I prize the cloudy, tearing sky
for the thoughts that flap and fly.
For staying in and reading by.
For sitting under.
I read a book of Madeline
and her friends in two straig...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
I was home by the winter
I was home from the school town, undecided
and questions came, like:
"what did you say you're doing now?"
well, I, I had hopes for my music
and I im...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
And you live your life with your arms stretched out.
Eye to eye when speaking.
Enter rooms with great joy shouts,
Happy to be meeting.
And bright,
Bright,
Bright, bright as yellow,...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
I thought that it was just a fluke
When I heard that London Bridge was falling
Now I fall
From dizzy heights and expectations
Why do I hit the ground so hard?
When it's clea...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
What can we do as a family?
What plan can we devise
That accommodates everyone's schedule
And still survives?
At the alter of progress
The family is sacrificed
Is wishing the...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
We're curious about the one he loves
We're getting carried away with our guesses
What is she like?
We want to know
She'll be the bride of our dear brother
She's very nice
S...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
Dear Robert Graves
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Dear Robert Graves, I got your last letter
Is it that bad? On your side of the ocean?
You seem to live under the clouds above us
Clouds that a...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
Edelweiss, edelweiss, every morning you greet me
small and white,
clean and bright,
you look happy to meet me
blossom of snow
may you bloom and grow,
bloom and grow forever
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
Here I am, a sort of prisoner
My body is the cell
And, perhaps you are the cell key
I have all day long to sit here
And all day is a long time
But my legs don't want to move m...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission
The day is over
And still so heavy on the mind:
In flew glowing, smiling mother, butterfly in yellow
To join the frowning cactus crowd
Finding flowers, even there, to flutter a...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Innocence Mission