I Saw A Bird Fly Away
Dar Williams

I asked the habitual partygoer just how high she thought she'd get,
And I asked the ethereal girls if they were floating yet

And so I asked the light of the day, what's this rush for heaven,
Then I saw a bird fly away, and I could not ask again.

The tabloid-tainted actress knows the myth of higher ground.
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baby, i know i am crazy

and it pains me to find you

spending all your time

talking me down from heights

and watching for warning signs,

looking into overcast eyes

that predict the coming storm.

i beg you to keep me warm.

they warn,

here comes another night

of holding me while i cry

until the morning.

so lock the doors, draw the blinds,

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And if you want another kind of love
I'll wear a mask for you

or,

And I’m crazy for love,
But I’m not going home

Ja, dat.

On Thursday I'm picking up lavinialavender from the airport, I'm not really sure which parts of my city I should show her but

Now the strangers have caught on/and they're riding in the back seat/the river's gonna wash all/yeah the river it spoke to me.

If I make it at all,

I'll make you want me.

And I know what this means
Me and Jesus a few years back
Used to hang and he said
"It's your choice babe, just remember
I don't think you'll be back in 3 days time
So you choose well"

Tell me what's right

I don't know the sound of my father's voice
I don't even know how he says my name

Oh Jacksonville, how you burn in my soul
How you hold all my dreams captive

Jacksonville, how you play with my mind
Oh my heart goes back, suffocating on the pines

In Jacksonville

The End, The End, The End

You or no one/I hope I'm wrong before I die of boredom

I'm not the boy I used to be
this town has got the youth of me

De gordijnen al dicht maar wij zaten nog binnen
dat gebeurde wel vaker toen
Voor ons moest de nacht dan nog echt goed beginnen
overdag was er toch niets te doen
En de nacht die bleef duren zolang zij dat wou
en wij hoopten maar dat hij nooit eindigen zou

Maar zeg 'ns meneer waar is Sara gebleven
Sara komt nooit meer terug
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"Marry me," he said, God, he's ugly, the fortune is ours
Roaming in the gardens enjoying men, women and flowers
Then I break a glass and I slit my own innermost thighs
Then I can pretend that I'm menstrua--well, unavailable

My life is all right but this union's delight
So I'll fuck who I choose for I've nothing to lose
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