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Rope Bridge Crossing
and i remember everything
sunrise on a blue horizon
with you, your hand in mine
i remember the things you said
said, "i'll be waiting, wait thru it all,
be there to catch you, after the fall
run through the red light, out of my (hair|head)
run from the darkness here to the day
and i dream of running
and in the dream i myself could run
and i feel the ground beneath my feet
and i move like music,
you move me, like music
head out of my way
head out to red light
"hold on" the dream says
head out of my life
you said "i'd be there"
now i'm treading very carefully
and i hope that i don't scream
and i hope that i don't fall
off your bridge, crossing over
sunny mountain, swollen riverfall
you said "i'd be there"
you said "i'd be there"
through it all
head out of my way
head of to red light
"hold on" the dream says
head out of my life
all over my way
head out to red light
"hold on" the dream says
head out of my life
you said "i'd be there"
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City Of No Sun
love me tenderly my darling
in the city of light and truth
for this moment forever sing
for my darling that i love you
city of no sun
no peace in my heart
you left me nothing
you left me broken
what's
what's
what's
love me
love me
outside the fields
in sunlight
the singing breeze
and the silence
lover release me
i can't feel i can't breathe
no heart no peace
no more nothing
long day long night
love rise
love rise
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That Was My Veil
it starts at daylight
i see him before my sad eyes
i hear him breathing
oh lover, need you to lead me
no never thought that you'd leave
that was my veil
that was my time
once held secret
but now lies
no words can heal my heart
inside i'm broken, now it's done
was she a pretty girl
does she have pretty hair
was she soft-spoken
was there a love there
that was my veil
that was my time
once held secret
but now lies
give back my veil
give back my time
no more secret
you give me lies
give me back my veil
give back my life
no more secret
you give me lies
lies
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Civil War Correspondent
words leave my heart dry
words can't save life
love has no place here
no joy, no tears
darling, time's changed
time leaves, time fades
please see through my eyes
save your tears for the next who dies
i shout but he don't hear
i put down on the page
darling spare me your tears
just send me the light of day
i shout but he don't hear
just put down on the page
darling spare me your tears
dear god please send me the light of day
feel his heart wired
heart like gunfire
gunfire
gunfire
gunfire
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Urn With Dead Flowers in a Drained Pool
i need your lie, darling love lies
and if you gave it to me, i'd hold it in the palm of my hand
like a good luck charm or a vice
and i'd reach up like a child to receive it
there is no more
there is no more
i got
take me inside your wall love lie
and if he took me, i'd hold him up to the light
like a god, or a good luck charm, or a vice
and i'd open up like a child to believe it
there is no more
there is no more
i got
no
there is no more
there is no more
i got
and still you can't give your peace to me
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jesus save me
jesus save me
can i tell you something
can i tell you a story
it's about me and billy
because i remember
i remember it all started when he bought that car
it was the first thing he ever owned apart from me
and the color was red
and the color was red and he drove me
he drove me out of my mind
i'm over that now
it was spring or summer 65 i don't remember
steaming and sweating and sticking against the wheel
and i could see the tendons stand out in the back of his neck
and he used to make me pray, wearing a mask like a death's head
when he put me there in the back seat, and he said
jesus save me
jesus save me
and everybody's father is hated for what he was saying
and he doesn't
he'd reluctantly cut loose inside
i would feel really i would feel really and truly alive
and i would do anything for him,
it just wasn't enough
it was never enough, he'd turn to me and say
he'd, he'd say "even the son of god had to die, my darling"
and he'd
and he'd
he'd
jesus!
he'd make me pray
it was never enough, he's turn to me and say
he'd, he'd say "even the son of god had to die my darling"
come on, say it!
jesus save me
jesus save me
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Heela
i was lost in love
i was lost inside
till he said to me
you've gotta lovely smile
now i'm saved
saved
now i'm saved
now i'm saved
heal me with his hands
heal with his heart
when he said to me
no no we'd never part
heal me with his hands
heal with his heart
when he said to me
no no we'd never part
(she)
(she was a girl, got her hair done nice)
(she said "i've given all i got to my healer man)
(he put his hands on me, showed me what i am)
saved
when i got my healer by my side
i'm pushing daylight, pushing
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
when i got my healer by my side
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Un Cercle Autour Du Soleil
she lay
breathing
sunshine
between
time here
lingers
trace with
my finger
a circle
a circle
'round the sun
the sun
the sun
the sun
no more
laughter
since the
black come
but head down
get high
up there's
blue sky
and a circle
a circle
'round the sun
the sun
the sun
the sun
time here
lingers
can trace with
my fingers
a circle
a circle
'round the sun
the sun
the sun
the sun
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Is That All There Is?
i remember when i was a girl
our house caught on fire
and i'll never forget the look on my father's face
as he gathered me in his arms
and raced from the burning building out on the pavement
and i stood there shivering
and watched the whole world go up in flames
and when it was all over
i said to myself
is that all there is to a fire?
is that all there is?
is that all there is?
if that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze and have a ball
if that's all there is
and when i was twelve years old
my daddy took me to the circus
the greatest show on earth
and there were clowns
and elephants
dancing bears,
and a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads
and as i sat there watching
i had the feeling that something was missing
i don't know what
but when it was all over
i said to myself
is that all there is to the circus
is that all there is?
if that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze and have a ball
if that's all there is
and then i fell in love
with the most wonderful boy in the world
we'd take long walks down by the river
or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes
we were so very much in love
and then one day
he went away
and i'd thought i'd die
but i didn't
and when i didn't
i said to myself
is that all there is to love
is that all there is?
if that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep
i know what you must be saying to yourselves
if that's the way she feels about it
then why doesn't she just end it all
oh no. not me. i'm not ready for the final disappointment
cause i know just as well as i'm standing here talking to you
that when that final moment comes
and i'm breathing my last breath
i know what i'll be saying to myself
is that all there is?
is that all there is?
if that's all there is, my friends, then let's keep dancing
let's break out the booze and have a ball
if that's all there is
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Lost Fun Zone
i believe i am here to stay
i believe his son was sent to save
the fun zone is here
right free so
take me one more time
take me one more time
take me one more time
i don't beleive that i gotta die some day
please take me one more time
take me one more time
take me one more time
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