1. |
River Song
02:47
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A foghorn blows
And the kitchen light flickers
It’s like a disease
We pray on our knees
The silver coins
Are ringing in her pockets
When I found you
They were all around you
The river’s dark
There’s a castle at the bottom
The boat is sinking
And I’ve been thinking
That she’s the one
That keeps us in the shadows
Under the gallows
In the shadows
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2. |
Elephant Song
06:23
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At the window
Where the weeds grow
One more word for you to hear
Our father’s strip mall
Our mother’s bird call
One more carnival this year
By the river
An Indian giver
One more day and no more fear
Another midnight
Fluorescent midnight
One more day and we’ll be free
One more elephant to see
One more day and we’ll be free
Another feeling
Cathedral ceiling
One more miracle today
With our handcuffs
And with our true loves
One more soul to give away
Another midnight
Fluorescent midnight
One more day and we’ll be free
One more elephant to see
One more day and we’ll be free
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3. |
Abandoned Town
04:26
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The solar wind falls
And the night turns cherry red
And off the brick wall
Reflecting all the things we said
The silver spaceships
They hold your head in the cradle dawn
The silver rake slips
On the rocks in a desert song
And with the boat man
And in the road when the rain comes down
And where the bride stands
Another ghost in an abandoned town
And with the power lines
And with the dust and the evening sky
And with the mountain lion
It’s in the desert where the seagulls fly
And on the front line
There’s a woman and a child
And for the first time
They light a fire and they’re running wild
And when the dog runs
And when the oceans all turn black
And with the red sun
And we won’t find our way back
We won’t go back
The sky’s a blindfold
The child sleeps, I can hear the sound
And when the earth’s cold
And I’m the last one on the ground
I’ll find god
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4. |
Paper Thin Hotel
05:42
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The walls of this hotel are paper-thin
Last night I heard you making love to him
The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb
The grunt of unity when he came in
I stood there with my ear against the wall
I was not seized by jealousy at all
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I learned that love was out of my control
I listened to your kisses at the door
I never heard the world so clear before
You ran your bath and you began to sing
I felt so good I couldn't feel a thing
I stood there with my ear against the wall
I was not seized by jealousy at all
In fact a burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I learned that love was out of my control
And I can't wait to tell you to your face
And I can't wait for you to take my place
You are the naked angel in my heart
You are the woman with her legs apart
It's written on the walls of this hotel
You go to heaven once you've been to hell
A heavy burden lifted from my soul
I heard that love was out of my control
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