Levi Stubbs' Tears Lyrics

The people's flag is deepest redIt shrouded oft our martyred deadAnd ere their limbs grew stiff and coldTheir hearts' blood dyed in every foldThen raise the scarlet standard highBe...Read Full Lyrics

I can see the kitchen lightFrom the road where I park my bikeBut it's dark there as it often is these daysAnd the gloomy living roomReally needs a dust and a broomBut I can't brush...Read Full Lyrics

Take her little fingers,And put them to your face,And don't forget she saidYou're looking good.And don't forget the next timeThat you get into a race,Beneath it allYou're only fles...Read Full Lyrics

My youngest son came home todayHis friends marched with him all the wayThe fife and drum beat out the timeWhile in his box of polished pineLike dead meat on a butcher's trayMy youn...Read Full Lyrics

It's that summer of the eveningGet ready and roll the cassetteThere's boys outside preaching genocideAnd trying to think up some sort of threatAnd the ladies in the cloakroomTake n...Read Full Lyrics

The love of a womanA fear of the phoneA secret message to a happy homeI've never been so scaredI never knew you caredLove gets dangerousLove gets dangerousThere's a fear that comes...Read Full Lyrics

On Monday I wished it was Tuesday nightSo I could wish for the weekend to comeOn Tuesday I wished that the night would passSo I could call you on the phoneNow a man can spend a lot...Read Full Lyrics

The love of a womanA fear of the phoneA secret message to a happy homeI've never been so scaredI never knew you caredLove gets dangerousLove gets dangerousThere's a fear that comes...Read Full Lyrics

From a window up highI watched the world go byI was sacred, tears hit the floorI could see them no moreAnd that show went onI watched the wind move through the cornAnd in this room...Read Full Lyrics

Standing waiting for a man to showWide-eyed, one eye fixed on the doorThis waiting's killing meIt's getting me downDay in day outMy feet are wearing holes in the groundDarkness, wo...Read Full Lyrics