Тексты песен «Joe Henry»


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Joe Henry - All Blues Hail Mary

From the mountain comes a soul And the stones grow up like trees From the mountain comes a soul And the stones grow up like trees All blues hail Mary with her roses But you're their masterpiece Cut away each blade of...

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Joe Henry - Angels

If I know my angels, I know what they'd say Be still my little butcher boy, you'll give us all away Be still you wretched little freak, give us room to move Give us milk, you little pig, we'll tell you when we're...

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Joe Henry - Bellwether

I'm going to climb that hill and look out across Climb that hill and look out across Climb that hill and look out across A long ways off from here I'm going to dig my well from the bottom to the top Dig my well from...

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Joe Henry - Channel

How can I change the lights The color of this room? Why can't this channel find A kinder afternoon? I feel the fray of every letter To cross your lips that know no better Disarray, disarray I want my story straight...

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Joe Henry - Civilians

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 driver pulls his...

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Joe Henry - Cold Enough To Cross

Just think what a day's rain can do A bridge once between us is lost I set it to sway And now here I stay Till it's cold enough to cross I stand on the bank watching on You wade in the flood and I'm lost You're calling...

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Joe Henry - Death To The Storm

There's a song we used to know A kind of weary blues Some broken tune from long ago Some of us still like to use It hangs up high in the rafters Like smoke it has no form Keep it all hid like laughter And sing out...

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Joe Henry - Edgar Bergen

Dear marion, as I write this down Dear marion, I just make the bed then I need To go lie down. But baby knows that I love to cry Over every little thing, I just sweep the yard and wait For the whole world to change any...

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Joe Henry - Flesh And Blood

Aaaah come sit beside me That'll do for now The night has come and left me Just the light that you allow Come speak my name Fill my head with oh such foolish dreams My flesh and blood Is no more real to me Than...

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Joe Henry - Fuse

Here comes the night, there go your knees, reaching for the floor. You say I'll stand guard down here, she stands in the door, With a pony on the tether pulling cold and sugarcane. There go your knees. And there she...

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Joe Henry - Good Fortune

I will come back for my things then I'll go the way I came back down your crooked steps, two at a time And to the morning sun I will call as I run as if it waited for me now to shine This is my good fortune now at last...

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Joe Henry - I Was A Playboy

i was a playboy In love with the world I walked with the angels Every stone left unhurled Every breeze took me higher Every door set me free Oh i was a playboy And you just a plaything to me My laughter came easy...

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Joe Henry - King's Highway

I might just change my mind Sometimes you can never tell Where a story will unwind How deep is the shallow ground Sometimes you would never guess Who's all talk and who just might Find a way or lose themselves On the...

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Joe Henry - Like She Was A Hammer

I know she's right behind me now Without looking back I know she will untie me How, then, will I pay for that? And like she was the railroad Like she was the lost world Like she was the big hand Turning back the sea...

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Joe Henry - Lock And Key

Holy cow, look what youa??ve done Youa??ve got me now so I cana??t speak; I wonder how you turned out the stars I hear your laugh Like falling railway cars, Far and away, peaking through the bars Safe behind your own...

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Joe Henry - Mean Flower

How beautiful you've made yourself How cruel you've become How so much like another That it's no surprise That I don't recognize you now so Beautiful and cruel You're the meanest flower You raise me off the ground To...

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Joe Henry - Our Song

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 was close enough...

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Joe Henry - Parker's Mood

Where's my sock? Where's my other shoe? 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...

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Joe Henry - Progress Of Love (Dark Ground)

Life takes root in the deepest, dark ground Where bones, blood and honor have been trampled down And beaten like ponies and driven to town When reason is traded for rhyme Your sailor is my lawyer Your seamstress suits...

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Joe Henry - Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation

Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself Spreading out my wings Above us like a tree Laughing now, out loud Almost like I was free I look at you as the thing I...