Strength from the milk of human kindness A safe place for all The pieces that scatter Learn to pretend There's more Than love That matters... |
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from Indigo Girls - Rites Of Passage (1992)
As I drive, from your pearly gates
I realize, that I just can't stay All those mountains, they kept you locked inside And hid the truth, from my slighted eyes I came to you with a half-open heart Dreams upon my back, illusions of a brand new start Nashville, can't I carry the load Is it my fault, I can't reap what i sow Nashville, did you give me half a chance With your southern style, and your hidden dance away You dance away And you dance away All these voices, they whisper through my walls They talk of falling fast, they say I'm losing it all They say I'm running blind to love of my own But I'll be walking proud, I'm saving what i still own I fell on my knees to kiss your land But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand In Nashville you forgot the human race You see with half a mind what colors hide the face Nashville, I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today I've seen 'em today Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today Now I'm leaving I've got all these debts to pay You know we all have our dues, I'll pay 'em some other place Ah, I never ask that you pay me back We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had Your town is made for people passing through A last chance for a cause I thought I knew But Nashville, you tell me what you are gonna do With all your southern style, it'll never pull you through Nashville, I can't place no blame But if you forget my face, I'll never call your name again No never again, no never again I fell on my knees to kiss your land But you are so far down, and i can't even see to stand In Nashville you forgot the human race You see with half a mind what colors hide the face Nashville, I'd like to know your fate I'd like to stay a while But I've seen your lowered states today I've seen 'em today Honey, I swear I've seen 'em today I'm running away, I'm running away I'm running, I'm running I'm running away |
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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 - 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 - 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 Philadelphia (필라델피아) by Howard Shore [ost] (1993)
I can tell by your eyes That youve probably been crying forever And the stars in the sky Dont mean nothing to you theyre a mirror I dont wanna talk about it How you broke my heart If I stay here just a little bit longer If I stay here wont you listen to my heart My heart If I stand all alone Will the shadows hide the color of my heart Will they be blue for the tears Black for the nights we spent apart And the stars dont mean nothing to you Theyre a mirror I dont wanna talk about it How you broke my heart Oh if I stay, if I stay here Wont you listen to my heart I dont wanna talk about it How you broke my heart If I stay, if I stay here just a little bit longer If I stay here wont you listen to my heart If I stand all alone Will the shadows hide the colors of my heart |
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from The Wonder Years (캐빈은 12살) [ost] (1994)
Get Together. Love is but a song we sing And fear's the way we die. You can make the mountains ring Or make the angels cry. Tho' the bird is on the wing And you may not know why. - - C'mon, people now Smile on your brother Ev'rybody get together Try to love one another right now. Some will come and some will go And we shall surely pass. When the one that left us here Returns for us at last. We are but a moment's sunlight Fading in the grass. - - If you hear the song we sing You will understand. You hold the key to love and fear In your trembling hand. Just one key unlocks them both It's there at your command. - |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
we were down at dead man's hill
smoking vines like cigarettes looking through the trashy mags trying to feel what's coming next you told me of crashing cars older brothers and late night bars i told you what i feel most and you kept it like a ghost forever don't you write it down remember this in your head don't take a picture remember this in your heart don't leave a message talk to me face to face talk to me face to face lying on the bright blue jumping mat dinner bell is ringing barking dogs and model planes and the sound of passing trains we watch for bonfires in the sky on the beach in july spin the bottle steal the kiss postcards to the one i miss forever the one i miss forever don't you write it down remember this in your head don't take a picture remember this in your heart i'll leave a message when everything comes apart (talk to me face to face) [talk to me face to face] (everything comes apart) i'll leave a message when everything comes apart i remember cats on fire gasoline a burning spiral standing underneath the night fighting back with all my might empty cans and charred remains find them in the heat of day on the top of dead man's hill this is what i know of shame forever |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
Fare thee well my bright star i watched your taillights blaze into nothingness but you were long gone before i ever got to you before you blazed past this address and now i think of having loved and having lost you never know what it's like to never love who can say what's better and my heart's become the cost a mere token of a brighter jewel sent from up above fare thee well my bright star the vanity of youth the color of your eyes maybe if i'd fanned the blazing fire of your day to day of if i'd been older i'd been wise to thick the heat of those long summer evenings for a cool evening i began to yearn but you could only feel upon the things which feed a fire waiting to see if i would burn fare thee well my bright star it was a brief brilliant miracle dive that which i looked up to and i clung to for dear life had to burn itself up just to make itself alive i caught you then in your moment of glory your last dramatic scene against a night sky stage with a memory so clear it's as if you're still before me my once in a lifetime star of an age so fare thee well my bright star last night the tongues of fire circled my around this strange season of pain will come to pass when the heating hands of autumn cool me down
