Esme Lyrics - Have One On Me - Joanna Newsom

I can feel a difference 

Today, a difference 

All of us, in our tents 

Fearing god like a mistress 

We lay on the rocks, in the sun 

Watching you and your mama row in 

I sat up and blinked when you appeared 

So pale you were nearly clear 

Later, I stumbled to my bed 

All alone in the branches 

I laid in the dark 

Thinking about all of my friends and their changes 

And I do not know if you know 

Just what you have done 

You are the sweetest one 

I have ever laid my eyes upon 

It's a beautiful town 

With the rain coming down 

Blackberry, rosemary 

Jimmy-crack-corn 

You've got the run of the place 

Now that you're running around 

And may kindness 

Kindness, kindness abound 

In this hour of our lives 

Hour of effortless plenty 

How do we know which parts of our hearts 

Want what with such base generosity 

Taking so many photographs, so amazed 

We've never seen a baby so newly born 

And, when the bulbs do flash as bright as morning 

The crowd keeps on gathering like an electric storm 

The phantom of love 

Moves among us at will 

Each phantom-limb lost 

Has got an angel 

So confused 

Like the wagging bobbed-tail of a bulldog 

Kindness, kindness prevails. 

Kindness prevails 

Ties and rails 

Ties and rails fall into line bearing kindness 

Where will you go, if not here 

What will you say when you write to us 

And this is a world of terrible hardship, everywhere 

And I search for words to set you at ease 

But there, in the looking-glass, a kite is soaring 

Stilling my warring heart and my trembling knees 

Clean as a breeze 

Bright as the day 

All of the people gather to say 

"Sweet Esme! 

Sweet Esme! 

Oh, oh, oh!" 

I believe love will always surround you 

Brave as a bear with a heart rare and true 

But if you are scared, if you are blue 

I have prepared this small song for you 

"Sweet Esme! 

Sweet Esme! 

Oh, oh, oh!" 

"Sweet Esme! 

Sweet Esme! 

Oh, oh, oh!" 

"Sweet Esme! 

Esme! 

"Sweet Esme! 

Sweet Esme! 

Oh, oh, oh!"