Well, you wake the love that sleeps inside And dreamed that she had never died Wipe that tear but you don't know why Boy, you're pretty but you're just
Everyone wants to be part of the scene See themselves pretty in a magazine So when my life did read just like a book Out of corners and cracks they came
I'm takin' new answers to questions of yesterday I've seen you slide away When you cannot hold me, then I saw Colors that ruin you 'way Ttaken what you
And I'd rather watch a sunset Through cellophane and glass Then ask just why we fly So why you gotta rock the boat? Ain't it time for you to choke my
Please remember the nights that we spent In the city where you lay, we were young and nearly famous But lightning strikes, buildings fall, and everything
So blown away by all the faces and dreamers I'm no weaker than you dear I took a ride and I saw you inside A soul that lives at rest Are you done for?
Dig, I dig a girl who's on her own Smiles at the lonely folk 'Cause she's got nothing figured out I laugh 'cause I don't wanna cry no more I laugh because
We are, we are diamonds in the sky We float around, stick together, touch no ground I said, "You meet me", I said, "You meet me in The place that makes
Well, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe If you don't know by now No, no, no, it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe It'll never do somehow
Oh reel her Whoa I would reel her in Lord knows I would reel her I would reel her in But her fish Don't swim in my sea Yes, I would reel her
It takes a lot to really fake you And leave you bare And I'll never forsake you You can stand on the edge Till you find the pledge you made Once upon
I'm big and small, it hurts to crawl This velvet aisle again And their eyes feast on my deceased They hold the cherry of my pit Come please and feel
Firecracker, you waved in the night And something that I saw was a-flaming Your body, it was real in the light On the fourth of July we were screaming
Helplessly hoping her harlequin hovers nearby Awaiting a word, gasping at glimpses Of gentle true spirit He runs, wishing he could fly high Only to trip
[Originally by M. Ward] i am somewhere in the city climbin' up a fire escape see i am somewhere in the city climbin' up a fire escape you know i got
From my cradle to your grave To this home, I am a slave And darling, we look beautiful Scratching in our cage I write to believe In the love that I forget
Well, I ran through the river of pride and shame I didn't even know the game, ooh So frame a portrait of the way The path that twists around the gypsy
Oh oh oh Let me tell you now When I had you to myself I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you Stand out in the crowd But then someone