First Skeleton Tree Lyrics

I hold this letter in my handA plea, a petition, a kind of prayerI hope it does as I have plannedLosing her again is more than I can bearI kiss the cold, white envelopeI press my l...Read Full Lyrics

Yesterday the sun was shining but you're finding the sun itDon't shine all the timeA winter day suddenly came your wayAnd you ran into your mindSleeping Annaleah, weeping AnnaleahD...Read Full Lyrics

By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be risingAnd she'll find that note that I left hanging on the doorAnd she'll laugh when she reads the partThat says "I'm leaving"'Cause I've le...Read Full Lyrics

Despair and deceptionLove's ugly little twinsCame a-knocking on my doorI let 'em inDarling, you're the punishment For all my former sinsI let love inI let love inThe door it opened...Read Full Lyrics

The captain's arm like the bunched-up ropeAnd Anita wriggling free on a skull and daggerAnd a portrait of Christ, nailed to an anchorEtched into his upperOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, cabin ...Read Full Lyrics

She walks these hills in a long black veilShe visits my grave when the night winds wailNobody knows, nobody seesNobody knows but meTen years ago, on a cold dark nightSomeone was ki...Read Full Lyrics

There is a townWhere I was bornFar far awayAcross the seaAnd in that townWhere I was bornI would dreamThat one dayI would leave and cross the seaAnd so it goesAnd so it seemsThat G...Read Full Lyrics

And no-one saw the carny goThe weeks flew byUntil they moved on the showLeaving his caravan behindIt was parked out on the south east ridgeAnd as the company crossed the bridgeWith...Read Full Lyrics

Oh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaWell, you know you are my friend, yeahOh DeannaAnd I ain't down here for your moneyAnd I ain't down here for your loveI ain't down here...Read Full Lyrics

Do you love me?Do you love me?Do you love me?I found her on a night of fire and noiseWild bells rang in a wild skyI knew from that moment onThat I'd love her till the day that I di...Read Full Lyrics