Father says it, mother says it Sister says it, brother says it Uncle says it, Auntie says it Everyone at the party says Babe, I’m on fire Babe, I’m on fire The horse says it, the pig says it The judge in his wig says it The fox and the rabbit And the nun in […]
She passed by my window Her eyes were all aglow And bent to pick her glove she’d dropped From the bright and brittle snow Nature had spoken it in the Spring With apple, plum and brand new pear Have you time for my company? No, I said, I have none to spare You gotta sanctify […]
Let me say this to you I’ll be steadfast and true And my love will never falter The sea would crash about us The waves would lash about us I’ll be your Rock of Gibraltar Sometimes it’s hard And we’re both caught off guard But there’s nothing I would ever alter The wind could howl […]
There is a town Where I was born Far far away Across the sea And in that town Where I was born I would dream That one day I would leave And cross the sea And so it goes And so it seems That God lives only in our dreams In our dreams And now […]
The cops are hanging around the house The cars outside look like they’ve got the blues The moon don’t know if it’s day or night Everybody’s creeping around with plastic covers on their shoes You’re making coffee for everyone concerned Someone points to this and someone points to that Everyone is saying that you should […]
She sat in a wicker chair, her eyes they were downcast She breathed in the future, by breathing out the past The die is done, the die is shook, the die is duly cast There is a dead man in my bed, she said That smile you see upon his face It’s been there for […]
This garden that I built for you That you sit in now and yearn I will never leave it, dear I could not bear to return And find it all untended With the trees all bended low This garden is our home, dear And I got nowhere else to go So bring it on Bring […]
Please forgive me If I appear unkind But any fool can tell you It’s all in your mind Down in the meadow The old lion stirs Puts his hand ‘cross his mouth He has no use for words Poor little girl With your handful of snow Poor little girl Had no way to know And […]
In his boat and through the dark he rowed Chained to oar and the night and the wind that blowed Horribly ’round his ears Under the bridge and into your dreams he soars While you lie alone in that idea-free sleep of yours That you’ve been sleeping now for years And he wants you He […]
Come in, babe Across these purple fields The sun has sunk behind you Across these purple fields That idiot-boy in the corner Is speaking deviated truths Come on, admit it, babe It’s a wonderful life If you can find it If you can find it If you can find it It’s a wonderful life that […]
