A joke is a very serious thing (Churchill)
By the rivers dark
I wandered on.
I lived my life
In Babylon.
And I did forget
My holy song:
And I had no strength
In Babylon.
By the rivers dark
Where I could not see
Who was waiting there
Who was hunting me.
And he cut my lip
And he cut my heart.
So I could not drink
From the river dark.
And he covered me,
And I saw within,
My lawless heart
And my wedding ring,
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There is a war between the rich and poor,
a war between the man and the woman.
There is a war between the ones who say there is a war
and the ones who say there isn’t.
Why don’t you come on back to the war, that’s right, get in it,
why don’t you come on back to the war, it’s just beginning.
Well I live here with a woman and a child,
the situation makes me kind of nervous.
Yes, I rise up from her arms, she says “I guess you call this love”;
I call it service.
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When my love said to me
Meet me down by the gallow tree
For it’s sad news I bring
About this old town and all that it’s offering
Some say troubles abound
Some day soon they’re gonna pull the old town down
One day we’ll return here,
When the Belfast Child sings again
Singur, singur, singur,
Intr-un han, departe
Doarme si hangiul,
Strazile-s desarte,
Singur, singur, singur…
Ploua, ploua, ploua,
Vreme de betie
Si s-asculti pustiul,
Ce melancolie!
Ploua, ploua, ploua…
Nimeni, nimeni, nimeni,
Cu atât mai bine
Si de-atita vreme,
Nu stie de mine,
Nimeni, nimeni, nimeni…
Tremur, tremur, tremur,
Orice ironie
Va ramine voua
Noaptea e tirzie,
Tremur, tremur, tremur…
Vesnic, vesnic, vesnic,
Rataciri de-acuma
N-o să mă mai cheme
Peste vise bruma,
Vesnic, vesnic, vesnic…
Singur, singur, singur,
Vreme de betie
I-auzi cum mai ploua,
Ce melancolie!
Singur, singur, sïngur…
I saw you this morning.
You were moving so fast.
Cant seem to loosen my grip
On the past.
And I miss you so much.
Theres no one in sight.
And were still making love
In My Secret Life.
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I cheat and I lie.
I do what I have to do
To get by.
But I know what is wrong,
And I know what is right.
And Id die for the truth
In My Secret Life.
Hold on, hold on, my brother.
My sister, hold on tight.
I finally got my orders.
Ill be marching through the morning,
Marching through the night,
Moving cross the borders
Of My Secret Life.
Looked through the paper.
Makes you want to cry.
Nobody cares if the people
Live or die.
And the dealer wants you thinking
That its either black or white.
Thank G-d its not that simple
In My Secret Life.
I bite my lip.
I buy what Im told:
From the latest hit,
To the wisdom of old.
But Im always alone.
And my heart is like ice.
And its crowded and cold
In My Secret Life.
Come over to the window, my little darling,
Id like to try to read you palm
I used to think I was some kind of gypsy boy
Before I let you take me home.
Chorus: so long marianne, its time that we began
To laugh and… cry and cry and laugh about it all again
Well, you know that I love to live with you,
But you make me forget so very much
I forget to pray for the angel
And then the angels forget to pray for us.
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We met when we were almost young
Deep in the green lilac park
You held on to me like I was a crucifix
As we went kneeling through the dark.
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Your letters say that you are beside me now
Then why do I feel alone?
Im standing on a ledge and your fine spider web
Is fastening my ankle to a stone.
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For now I need your hidden love
Im cold as a new razor blade
You left when I told you I was curious
I never said that I was brave.
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O you are really such a pretty one
I see youve gone and changed your name again
And just when I climbed this whole mountainside
To wash my eyelids in the rain.
I walked a forty damned miles on barbed wire,
Cobra-snake for a necktie.
Build my house by the roadside,
Made of rattlesnake hide.
Brand new chimney, made on top,
Made out of human skull.
Come on baby, take a walk with me,
Tell me, who do you love?