Came So Far for Beauty Lyrics

When they poured across the borderI was cautioned to surrenderThis I could not doI took my gun and vanished.I have changed my name so oftenI've lost my wife and childrenBut I have ...Read Full Lyrics

I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me,But the room just filled up with mosquitoes, they heard that my body was freeThen I took the dust of a long sleepless night and ...Read Full Lyrics

It's true that all the men you knew were dealersWho said they were through with dealingEvery time you gave them shelterI know that kind of manIt's hard to hold the hand of anyoneWh...Read Full Lyrics

How many times did you call meAnd I knew it was lateI left everybodyBut I never went straightI don't claim to be guiltyBut I do understandThere's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a H...Read Full Lyrics

Can you tell me why the bells are ringing?Nothing's happened in a million yearsI've been sitting here since Wednesday morningWednesday morning can't believe my earsJazz police are ...Read Full Lyrics

And where, where, where is my Gypsy wife tonight?I've heard all the wild reports, they can't be rightBut whose head is this she's dancing with on the threshing floor?Whose darkness...Read Full Lyrics

(Let's sing another song, boys, this one has grown old and bitter)Ah his fingernails, I see they're broken, His ships they're all on fire. The moneylender's lovely little daughter ...Read Full Lyrics

You thought that it could never happenTo all the people that you became,Your body lost in legend, the beast so very tame.But here, right here,Between the birthmark and the stain,Be...Read Full Lyrics

It's true that all the men you knew were dealersWho said they were through with dealingEvery time you gave them shelterI know that kind of manIt's hard to hold the hand of anyoneWh...Read Full Lyrics

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the riverYou can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night foreverAnd you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be ther...Read Full Lyrics