Nanzen Ji Lyrics

Wind across the quay-side Grit in my eyes and fish in my nose White as whalebone, wheeling seagulls cry Outside the bar in the high street Blind fingers spin an accordion reel Shoe...Read Full Lyrics

Breakfast woodsmoke on the breeze -- On the cliff the U.S. Embassy Frowns out over Managua like Dracula's tower The kid who guards Fonseca's tomb Cradles a beat-up submachine gun -...Read Full Lyrics

Not a knife throw from here you can hear the night train passing That's the sound somebody makes when they're getting away Leaving next week's hanging jury far behind them Prisoner...Read Full Lyrics

Mist hangs above hills Above mist hangs stone face of mountain Above mountain face hangs a net of sky -- Crack! There are wings and they rip the net! And the dance flows on Everyth...Read Full Lyrics

Sunday night and it's half past nine Sunday night and it's half past nine Sunday night and it's half past nine I'm leaving one more town behind Mirrors are showing the day's last g...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I have been a beggar And shall be one again And few the ones with help to lend Within the world of men One day I walk in flowers one day I walk on stones Today I walk in hours O...Read Full Lyrics

I never lived with balance I always wake up nervous Light comes at me sideways I hold my breath forever I never lived with balance Though I've always liked the notion I feel an end...Read Full Lyrics

I've got planets in my palm -- there's a red smear on the sky A star has just exploded somewhere behind my eyes In the dead of night the city seems to break down into tribes You st...Read Full Lyrics

Sunset is an angel weeping Holding out a bloody sword No matter how I squint I cannot Make out what it's pointing toward Sometimes you feel like you live too long Days drip slowly ...Read Full Lyrics

You've got covert action Prejudice to extremes You've got primitive cunning And high tech means You've got eyes everywhere But people see through you You've got good manipulators G...Read Full Lyrics