Nick Reynolds/Bob Shane/John Stewart. . I got a gal, she's ten feet tall, sleeps in the kitchen with her feet in the hall. Honey, let me be your salty dog..
Woody Guthrie. . Sally, Sally, Sally, don't you grieve. (Well-a, well now) (Repeat twice). And I told her not to grieve after me.. . Well, its when I'm gone, Sally, don't you grieve. (Repeat twice).
Ain't no use to sit and cry. You'll be an angel by and by. . Ain't no use to sit and cry. (Ain't no use to sit and cry). You'll be an angel by and by.
Watch my eyes, now, they're spinning round. I'm gonna cut you to the ground. Like bullets from a machine gun. Watch out, 'cause here I come. . I've got petrol on my tongue.
Better bite your tongue now. Better lock up your jaw. Better pull the blinds down. Better close all your doors. . Its the taste that you get when youre lying.
Hope, everybody needs hope. Some kind of peace of mind. That they can call their own. . And everybody needs love. Just a little trust, 'cause sometimes.
Have you met my sister Magpie?. She wants to have a piece of your mind. Among the bright young things she keeps. She's a relic from the 70's. . Sister Magpie tried to steal the moon.
Tears on the phone, 'round midnight. You assume that I will be alone. She hurt you once, hurt you twice. You keep asking for my advice. . How many times you have to hear the truth.
The smell of soap and cigarettes. A litter bin of social debts. I never learnt I never learn. You've got to laugh I just get burned. . Head in a vice, do it up tight.
I resolve to find the truth. Speak words that carry. I resolve to find the truth. . I resolve to find the truth. Speak words that carry. I resolve to find the truth.
When past sometimes takes you with soft hands. Forcelessly pulls you to your chair. Hides you away from these half days. Sunless at the end of the year.
From my seat I see the fields move by. Car starts, it's been a long, long time. It's the first time, I see summer on the Westhill. . I lean back and let my eyes just go.
One, two, one, two. . I walked around for hours, two ten pence pieces in my hand. I was alone freezing, still trying hard to understand you. . I left the others knowing, I had to work this by myself.
Five weeks in a prison, I made no friends. There's more time to be done but I've got a week to spend. I didn't pay much attention first time around. Now you're hard not to notice, right here in my town.
Things seem so much better when. They're not part of your close surroundings. Like words in a letter sent. Amplified by the distance. Possibilities and sweeter dreams.
He won't touch you anymore,. Staying at his side.. Half indifferent, half afraid,. It will only make you cry.. . What is given can't be returned.. The cards are in our hands..
We take what's dead. And breathe life in. And move like knives. Through scars on land. . Still untouched. No stain of hands. Caramelized. In a tilted light.
As the round comes to an end we go around it. again till we've got no need to pretend. you'll find an endless space in there and it's in. every word you say.
As the round comes to an end we go around it. again till we've got no need to pretend. you'll find an endless space in there and it's in. every word you say.