There's a land beyond the riverthat we call the sweet forever And we'll only reach that shore by faith's decreeone by one we'll gain the portalsthere to dwell with the immortalswhe...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Ophelia was a bride of God
A novice Carmelite,
In sister cells, the cloister bells,
Tolled on her wedding night
Ophelia was the rebel girl,
A blue-stockinged suffragette
Who remedi...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
I had a silver penny
And an apricot tree
And I said to the sailor
On the white quay
Sailor O sailor
Will you bring me
If I give you my penny
And my apricot tree
'A fez ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
A bomb went off this morning raining bodies on TV
They are blaming the insurgents; they are blocking off the streets
And the smoke is rising slowly from the barrel of a gun
The ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Well, I lived in a town
Way down south
By the name of Owensboro
And I worked in a mill
With the rest of the "trash"
As we're often called
As you know
Well, we rise up early
In the...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Do I have to put the law on you baby for all the wicked things you do?
Am I gonna have to put the law on you baby?
That was not what I wanted to do.
Do I have to put the law on yo...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Young and strong Hollywood son
In the early morning light
This star fell down
On Sunset Boulevard
Young and strong beautiful one
We embraced so close
Is gone
Was torn away
Let th...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Saddle up the horses and wear your Sunday best.
Sing your Sacred Harp, you be holier than the rest.
Fill up the room with a grand and thunderous song
Let it rattle out the windows,...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
A woman of beauty
A woman of pain
In France or Jakarta
Her shadow's the same
You go home with Sally Ann
You go home with Sally Ann
You go home
A woman of kindness
With bracelets o...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant
Go west
Paradise is there
You'll have all that you can eat
Of milk and honey over there
You'll be the brightest star
The world has ever seen
Sun-baked slender heroine
Of film and ...Read Full Lyrics
Artist - Natalie Merchant