Why do you stand by the window. Abandoned to beauty and pride. The thorn of the night in your bosom. The spear of the age in your side. Lost in the rages of fragrance.
When it all went down. And the pain came through. I get it now. I was there for you. Don't ask me how. I know it's true. I get it now. I was there for you.
I've never seen your eyes so wide. I've never seen your appetite quite this occupied. Elsewhere is your feast of love. I know where long ago we agreed to keep it light.
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers. Who said they were through with dealing. Every time you gave them shelter. I know that kind of man, it's hard to hold the hand of anyone.
Un Canadien Errant (A wandering Canadian,). Banni de ses foyers, (banned from his hearths,). Parcourait en pleurant (travelled while crying). Des pays etrangers. (in foreign lands.).
I finally broke into the prison,. I found my place in the chain.. Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows,. All the brave young men. They're waiting now to see a signal.
When they poured across the border. I was cautioned to surrender. This I could not do. I took my gun and vanished.. . I have changed my name so often.
And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight. I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be right. But whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor.
Don't really know who sent me. To raise my voice and say. May the lights in The Land of Plenty. Shine on the truth some day.. . I don't know why I come here,.
How many times did you call me. And I knew it was late. I left everybody. But I never went straight. I don't claim to be guilty. But I do understand. There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand.
You never liked to get. The letters that I sent.. But now you've got the gist. Of what my letters meant.. You're reading them again,. The ones you didn't burn..
Give me back my broken night. My mirrored room, my secret life. It's lonely here,. There's no one left to torture. Give me absolute control. Over every living soul.
It`s going to happen very soon.. The great event which will end the horror.. Which will end the sorrow.. Next Tuesday, when the sun goes down,. I will play the Moonlight Sonata backwards..
One by one, the guests arrive. The guests are coming through. The open-hearted many. The broken-hearted few. And no one knows where the night is going.
I caught the darkness, it was drinking from your cup. I caught the darkness drinking from your cup. I said is this contagious?. You said just drink it up..
The sea so deep and blind. The sun, the wild regret. The club, the wheel, the mind,. O love, aren't you tired yet?. The club, the wheel, the mind. O love, aren't you tired yet?.
I fought against the bottle,. But I had to do it drunk. Took my diamond to the pawnshop. But that don't make it junk.. . I know that I'm forgiven,. But I don't know how I know.
I came upon a butcher,. He was slaughtering a lamb,. I accused him there. With his tortured lamb.. . He said, Listen to me, child,. I am what I am and you, you are my only son..
Now the Captain called me to his bed. He fumbled for my hand. "Take these silver bars," he said. "I'm giving you command.". "Command of what, there's no one here.
I was dancin' with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz. When an old friend I happened to see. I introduced him/her to my loved one and while they were dancin'.