{Words & Music: Hazel O'Connor}. So you're born, so you're torn. From a place that's safe and warm. I took a journey to see a world. And you're born. And you're torn.
I woke up this morning. And I just had to thank God for my life. Just read through James book. Start to pray and I ask God for a wife. . It's a time of devotion.
Religious fanatic, that's what they say. True, I may be on the brink. I hear them yell at us, "Shut up and play". Well, who asked what you think?. . No time for mediocracy.
I peeked in to say goodnight. And I heard my child in prayer. "And for me some scarlet ribbons. Scarlet ribbons for my hair". All the stores were closed and shuttered.
So what becomes of those small unwanted souls. Who spend their lives breaking their backs?. Those who dig the gold for the rich and powerful. Who place their feet upon their necks?.
And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth. The sand is burning. And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight. Their courses turning.
I want to say yes to what you say. If there's a movement then I want to sway. Get a piece of the action, uh huh, uh huh. . And I want to see you in the crowd.
When she spoke her face was framed with suspended motion. Laughing at all her friends and their mothers notion. I raised to try to see if I could believe her.
Gonna take it step by step. Little by little, that's all. And though it may be a long time. If you and I'm strong, that's all. . Winter froze us like a blue Monday.
I want to know how it feels to be. Alone as it appears to me. As the start of the day is the end of the night. So the end of the night is the start of the day.
Spark and Cindy live by their own means. They wouldn't have if I'd only known where they'd been. And I want to make things a part of my life. And I want to see that things are going to be right.
Straighten your collar and smile 'cause you've never been lazy. 'Cause you in a style, call the shots every day. . Soul driver, don't hurry. It's my timing, it's not your worry.
There's wheat in the field. And water in the stream. And salt in the mine. And an aching in me. . I can no longer stand and wonder. 'Cos I'm driven by this hunger.
These are the best times. That you'll ever have. Don't throw it away because. You're younger that he is. . He's your father. And he'll help you. If you give him.
You were arriving. Of this I'm sure. You were just hiding. All around your door. . That would be telling. And it's not for free. You're all the rage. When you're out with me.
I'm sick of second chances. Cigarettes turn to ashes. I'm standing under street signs. To know the places I've been my whole life. . I watch the hours pass us.
So sad, so sad. So sad, so sad. I didn't want to love you. And you do want nothing at all. So sad, so sad. So sad, so sad. . There's a cold break in my dream.
If anyone rises at 6.31 and fakes all day that. They're having their fun. They never did get it right since they got it so low. . To anyone drinking the morning away.
The village girl, ain't it just the way?. Grows her hair long and paints her face. Nobody calls her anyway, it's a shame. . Here we go, she knows it all.
In a second hand car you ran away with him. You didn't get too far before he made you cry. And he beat on you, oh, he never treated you. More something on his shoe walk on by, on by.