Linger, Let Me Linger Lyrics

I swear I heard a bird Calling high in the chestnut trees The sun was so bright That bird I couldn't see No matter where I stood I couldn't see beak or wing Just burning, blinding...Read Full Lyrics

Give me a swamp, a deep dark bog Where I can lose my way in pools of slippery mud Give me cold, cold rain, a cloud of stinging bugs Deadly nightshade, poison oak, give me the wild,...Read Full Lyrics

Darling, my darling Look at my waving antennae My barbed jaw and hard red pinchers The stripes running down my spine Darling, my darling, watch me fly up in spirals Admire the hor...Read Full Lyrics

Your fan of golden hair oiled with rose and cinnamon As your blood bloomed poppy-red across your velvet coat Your deep blue velvet coat Yes, there in Montana prairie grass the Sio...Read Full Lyrics

They used to think the swallows were living underwater All through the winter when they were missing from the trees They used to think the geese budded from the branches Each gentl...Read Full Lyrics

The octopus has three hearts, it lives in caves below the sea Or in a beer can or a bath tub or a puddle on the street Any fisherman can tell you when an octopus waves its arms It ...Read Full Lyrics

The blue house at the corner of Twilight and State Four storeys, soaring turrets, floors of wood parquet And owls, so many owls, snowy, horned and screech Thousands of owls, all f...Read Full Lyrics

Sylvia was struck by lightning While reading in bed one night She'd left the window open And the storm caught her by surprise For days she lay as still as stone Hooked to pumps ...Read Full Lyrics

Up the snowy spires, where the air is thin as glass Once a year, the cold mists clear and you can see inside the earth High in that crystal palace I built a sailing ship Mast and w...Read Full Lyrics

Granny Green was stooped as a windblown branch She lived high in the bramble forest Once a fortnight, if the moon shone right, she came down to our little village She brought black...Read Full Lyrics