Lie Down Here (and Be My Girl) Lyrics

I don't believe in an interventionist GodBut I know, darling, that you doBut if I did, I would kneel down and ask HimNot to intervene when it came to youOh, not to touch a hair on ...Read Full Lyrics

It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics

I am a crooked manAnd I've walked a crooked mileNight, the shameless widowDoffed her weeds, in a pileThe stars all winked at meThey shamed a childYour funeral, my trialOne thousand...Read Full Lyrics

They call me The Wild RoseBut my name was Elisa DayWhy they call me it I do not knowFor my name was Elisa DayFrom the first day I saw her I knew she was the oneShe stared in my eye...Read Full Lyrics

You better run You better run You better run and run and runYou better run You better runYou better run and run and run and run and runYou better run You better runYou better run t...Read Full Lyrics

I've been contemplating suicide,But it really doesn't suit my style,So I think I'll just act bored insteadWho can take (alt: and contain) the blood I would've shed?She makes me fee...Read Full 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

Oh yeah, yeahYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellI took a walk down to the portWhere strangers meet and do consortAll blinkered with desireAnd a winter fog ...Read Full Lyrics

Stay by me, stay by meYou are the one, my only true loveThe butcherbird makes its noiseAnd it asks you to agreeWith its brutal nesting habitsAnd its pointless savageryNow, the nigh...Read Full Lyrics

Pass me that lovely little gunMy dear, my darling oneThe cleaners are coming, one by oneYou don't even want to let them startThey're knocking now upon your doorThey measure the roo...Read Full Lyrics