I walked through walls to be with you In the early nighttime morning came so soon And on Thursday night New York glowed I was in your arms black water flowed
And if you were told Would you ever know
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
And while we lie he is alone Wide eyed lonely and dreaming of home There is nothing more that I can say I Just close my eyes let you carry me away
And if you were told Would you ever know
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
Love is always looking for an open grave To lay down unfold its arms and die
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
Laura has the brightest eyes Laura has the brightest eyes
The child is an acrobat He walks upon the wire Knowing well that he might fall Still he climbs up higher
If he should slip He will surely die And his body will break and his soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream He will leave this world and become a dream
My father was a sailor He lived upon the water Knowing well that he might drown He sailed beyond the harbor
If he should fall He will surely die And his body will sink and his soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream He will leave this world to become a dream He will leave this world to become a dream
Nothing will change Time goes by and nothing will
My love she is my saving gracev She holds me through the winter Knowing well that I will leave Still she holds me closer
And if my heart should break I will surely die And my blood will flow and my soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream We will leave this world and become a dream We will leave this world and become a dream
I walked through walls to be with you In the early nighttime morning came so soon And on Thursday night New York glowed I was in your arms black water flowed
And if you were told Would you ever know
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
And while we lie he is alone Wide eyed lonely and dreaming of home There is nothing more that I can say I Just close my eyes let you carry me away
And if you were told Would you ever know
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
Love is always looking for an open grave To lay down unfold its arms and die
Do you see me tonight With the coins on my eyes Love's sweet surprise The light upon your face And all the lovers at war That roll down the line Love felt so fine The light upon your face
Laura has the brightest eyes Laura has the brightest eyes
Like an ugly James Dean I was waiting for you But I was never what you were looking for I remember all the days I tasted you on my lips I was in a haze I was in a haze
You know it's so hard to let you go Feeling so down yeah I was low Leave it to die and then divide Kiss me goodbye Kiss me goodbye
Baby make the bed and just destroy it again Like you always did like you did before I heard you call my name from the top of the stairs It'll never be the same It'll never be the same
You know it's so hard to let you go Feeling so down yeah I was low Leave it to die and then divide Kiss me goodbye Kiss me goodbye
Does anybody else here feel half alive Staring out the corner of your eyes
You know it's so hard to let you go Feeling so down yeah I was low Leave it to die and then divide Kiss me goodbye Kiss me goodbye
Back then when the heartbreak came yeah it hit me pretty hard I waved hello and goodbye to the ghosts on the boulevard Well oh my baby, you're so sweet it makes me cry Well oh my baby, you're so sweet it makes me cry
You're so sweet You're so sweet You're so sweet I wanna cry La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la
Locked up with the dope fiends honey just trying to sympathize He turned and looked at me with his cold dead blood red drag queen eyes Well oh my baby, you're so sweet it makes me cry Well oh my baby, you're so sweet it makes me cry
You're so sweet You're so sweet You're so sweet I wanna cry La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la
Your former lover is leaving checking out not coming back The downtown trains have taken him screaming on down the track There is a terrible taste on his tongue from the chemicals He's gonna spit his blood all over the dope white walls
You're so sweet You're so sweet You're so sweet I wanna cry La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la
Late in the summer children run without clothes Chill of the winter not far down the road And in the windows are silhouettes of husbands and wives Watching in silence till the evening arrives And there all around insects scream in the trees The promise of rain can be heard on the breeze
Oh Lord,Oh lord we break so easy Oh Lord,Oh lord we shatter like glass
The headlights glow and the sky will soon be black The freeway riders are rolling, heading back Heading back home
A dark haired woman is driving the roads Breathing deeply she don't mind being alone
I spend my nights in the reservoir Saying prayers for the passing cars
Let me carry your bags Let me lighten your load Let me mellow your mind as we drive down the road
Oh Lady Memphis let me ride Your beautiful slide guitar suicide I'll find you baby don't try to hide You know love is true and it ain't no lie Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels
Baby take off your clothes And roll with me Baby nobody knows That you're here with me
Oh Lady Memphis let me ride Your beautiful slide guitar suicide I'll find you baby don't try to hide You know love is true and it ain't no lie Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels
Well it's late in the day You say you got to go home I'll send you on your way Leave me on my own
Oh Lady Memphis let me ride Your beautiful slide guitar suicide I'll find you baby don't try to hide You know love is true and it ain't no lie Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels Tell me how it feels
Blue light of morning palm trees in rows The end of my affair with the west coast I was already dressed when she opened her mouth And decided to give up the ghost Helicopters the coast guard and radar screens The haunted and lonely technology I'll cut all my ties with the dead and the dying I have been wasting my time In need of a substance to steady my hands I'm gonna make the most of this day's plans Falling in love with the shivering engines Falling in love with the prettiest sound
I'm on your side Behind the frontlines
A tear in the fabric that no one could see But your heart was always unraveling I gathered the twine as it trailed from behind Collected it all in my coat The Pacific Ocean you claim as your own The vineyard the graveyard the grapes and the bones Falling in love with the weight of the water
Falling in love with the taste of the ghost
I'm on your side Behind the frontlines
On drugs in the dark with the one I love That my friends is where I wish I was Tied up in twine with the dead and the dying And dragging back home under her control She's looking for someone to settle her debts And I always settle for the silhouettes Falling in love with some back lighted stranger Falling in love and going into the red
No love No love Stop right where you are There's no use pretending There's nothing left to see below Love below Love our little window There's the sound of shouting explosions in the street
So sleep well tonight my dear Sleep sound shut out the noise you hear You know it gets harder with each passing year
No love No love Stop right where you are There's no use pretending
There's nothing left to see
Sleep well tonight my dear Sleep sound shut out the noise you hear You know it gets harder with each passing year
City in love City on fire City in love City on fire I awoke to find the city on fire
The child is an acrobat He walks upon the wire Knowing well that he might fall Still he climbs up higher
If he should slip He will surely die And his body will break and his soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream He will leave this world and become a dream
My father was a sailor He lived upon the water Knowing well that he might drown He sailed beyond the harbor
If he should fall He will surely die And his body will sink and his soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream He will leave this world to become a dream He will leave this world to become a dream
Nothing will change Time goes by and nothing will
My love she is my saving gracev She holds me through the winter Knowing well that I will leave Still she holds me closer
And if my heart should break I will surely die And my blood will flow and my soul will fly Into the night where the spirits scream We will leave this world and become a dream We will leave this world and become a dream