I Left The City Burning - Lyrics
1. I Left the City Burning
Father, I don't want to come home, I want to walk the guilt right off of these bones, and mother, can't you see? There's a dark cloud hanging over me – I left the city burning and you calling my name, I left the city burning, and didn't turn back to look at the flames. Baby, you were always too kind, trying to soothe me when I thought I'd lose my mind, but you know that I had to go, there are things about myself I still don't know, I left the city burning and you calling my name, I left the city burning, and didn't turn back to look the flames. All the facts, and all the figures, all the latest trends, all the pretty people who swore they were my friends, nothing left for me, I know it's fine for some, but time is ticking, soul is kicking, the only way to move is forward … Between you and me, I only ever wanted to be free, and if we're turning greyer day by day, well, hell, I'd rather do it in some other way, I left the city burning ... |
2. Farmer's Daughter
I am a farmer's daughter and I've run from everything: the dirt and the soldiers, the demons in the meadows, and those cold nights with dreams. Harvest time is coming soon, but I'd rather go wander in the city and drink in the bars where everyone’s sad, and get lonely til I want to go home. Sing me to sleep, my baby, and I'll close my eyes for a while, but I know that I'll dream of my old man's farm, and in the morning, I'll want to go home. I've never had a garden, no peaceful place to stand, and I think I'll wander till the end of time, and when I lay down I'll know I'm home. |
3. Nothing More
I took your good and I twisted it evil, made it hurt and strain and scar, You took my sorrow and made it simple, and after all this time, I don't know why I went so far to hurt you. There's no time in this short life of mine to atone for all I've done, and I waver in patience for these burdens, so I'm waiting for the highway signs, there's nothing more I could have tried. I'm not saying that I'm not guilty of a thousand things I've done, but I know that my record's as clear as the next one's so I'm waiting for the morning sun, There's nothing more I could have done. |
4. It Kills Me
It kills me that when you die you won't know me, You haven’t heard a word, you haven't read a word, and it kills me that when I die it won't all be recorded, I haven't even started to explain the many visions. But ask, 'are you afraid,' ask if you are lonely, Not really, 'cause I've got friends who say they understand so I can sleep at night and I can dream a lot, cause it's ok to be forgotten when you're not really forgotten and I've loved you, and by now, you might have never loved me, But what you mean to me is all I ever could say. |
5. Tears of Laura-Mae
(by Andre Kirchhoff) Mailing your letter in the driving snow, I feel beat down, but that's how it goes, You left with your mother it's been ten years now, for a better man in a better town, It was so hard for me to believe you were mine but I learned to love you in time, in another place maybe, we wouldn't be apart but the bell tolls for me and it's too late to start And if the sun would shine one day let it shine down on Laura-Mae and if the sun dries up the rain let it dry the tears of Laura-Mae, let it dry the tears of Laura Mae. I sing a song about a miner a mile in a hole, Mine's one floor deep, but it's getting old, I don't know how many more of these crates I could stack but they'll break my heart before they break my back, And if the sun... Of my boyhood dreams, nothing remains, just silicosis, cigarettes and worn out hands. I killed myself for no higher gain, but the sun on your face takes away my pain, And if the sun would shine one day, let it shine down on Laura-Mae.. |
6. The Moon Between Us
Each night you’re gone I pray for your safety, that it won't rain if you’re sleeping outside, that the strangers who pass are the good kind, that you're doing alright, you're doing alright. I send you string, I send you paper, I send you magic by the mail, I send you thoughts, perhaps you got them, but the moon's between us so who's to know. The water's rising, the water's rising, the water's rising, the water's rising, and I can't help thinking about you by my side. |
7. Don't Really Matter
The clouds are moving faster than usual tonight, the wind's kinda cool, kinda warm, and you're sitting somewhere in your comfortable chair, far in so many ways, Don't really matter, don’t really matter to me, Except that I know you're not home, Don't really matter, don’t really matter to me. There are men on the beat that I'm curious to meet, They all seem to mean what they say, but then we sit on our bar stools and we all sound like fools, and I just keep turning away, Don't really matter, don't really matter, except that I know I'm not home. |
8. In this Skin
Well I was born, and I grew old, pretty common I've been told, I've been paralysed and compromised, but it's kept me hungry for the prize, Oh, I've been told that I'm awful bold, but I can't stay in this skin, I can't stay in this skin. In younger days I thought that grace was the kind of thing that came with place, but now that I've run out of room, it's on everybody's face, Oh, I've been told that I'm awful cold, but I can't stay in this skin, I can't stay in this skin. God help me if I have been wrong to think that I just don't belong, God help me if I didn't see the friends that were surrounding me, Oh, I confess that I know I'm blessed, but I can't stay in this skin, I can't stay in this skin. |
9. Don't Go Blaming Me
Don't go blaming me for what you've done, I'm only a healer if you offer up your wounds, I'm only a saviour if you believe in what I say, I only walk beside you if I like your way, Don't go shouting my name into all the corners, I only hear it when you say it like a prayer, like a lover's song, or a lit-up window, When you call me softly, I come. Howl all night if you have to and I will listen, and when you rest your head I'll keep vigil, like I always do, but don't go blaming me for what you've done, Don't go blaming me for what you've done, Don't go blaming me for what you've done, when you call me softly, I come. |
10. Roam No More
Oh Lord, give me a bed to lie in so I may know my home, so I may freely roam and know it's there for when I want to roam no more. Oh Lord, make me a simple meal so I may name my hunger, so I may freely roam and have it satisfied, when I want to roam no more, Oh Lord give me a loving body so may know my love, So I may freely roam and know he's waiting for when I want to roam no more. |
11. I Wish I Had
I wish I had more than one life, Then I could also be your wife, I'd soothe away the pain, and we could learn to love again, But there' s no time for everything, to dedicate, to wear your ring, someone else dear, someone else dear claims my heart. Though there will be days when through time I'll gaze and I'll wonder with sorry where you are, What you love in me, he has helped me be, I could never leave him behind. But I wish I had more than one life so I could also be your wife. |
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