I Contain Multitudes Lyrics

I can't understand, she let go of my hand An' left me here facing the wall I'd sure like to know, why she did go But I can't get close to her at all Though we kissed through the w...Read Full Lyrics

I dreamed I saw St. Augustine Alive as you or me Tearing through these quarters In the utmost misery With a blanket underneath his arm And a coat of solid gold Searching for the ve...Read Full Lyrics

Well, I'm looking the world over Looking far off into the east And I see my baby coming She's walking with the village priest I feel a change comin' on Though the last part of the...Read Full Lyrics

I'm just average, common too I'm just like him, the same as you I'm everybody's brother and son I ain't different than anyone It ain't no use a-talking to me It's just the same as ...Read Full Lyrics

Been so long since a strange woman has slept in my bed Look how sweet she sleeps, how free must be her dreams In another lifetime she must have owned the world, or been faithfully ...Read Full Lyrics

I pity the poor immigrant Who wishes he would've stayed home Who uses all his power to do evil But in the end is always left so alone That man whom with his fingers cheats And who ...Read Full Lyrics

Well, I took me a woman late last night I's three-fourths drunk she looked all right 'Til she started peelin' off her onion gook She took off her wig, said, "How do I look" ? I's h...Read Full Lyrics

I once held her in my arms She said she would always stay But I was cruel I treated her like a fool I threw it all away. Once I had mountains in the palm of my hand And rivers tha...Read Full Lyrics

They say evrything can be replaced, Yet every distance is not near. So I remember every face Of every man who put me here. I see my light come shining From the west onto the east. ...Read Full Lyrics

The guilty undertaker sighs The lonesome organ grinder cries The silver saxophones say I should refuse you The cracked bells and washed-out horns Blow into my face with scorn But i...Read Full Lyrics