Widows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

The water's cold, the pilot's out. I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night. What will I learn to tell myself?

Windows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

The waters cold, the pilots out. I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night What will I learn to tell myself?

This Afternoon Joe Henry

On the afternoon That the revolution began, I was in a hotel pool with another kid And an Australian business man.

Revolution Pauline Henry

I didn't want to start a revolution (3X) I can't hide the way I feel inside Do you know what I am saying boy? I can't hide the way I feel foy you What are we gonna do know boy?

Piano Furnace Joe Henry

Let's pull this piano out from the wall Clear the young children from out of the hall Stuff it with tender put paid to it all Let it stoke the fires of the world Let's beat this guitar it was meant

Your Side Of My World Joe Henry

Can you see the smoke rise and curl All the way from your side of my world? Hush your talk, here comes the boss Down off of his perch.

Lighthouse Joe Henry

Oh, my dear, Ive swallowed the moon, And left it dark like a ring Burned on a spoon.

Heaven's Escape Joe Henry

They're showing a movie on the side of the bank Oh, I'm in love with all creation And the warmth of the hood of the car in the dark Oh, I feel I'm an angel in waiting Where time is alive in the dark

Strung Joe Henry

I keep wooden boxes like traps strung with wire In the light of old tires, piled on the fire Wearing their smoke like a flower in bloom Cut like the thread in a pipe fitter's room; I dig in the dirt and

Civilians Joe Henry

The carriage horses stamp and fume Until all color's gone They leave the street in black and white And bring the eventing coming on Lovers tug their way out of gloves Out of shoes, and gray chiffon The

Scare Me To Death Joe Henry

I've seen the best And the worst you can be And all while you're getting The better of me You're fragile but wicked And fleeting as breath And you move up behind me And scare me to death You're fragile

Dirty Magazine Joe Henry

A cut-out picture of a sugar tart With olive skin, a purple heart, Concrete shoes, and its just the start Of bigger things unseen.

Loves You Madly Joe Henry

The ground wants you back, The ground wants you badly, The ground wants you still Like some lover, so madly.

Parker's Mood Joe Henry

I didn't know what time it was When I came to The only light in here Is my flickering TV Watching back at me Oh, my love is here to stay Saints alive And all the saints be praised I see them

Flesh And Blood Joe Henry

Come sit beside me, Thatll do for now The night has come and left me Just the light that you allow.

Our Song Joe Henry

I saw Willie Mays At a Scotsdale Home Depot Looking at Garage Door Springs At the the far end of the 14th row His wife stood there beside him She was quiet and they both were proud I gave them room but

Grand Street Joe Henry

His foot held the door, To the alley in back Where the hotel's kitchen let out And the night butcher stood 'Neath a dim iron moon And spoke to himself right out loud Spoke to himself right out loud I gave

Tomorrow Is October Joe Henry

Now that fires have been contained These ashes are of our own making, Clouds hang up on radio towers And sirens sing one song for hours Here begins the fitting end To what we'd started over When

Unspeakable Joe Henry

You tug at my sleep, A tangle of thread, That knots at the lock At the foot of my bed Swinging the door To a perilous view Where all my unspeakable dreams Fall to you, All my unspeakable dreams Fall to

Wave Joe Henry

"I waved to you as my boat was leaving Hats flew up and everybody cheered, But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you, And in a sea of arms you disappeared.

After The War Joe Henry

A dog-eared mind sniffed my heart Like a pocket full of German marks Long after the war was through Stood me on a rusted rail Turned my face and kicked my tail Up toward the yonder blue … Threw a fish

Flag Joe Henry

Take that noise out in the street, This rubble out from under my feet. No rest for the weary in here, And make a fuss, youre a volunteer.

Civil War Joe Henry

They flood with dreams and drift away, They cling to logs and cupboard doors Riding out this civil war, Riding out this civil war Some fighters came and pitched a tent And everyone around here, we went, The

Eyes Out For You Joe Henry

A fence is stretched across my brow A divided country: then and now, And you the border guard My caravan waved off the track With dusty miners hid in back, Their faces glowing hard … Bruised and black

Leaning Joe Henry

I cant stay here in my room I cant hold my own against the heavy Lean of your perfume That tries to keep your pillow down and low Across my face As if what lingers here of you could Take my breath

Love Is Enough Joe Henry

Headlights fake a prison break Of snow that rages and dies, It's lost its will upon this hill As one time so did I.

