Life's Work Lyrics

Some people say that we look like sisters Somehow, something in the eyes And I’d say, “Well, you know I’m flattered,” And she’d say, “Yeah, right!” She’s alwa...Read Full Lyrics

Well you called me – telephone ringing in the night And you asked me if I was alright – Like an afterthought, an oversight And I stood, so surprised Trying to hold on to my...Read Full Lyrics

In the air, first scent of snow All along the ground the last milkweed silk blows Nobody's ever going to tell you what they don't want to know No Nobody's ever going to tell yo...Read Full Lyrics

Take your bag, get in the car, get in the car And drive it Somewhere quiet Where you can sit at the wheel for a real short minute, smoking a cigarette Cause it's time for it to...Read Full Lyrics

I went running around asking everybody I know I already asked my mother and the woman who lives next door I've been running around asking for so long I wanted to ask my grandmot...Read Full Lyrics

Shy women, you and I Shy, from knowing too well Every time, as though it were mine The bitterness that you hide so well I say nothing at all, thinking of your pride And I tell...Read Full Lyrics

I found the little tapes You kept under your bed And I played and played and played them Over and over again Years ago, walking alone You sang “Oh.” In your high strang...Read Full Lyrics

I remember the dry grass of Nebraska, grey to distant blue I stopped on hills like slumping shoulders; car cooling, I took off my shoes I drove out west with my sister – she ta...Read Full Lyrics

You were a friend to me You told me all that was on your mind And it meant so much to me From the beginning How it was so kindred-spirited to mine I would think of you sometim...Read Full Lyrics

I am trying… I am trying not to let words just shake me off They would slip and be gone like minnows Just a silvery flash in the shadows I would be blank like an unlit street ...Read Full Lyrics