Madeleine Peyroux

I remember what my daddy taught me
'Bout how one risky is in a cold ditch
And one more thing about good and evil
You can't tell which is which

Well, if the rest is lost and history
Or maybe wasted on a fool like me
And that these bare bones
Would leave me something after all

Old Hamlet's done now, dead and gone
And there's no ghost who walks
Poor ? tells you everything he knows
With no tongue to talk

It seems the truth is hidden where the sun don't shine
And I'm never certain if it's their's or mine
It's just the bare bones
They give you that much after all

They preached the gospel down in ?
They preached it in school
It never made much sense to me
Wonder if it was supposed to

You go on down a millionaires road
Watch a while, tell me what do you see
The truth itself, nothing but a gamble
It might or might not set you free

I guess, my old man was hard to read
And I don't really know what I believed
But in these bare bones
There's something lovely after all

My heart is like a hand me down
Made soft by older brothers
My body is like my father's house
The sin of generations

Damn the circumstances
Life is hard enough
Damn the bones that rattle
Faith is good enough

You shook the ground beneath my feet
My hopes turned into water
The house came crashing down on me
In the early morning hours

Damn the circumstances
Life is hard enough
Damn the bones that rattle
Faith is good enough

Now the lines are drawn
and we sleep in rags at dust
where all good will is gone
and the dreams we had went bust

Damn the circumstances
Life is hard enough
Damn the bones that rattle
Faith is good enough

I sit here content my thoughts and my feelings
Remembering who I used to be
The life I have now is much more appealing
No hurries no worries for me

A bench by the shore a coat for my pillow
A future with no guarantee
The world was a rat race and I had my fill oh
No hurries no worries for me

Homeless Happiness
My castle's the stars and the sea
Homeless Happiness
If this door is freedom then I've found the key

The house and the car, those people around us
Were really for you not for me
We worked for the dream, alas all that bound us
Were hurries and worries you see

Homeless Happiness
My castle's the stars and the sea
Homeless Happiness
If this door is freedom then I've found the key

I'm keeping my word I'm right where we parted
My story is simple enough
Since I left behind all the plans that we charted
No hurries no worries my love

Lose your keys under the house
Lose the button from your blouse
Lose the plastic diamond ring from the parade-
Lose the color in your lips
Lose the swingin' in your hips
But if you lose me in your grips
I must be saved-

Lose the harmonies we learned
Lose the taste of bread you earned
Lose the stash you always kept but never craved-
Lose your rhythm, lose your lines,
Lose your sense of passing time,
But if you lose me in your mind
I must be saved-

And if you find your conscience plagued
By some misplaced or righteous rage
Then lose yourself instead-
Till you remember to forget

Lose your passion and your hope
Lose the knotting in your rope
Lose your armor in the struggles that you brave-
Lose the children that you bore
Lose the battle, lose the war
But if you lose me in your core
I must be saved-

Lose your reverence for winners
Your patience with forgiveness
You don't have to be a master or a slave-
Lose your senses, lose your mind
Lose your faith in human kind,
But if you lose me down the line
I must be saved-

And if you find your conscience plagued
By some misplaced or righteous rage
Then lose yourself instead-
Till you remember to forget

Lose perfection for a start
Lose the dream you kept apart
Lose the chance to find another who'd behave
And then if you haven't yet
Lose your loser's last regret
For if you lose me in your net
I must be saved-

Lose the vows we never spoke
Lose the punch-line to the joke
Lose your innocence as if willingly you gave-
Lose the kettle and the pot
You can lose the best you've got
But if you lose me in your heart
I must be saved-

Instead of feeling bad
Be glad you got somewhere to go
Instead of feeling sad
Be happy you're not all alone
Instead of feeling low
Get high on everything you love

Instead of wastin' time
Feel good 'bout what you are dreaming of
Instead of trying to win
something you never understood
Just play the game you know eventually
you will you both look good
It's silly to pretend to have something you don't own
Just let her be a woman and you'll be her man

Instead of feelin' broke
Buck up and get yourself in the black
Instead of losing hope
Touch up the things that feel out of whack
Instead of being old
Be young because you know you are
Instead of feeling cold
Let sunshine into your heart
Instead of acting crazy chasing things
that make you mad
Keep your heart ahead,
it'll lead you back to what you have
With every step you are closer to the place
you need to be
It's up to you to let her love sweetly

Instead of acting crazy chasing things
that make you mad
Just keep your heart ahead,
it'll lead you back to what you have
With every step you are closer to the place
you need to be
But It's up to you to let her love sweetly

Instead of feeling bad
Be glad you got someone to love
Instead of feeling sad
Be happy there's a god above
Instead of feeling 'lone
Remember you are never on your own
Instead of feeling sad
Be happy that she's there at home
She's waitin' for you by the phone
So be glad she all your own

Instead of feeling bad
Get happy...
Waitin' for you by the telephone...
Don't get...
Back home,,,

I put on my gloves tonight, pull onto the road to San Berdu
They remind me of hustlers, confidence men, and you
My hands are warm beneath them, and easy on the wheel
Without your love and treachery the calm is all I feel

I shiver in the mirror, pull my belt across my hips
The leather's hard in bending as your fingers to my lips
I wrap it tightly in defense as if your arms were near
But for your love and treachery there's nothing left to fear

I'll take a glass of wine and recall the words you spoke
From the bottom of your cup, covered in spit and smoke
But in your voice I'll hear my own and recognize the crime
That all your love and treachery has ended up as mine

I see you in the rear view with just a passing glance
How your eyes shine, as if through mine, you'd see and understand
As if we'd played each other but never knew the score
And all was love and treachery but isn't anymore
That all was love and treachery but isn't anymore

Can I buy you something, can I stroke your hair,
Can I hold your hand and take you somewhere?
You're a young nobody, you're a perfect soul,
You're an empty altar that can make me whole.
Can I take you somewhere, can I wipe your tears,
Can I fill your pockets or befriend you here?
You're the final offer for the men who call,
My highest hiding place - Our lady of Pigalle.

Will you be. ascending in this midnight heat
On a flying buttress with stony feet?
In the revolutions we tear down your walls and then
Redeem you, reclaim you - Our Lady of Pigalle.

You're a young nobody, I'm a passing glance
In the mad injustice of eternal romance;
Beloved, broken into and caressed,
You will bridge the waters and I'll give you rest.
In the early hours when the streetlights fade,
For my inquisition and my last crusade,
You'll be savior, a reason for it all
And I'll be blessed and favored - Our Lady of Pigalle.

Will you be ascending in this midnight
On a flying buttress with stony feet?
In the revolutions we tear down your
Redeem you, reclaim you - Our Lady of Pigalle