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
I'm harboring a fugitive a defector of a kind she lives in my soul drinks of my wine and i'd give my last breath to keep us alive are they coming for us with cameras or guns we don't know which but we gotta run you say this is not what i bargained for so hide yourself for me all for me we swore to ourselves we'd go to the end of the world but i got caught up in whirl and the twirl of it all a day in the sun dancing alone baby i'm so sorry now now it's coming to you the lessons i've learned won't do you any good you've got to get burned the curse and the blessing they're one in the same baby it's all such a treacherous gain hide yourself from me i said hide yourself from me all for me i stood without clothes danced in the sand i was aching with freedom kissing the damned i said remember this as how it should be baby i said it's all in our hands got to learn to respect what we don't understand we are fortunate ones fortunate ones i swear so hide yourself for me i will hide myself for you all for you i stood
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
I don't know if it was real or in a dream lately waking up i'm not sure where i've been there was a table set for six and five were there i stood outside and kept my eyes upon that empty chair and there was steam on the windows from the kitchen laughter like a language i once spoke with ease but i'm made mute by the virtue of decision i choose most of your life goes on without me oh the fear i've known that i might reap the praise of strangers and end up on my own all i've sown was a song but maybe i was wrong i said to you the one gift which i'd adore unwrap a package of the next 10 years unfolding but you told me if i had my way i'd be bored right then i knew i loved you best born of your scolding when we last talked we were lying on our backs looking up at the sky through the ceiling i used to lie like that alone out on the driveway trying to read the greek upon the stars the alphabet of feeling oh i knew back then it was a calling that said if joy then pain the sound of the voice these years later is
still the same i am alone in a hotel room tonight i squeeze the sky out but there's not a star appears begin my studies with this paper and this pencil and i'm working through the grammar of my fears mercy what i won't give to have the things that mean the most not to mean the things i miss unforgiving the choice still is the language or the kiss |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
I sit two stories above the street it's awful quiet here since love fell asleep there's life down below me though the kids are walking home from school some long ago when we were taught that for whatever kind of puzzle you got you just stick the right formula in a solution for every fool i remember the time when i came so close with you sent me skipping my class and running from school and i bought you that ring cause i never was cool what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated so i just sit up in the house and resist and not be seen until i cease to exist a kind of conscientious objection a kind of dodging the draft the boy and girl are holding hands on the street and i don't want to but i think you just wait it's more than just eye to eye learn the things i could never apply i remember the time when i came so close to you i let everything go it seemed the only truth and i bought you that ring it seemed the thing to do what makes me think i could start
clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated oh i'm just a mirror of a mirror of myself the things that i do the next time i fall i'm gonna have to recall it isn't love it's only something new i sit two stories above the street it's awful quiet here since love fell asleep there's life down below me though the kids are walking home from school i'm remembering the time when i came so close with you skipping my class and running from school and i bought you that ring cause i never was cool what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated what makes me think i could start clean slated the hardest to learn was the least complicated least complicated |
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from Indigo Girls - Swamp Ophelia (1994)
Each time you'd pull down the driveway i wasn't sure when i would see you again yours was a twisted blind-sided highway no matter which road you took then oh you set up your place in my thoughts moved in and made my thinking crowded now we're out in the back with the barking dogs my heart the red sun your heart the moon clouded i could go crazy on a night like tonight when summer's beginning to give up her fight and every thought's a possibility and voices are heard but nothing is seen why do you spend this time with me maybe an equal mystery so what is love then is it dictated or chosen does it sing like the hymns of 1000 years or is it just pop emotion and if it ever was here and it left does it mean it was never true and to exist it must elude is that why i think these things of you but i could go crazy on a night like tonight when summer's beginning to give up her fight and every thought's a possibility and voices are heard but nothing is seen why do you spend this time with me maybe an equal mystery oh
but you like the taste of danger it shines like sugar on your lips and you like to stand in the line of fire just to show you can shoot straight from your hip there must be a 1000 things you would die for i can hardly think of two but not everything is better spoken aloud not when i'm talking to you oh the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight breaks a bottle to christen her basking in the exploits of her thief she's a very good listener and maybe that's all that we need is to meet in the middle of impossibility standing at opposite poles equal partners in a mystery we're standing at opposite poles equal partners in a mystery |
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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 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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