My father promised me roses
My mother promised me storms
My father taught me to use my mind
My mother taught me scorn
He touches me gently with his hand
It feels like being born
It...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
Oh, Lady Madeleine,
I miss you baby, I can't stand the pain.
And I walk down the avenue
And I think of you, Lady Madeleine.
And Michèle, what will she do
Without you, Lady Madele...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
You know I see you when you're sleeping
When you're all insane with dreaming.
I can tell you that you been fighting, baby,
But you been losing.
You know there's clearer ways of th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
I'm just a lonely and a lonesome traveller
I'm just a lonely and a lonesome traveller
I'm just a lonely and a lonesome traveller
I'm travelling on.
Travelled in the mountains, tra...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
Hush now little one,
The day has lost it's glow
The night falls softly round
The sandman's sleepy saws.
Sleep.
The stars will shine tonight
High up in the sky.
The breeze will sin...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain,
I wish I were a maid again.
But a maid again I can never be
Until apples grow on an ivy tree.
For love it is pleasin' and love is teasin'
And love i...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
It's getting dark outside
Daytime is done.
The lights along the river come up
One by one.
Let's make love again
We got time.
I am yours
You are mine.
It's getting dark outside
I h...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
Oh, the poor shark,
Yes, the sweet shark,
It has big teeth
Buried deep.
Then there's Macheath
With his big knife,
But it's hidden
In his slip.
And this same shark,
This poor swee...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
Down the Cyprus Avenue
With child-like visions leaping into view,
A clicking clacking of the high-heeled shoes,
Ford and Fitzroy, Madame Joy,
Marching with the soldier boy behind
...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull
[Verse 1]
Misunderstanding is my name
What I am is not a game
Such an easy trap to fall
For anyone
And then you find yourself alone
No explanation you can give
That you or I...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Marianne Faithfull