With a crooked smile and a heart-shaped face Comes from the West country where the birds sing bass She’s got a house-big heart where we all live And plead and council and forgive Her widow’s peak, her lips I’ve kissed Her glove of bones at her wrist That I have held in my hand Her […]
Black Hair - The Boatman's Call
Last night my kisses were banked in black hair And in my bed, my lover, her hair was midnight black And all her mystery dwelled within her black hair And her black hair framed a happy heart-shaped face And heavy-hooded eyes inside her black hair Shined at me from the depths of her hair of […]
I don’t believe in an interventionist God But I know, darling, that you do But if I did I would kneel down and ask Him Not to intervene when it came to you Not to touch a hair on your head To leave you as you are And if He felt He had to direct […]
They’re taking me down, my friend And as they usher me off to my end Will I bid you adieu? Or will I be seeing you soon? If what they say around here is true Then we’ll meet again Me and you My time is at hand, my dove They’re gonna pass me to that […]
When I get home, I’m gonna clean up my house When I get home, I’m gonna kick out that mouse When I get home, I’m gonna put things in order but right now, right right now, right now I’m a-roaming When I get home, I’m gonna make that call When I get home, I’m gonna […]
I’ve felt you coming girl, as you drew near I knew you’d find me, cause I longed you here Are you my destiny? Is this how you’ll appear? Wrapped in a coat with tears in your eyes? Well take that coat babe, and throw it on the floor Are you the one that I’ve been […]
For you dear, I was born For you I was raised up For you I’ve lived and for you I will die For you I am dying now You were my mad little lover In a world where everybody fucks everybody else over You who are so far from me Far from me So far […]
You found me at some party You thought I’d understand You barreled over to me With a drink in each hand I respect your beliefs, girl, And I consider you a friend, But I’ve already been born once, I don’t wanna to be born again. Your knowledge is impressive And your argument is good But […]
People just ain’t no good I think that’s well understood You can see it everywhere you look People just ain’t no good We were married under cherry trees Under blossom we made pour vows All the blossoms come sailing down Through the streets and through the playgrounds The sun would stream on the sheets Awoken […]
I remember a girl so very well The carnival drums all mad in the air Grim reapers and skeletons and a missionary bell O where do we go now but nowhere In a colonial hotel we fucked up the sun And then we fucked it down again Well the sun comes up and the sun […]
