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Au Revoir, My Darling
03:04
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The day is nearly over
The party’s just begun
We walk the quarter arm in arm with Napoleon
I hear the sound of singing
I turn to see someone
She’s just a shadow to us
A song that passes through us
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
He’s dreaming in the parlor
The air is sweet and sad
She blows the candle out, and it’s the only one he had
Her picture’s on the mantle
The letter’s in his hand
She left it lying here
The ink’s been dry for years
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
There’s nothing to forgive
Don’t bother following
The river swallows everything
The river swallows everything
The night is nearly past
And we’re the last ones wandering
We wrap the city round us like a pair of angel’s wings
I hear the church bells chiming
(Timing is everything)
A song it comes unbidden
The words already written
The gentlemen were charming
Your kiss was so disarming
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
I’m leaving in the morning
Au revoir, my darling
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Travelogue
03:46
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Riding in a London cab to the restaurant
Gonna see some brand new friends and have a pint
Gazing at the evening sky
Watching as the clouds go by
Wonder if the planes will fly tonight
Going to the record store for the last time
We need a little music to take us home
Walking down the street with you
I stumble like I always do
Baby don’t you leave me alone
Living at the airport, waiting for the wind to change
Waking up to see which way it’s blown
Clouds across the tv set
Almost made us both forget
We’re flying through a dark cloud of our own
(Vocal nonsense)
Trying to buy a ticket for the last boat out
We gotta find a way across the sea
It isn’t quite the trip we planned
It isn’t where we thought we’d land
But isn’t that just like you and me
Living at the airport, waiting for the wind to change
Waking up to see which way it’s blown
Clouds across the tv set
Almost made us both forget
We’re flying through a dark cloud of our own
(Flute nonsense)
Living at the airport, waiting for the wind to change
Waking up to see which way it’s blown
Clouds across the tv set
Almost made us both forget
We’re flying through a dark cloud of our own
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3. |
Ghosts in the Room
04:08
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You brought your smile
And plugged it in the wall
We couldn’t help but be charmed
Slight sleight of hand
Meant to beguile
No reason to be alarmed
But I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
You brought your smile
And held it all the while
We let the music play on
Now I recall
The way your light would fail
The moment the curtain was drawn
But I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
Calling to you
A hand on the strings
A voice in the air
I know the moment has passed
What would I give
To whisper in your ear
And tell you I hear you at last
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
I didn’t know there were already ghosts in the room
Calling to you
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4. |
Kaleidoscope Heart
04:00
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Wouldn’t it be wrong
To not look for love
When we know it’s right where we can find it
But we can’t get beyond
The crashin and the cryin
The losin and the lyin behind it
You are far away, but you hang on my heart
Like a string of cut pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
I’m starting to believe
Dreaming is for lovers
The rest of us just hover on the edges
Tugging on their sleeves
Pulling at the covers
Hungry for the peace we imagine
I could slip away, but you hang on my heart
Like a string of cut pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
Day after day, you hang on my heart
Like a string of cut pieces of glass
Shining so brightly
Beautiful and sharp
Then breaking inside me
Kaleidoscope heart
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Sank Without a Bubble
04:09
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Sank without a bubble, how could anybody get so lost?
But I miss my little rebel and all the trouble that he caused
Down below the surface where your sins are all erased
In the swamps of New York City I go searching for his face
It’s so easy to lose somebody, every time that you close your eyes
One more door that you just can’t open, I’ve tried
I’ve tried
His kisses were like whiskey and his heart was like a spoon
I could take a little taste, but he cut me off too soon
In the days of wine and roses, back when no one counted shots
Some of us survived those years
Some of us did not
It’s so easy to lose somebody when you’re both on that downhill slide
You can’t stop them and you can’t save them, I’ve tried
I’ve tried
It’s so easy to lose somebody, every time that you turn around
How can anyone find somebody who won’t be found?
I got a letter from Chicago postmarked nineteen-eighty-nine
Sayin, Baby’s in the bottle and I can’t get out this time
Was he too much trouble? I let him slip between the cracks
But I love my little rebel, now I want my baby back
It’s so easy to lose somebody in the cold-hearted light of day
When your lovers turn into shadows and fade away
And fade away….
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Wait
04:43
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Wait til the snow falls down on your doorstep
Wait til the branches make cracks in the sky
Wind by your window screams while you're sleeping
You live near your fire as the winter blows by
Wait til the sidewalk shivers the beggars
Wrapped in their blankets they try to hold on
Light from the streetlamp seems to shine bitter
After the autumn has been here and gone
God help the lost and lonely
God help the poor
Cold days and ice nights only
Hard times for sure
Hard times for sure
Wait til the winter makes it all brittle
Colors all fade and the earth seems to die
Black chimneys coughing, landlords are hiding
No one can find them, it's useless to try
Wait til the river freezes up solid
Way up the line and the boats are all stuck
Graham the gambler tries to make sense
He's far from his home and he's down on his luck
God help the lost and lonely...
Dancers and snow queens handsome and lovely
Skate on the lake and fall deeply in love
Silver skates gliding, faces all glowing
Smooth and warm fingers and thumbs in their gloves
God help the lost and lonely...
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Christmas in the Pines
03:35
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Let’s go down to the corner, lets get a tree
Let’s pick the tallest one we see
And as we drag it home imagine we could be
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind
In the pines, in the pines
We walk through dirty streets, the billboards light our way
This noisy neon holiday
Wish I could take you to a Christmas far away
In the pines, in the pines
Where only moonlight shines
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind
Can you picture me, a girl of eight or nine
My father walking through the snow, me behind
Let’s climb the hill and pick the tallest one we find
In the pines
Can you picture it – the quiet of the snow
Grandfather takes your hand and up the hill you go
Wish I could take you to the Christmas that I know
In my mind
Let’s go down the the corner and let’s pretend
That we’re surrounded by a forest without end
I close my eyes and breathe it in, and once again
I’m in the pines, in the pines
Where only moonlight shines
In the pines, in the pines
In the Christmas of my mind
In the pines, in the pines
Moonlight shines
In the pines, in the pines
Moonlight shines
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8. |
Citybird
02:33
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Beat your wings against the buildings
Beat your heart against the street
Tree to tree, and sill to sidewalk
Heart and wings, together beat
Hide your children in the subway
Build your nest with scattered words
Day-old news, discarded letters
Nothing’s worthless in your world
Citybird, citybird, do your sisters know you’re here?
Far away from field and forest
Singing songs they cannot hear
Citybird, citybird, there’s a reason that you’re here
There’s a sun each day to sing to
A shadow who might hear
Beat your wings against the buildings
Beat your heart against the street
Tree to tree, and sill to sidewalk
Heart and wings, together beat
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