New York Is a Woman Lyrics

I knew a plantwhose roots were boundand returnedinto the groundevery dayI watched it growevery dayit struggled soroots were bound roots were boundroots were bound into the groundwa...Read Full Lyrics

Edith Wharton's lovely figurines Still speak to me today From their mantelpiece in time Where they wrestle and they play With passions and with prudences Finances and fears Her f...Read Full Lyrics

I will take up all your tears Salty tissues through the years Spread them in the sun to dry Diamonds from each time you cry I will treasure all your teeth Your laughter and the pe...Read Full Lyrics

She's a pornographer's dream he said; I knew what he meant But it made me imagine: what kind of a dream he would have that hadn't been spent? Would he still dream of the thigh, the...Read Full Lyrics

The way of the world Has taken its toll Ravaged my body And bitten my soul I'm ruined by rain Weathered by wind I've been invaded Without and within [Chorus:] And I ask I am aski...Read Full Lyrics

On the way to the bidetIs when the trouble used to startIt didn't mean she wasn't queenOf the tinderbox that was his heartHer fire, his desire meant thatEverything must come undone...Read Full Lyrics

Love is the only thing that matters Love is the only thing that's real I know we hear this every day It's still the hardest thing to feel This time When I go back to Ludlow Stree...Read Full Lyrics

Angel comes home His clothes in a cloud Of the dust and the dirt and destruction She waits inside She knows he's arrived She feels this with no introduction [Chorus:] At angel's d...Read Full Lyrics