The World And All I Know Joe Henry

The dark great river bends below me, A void of light now tells me so Where tiny towns crowd its shoulders, Between the world and all I know … Thunder rolls beneath my feet And mountain clouds slide just

Time Is A Lion Joe Henry

Here you go If you fear the angels above while you sleep Then I'll be the blood, you paint on your door Your dream is a worry that nothing will keep But time is a story and there will be more Your dream

You Can't Fail Me Now Joe Henry

in somehow I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now Salt is sweet upon my mouth And dark throws sparks against my house The

Dark Tears Joe Henry

My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye, My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye It looks backwards on my future, Already in the sweet by-and-by The rambler vines

Room At Arles Joe Henry

Just behind that wall, I think, She pulls her stockings on: The creaking floor speaks through the door Of one foot then the other The curtains wave a flag to say This afternoon is done And giving in to

Tiny Voices Joe Henry

You wild beasts and you creeping things Get down in your place, Down with all the absolutes And Gods awful grace. Who wants to see this coming? Who wants to think you do?

Shut Me Up Joe Henry

The song wants to repeat just now, It sings itself to show you how, It throws away its finest line Just to keep the feel and time. Just to keep The feel and time, It throws away now Its finest line.

Sold Joe Henry

Please dont speak another truth out loud Whatever else you do, I only want you keep me lost in your cloud And Ill do the same for you.

God Only Knows Joe Henry

Darkness settles on the ground And leaves the day stumbling blind, Coming to a quiet close And maybe just in time: We'd almost lost the heart to know How to keep our best in mind, We'd almost lost the

Deathbed Versions Joe Henry

Now the rabble have been jailed, The moon is up, had hung and paled The horses spooked, the fences failed … How do you like your boy? How do you hear your lion's song?

I Will Write My Book Joe Henry

I turn my face from all the rage Playing on a grim, dark stage, But you've shown me an open page And I will write my book.

Odetta Joe Henry

song … Odetta, Odetta Please carry me along My bones they rumble and time will shift On every plan I have laid, Clouds will crack and spill, decent and lift, Sharpen this light into a blade And split the

He Made A Woman Out Of Me Bobbie Gentry

I was born on a levy A little bit south of Montgomery Mama worked in the big house And daddy he worked for the County I never had no learnin' Until I turned 16 When Joe Henry come up the river, yonder

Animal Skin Joe Henry

Thats quick in your blood and deep in your face, Mine has been tamed Im shamed to pretend When Im this close to your animal skin I remember when love was something I craved But I settled for less and the

I'm Henry The Eighth I Am Joe Brown, The Bruvvers

I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eighth I am I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry Henry She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam no Sam

Henry Keb' Mo'

Remember if you can When cotton was picked by hand Down in Dixy under southern sky Working from sun to sun Remember if you will Lightening from a whiskey still The blues and the breese The sweet magnolia

Grass Widows iron & wine

We found each other blown between the trees Waning moons wanting to be swallowed by the sea Like we finally saw the colors of the world We grew the garden snake within the weeds Laid each other long

AGAINST WIDOWS Amorphis

Death another's leftovers Better to lie on a willows Rest on alder boughs Then upon a widow's bed On a used woman's pillow Sweeter the side of a fence Then a widow's flank Softer the side of a

Lovers' Revolution iron & wine

I came to you and you to me And we were tapping on the window at the children when the piggy bank broke And pitching quite a fit About how the makers of the medicine will always say you’re looking sick

Hey Joe Bleachers

of what we became We're frightened of the old, and we're tired of the young Guess the one-trick ponies got us singin' along, "Hey Joe!"

Children Of The Revolution Kirsty MacColl

Children of the revolution coming out to play Bombers ripped the night apart and blew the school away Some live on the south side and they overlook the water Some live on the north side and they're looking

No Widows The Antlers

"If I never get back home There's no garden on the ground No widows at the wall No widows left at all No shirts that I will fold No kid I want to hold No widows at the wall No widows on the phone If I'm

John Henry Sonny Terry

When John Henry was a little baby, sitting on his daddy's knee, Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel, "Steel's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord, steel's gonna be the death of me, Well

It’s You HENRY

one that\'s on my mind I\'m falling too fast Deeply in love Finding the magic in the colors of you You\'re the right time at the right moment You\'re the sunlight keeps my heart going know when