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Fall Into The Earth
03:38
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I wish I were the earth
and all that's in between
the falling of the stars
and the turning of the leaves
And when the stars awake
we can go right back to sleep
as we fall into the earth
and all the worms
And you and I were made
from salt from clay
from a fire from the sea
and night from day
And all we ever were
and all we'll ever be
is fodder for the earth
and all the worms
And there is nothing more that we can wait for
And we don't have a choice as long as we all turn to dust
And you and I will wake
to a sweet decay
at the bottom of the sea
silky soft and grey
And if we could only learn
how to say these magic words
we could all live like the birds
like the birds
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2. |
Violets
03:24
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When I was just a little girl I thought I knew love
Was waiting for the world to show my one and true love
And then I met the man that I am with today
It's only now I see we made a big mistake
Ooh ah, he used to give me violets
But now he turns away and all I hear is silence
Don't know what it means
Oh why's he gotten so cold to me?
I think back on the time when I was his one and only
But lately, now I find, with him I get so lonely
He'll never tell me what goes roaring through his mind
And so I lie awake and wait for him at night
Ooh ah, he'll promise me it's over
Ooh and I'll go on pretending I don't know her
What else can I do?
I'd die before I'd find somebody new
And all my friends, they tell me that I should pack it up and run away
But I don't think that they can really ever understand
That he can be so kind, so sweet sometimes
oh, the words that he can say
Besides, I know one day he'll come back to me again
Ooh ah, and so I will believe him
Because I know I'll never leave him
And I know I can't win
Oh, why do I do what I do for him?
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3. |
Big City Blues
04:04
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I don't know how to get out of this town
Though Lord knows how I tried
Seems like living is not allowed
The cost of it is high
Oh my soul is tired
Oh my soul is tired
I worked too hard, and I got too mean
I can't look people in the eye
It's gotten so I can't fall asleep
And all my tears, they never dry
Oh my woes, they won't quiet
And all my tears, my tears won't dry
oooh
Oh I know I know it's time
Oh I know I know it's time
One of these days I will make it out
God will help me see it through
Plenty of space to move about
And a window with a view
Oh I hope I hope I do
Oh I hope I hope I do
Oh I hope I hope I do.
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4. |
Mon Cheri
02:48
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Oh mon cheri
Ouvre tes yeux
Ouvre tes bras
Et même ton coeur
Oh mon cheri
C'est la seule prière
Que je dis pour toi
Oh mon amour
Est innocent
Mais toujours tu es dans mes rêves
Oh cheri
Je t’aimes et t’attends
J’en suis toute folle
Pour toi, mon amour
Et quand le ciel
Le ciel s'éteint
Ton visage sera la lumière
Plus brillant que la lune
Et le soleil
Et les étoiles
Et quand la Terre
N'existera plus
Ta voix sera plus qu’éternelle
Oh cheri
Je reste ici jusqu’à la fin
Je suis toute à toi
Oh mon amour
Ce sont les mots que je voulais te dire
Et maintenant
Je vois que tu pleures là
avec un sourire
Oh mon cheri
Mon coeur s’enflamme
Parce que tu me dis
Que tu m’aimes
Et moi aussi
Je pleure des larmes
Des larmes de joie
Oh mon amour
Je te promets
Que pour le reste de ta vie
Tu seras ma raison de vivre
Je t’adore
J’en suis toute folle
Pour toi, mon amour
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Tapestry
03:56
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By the tall and the bearded barley
And the fields where flowers grow
In the tower of gilded ivory
I weave my web alone
Through the shadows of my painted mirror
I observe the passerby
I am cursed, I cannot come any nearer
Although I don't know why
So I weave and weave
For my tapestry
The knight, he arrives in splendour
Feather-plume, ringing armour and spurs
He calls out, but I do not surrender
For if I do, I can't return
I go on and weave
For my tapestry
And the years, they flow by like the river
That weaves to the town, down below
My shadow grows longer and dimmer
I weave my web alone.
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Red
04:11
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There is a space between the great divide
That's where we'll meet before the rivers dry
Before we count our final hour
Tell all the people
They don't believe
They walk alone
And when the sky it burns into your head
That's when the moon will rise and she is red
And all we have is the hour
Terrible, fearful
We cannot leave, nowhere to turn
(ooh)
Before we count our final hour
Tell all the people
They don't believe
They talk out loud
And all we have is the hour
Terrible, fearful
We don't believe
We are alone
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7. |
The Papers
04:08
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I read the papers yesterday
They're getting harder to ignore
Said that you're not here anymore
I couldn't believe it
I couldn't believe it
Guess what, nobody could
It's gonna take some time to clear it up
But the suits and all, they keep on dragging in the mud
I close my eyes, I hear you walking in the room
But I couldn't see you
But I couldn't see you
No I couldn't see you
Oh where, where have you gone now?
Seems all we have is all we get and all we get is older
And we take photographs that last as long as we can hold them
And we take photographs but last I saw, you wore a different face
I tried so hard not to forget you, but when I'm feeling lonely
It's getting harder now to shake the sinking feeling that
It could've been easy
It could've been easy
It could've been easy
But look, look where we are now
I played your message on the phone
I was supposed to see you, you asked me when I was coming home
It's been ten weeks, but all the words, they never change
I wish it were easy
I wish it were easy
But it's nobody's fault
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8. |
It Won't Be Long
03:06
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It won't be long
Can you hear that rumble?
Everybody's changing
Let it come, let it come
I look ahead
All these old familiar faces
Are turning into strangers
Every one, every one
I can see them, I can see them all around me
I can feel them, I can feel their arms surround me
In the middle of the day
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the day
It won't be long
Til I can find my feet again
Chasing footprints in the sand
In the sun, in the sun
Until the tide rolls in
Washes over every trace
Into new landscapes
Til nothing looks the same, or is the same
Can you hear that? Can you hear that thunder rolling?
Is it louder than, is it brighter than that summer dawn, when
I had to get away
Oh I had to run away
Oh please don't make me wait
It won't be long
It won't be long
(bridge)
Any day now, any day I'll know just what I'm after
Doesn't matter how, as long as I can get to
The place where I have got to be
I am holding out my breath
I haven't found it yet
It won't be long
It won't be long
It won't be long
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See-Through
03:29
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Mirror mirror on the wall
You are not the fairest of them all
You bring the world down, down to its knees
Your words are only empty batteries
They're not the truth
And I don't care
And I don't care
And I don't care
I'll cut off my hair
All of my hair
All of my hair
I'll black my teeth
Un-line my eyes
Erase my smile
'Cause I'm onto you
You're see-through
Black mirror mirror in my hand
Our lives are over at your command
A single eye, a single mouth
You're awful quiet, we are awful loud
You're not the truth
And you don't know
And you don't care
And you don't think
You're everything
You're everything
And yet nothing
And you don't see
And you don't see
And you don't see
That I'm onto you
You're see through
(lala)
Mirror mirror of my mind
You're so peculiar, I cannot rely
One minute you are always, always there
The next, you're vanishing into thin air
You're not the truth
But really you
Don't have to be
Don't have to be
Don't have to be
Forever happy
Forever happy
No not for me
And finally
I can breathe
'Cause I don't have to be
Yeah, onto you
You're see-through
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Belle-Skinner New York, New York
Belle-Skinner is an indie-folk artist from upstate NY/Bklyn who mixes mid-century pop with fingerstyle contemporary folk, and then makes you cry.
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