Poems from the Japanese Lyrics

So Abram rose, and clave the wood, and wentAnd took the fire with him, and a knifeAnd as they sojourned both of them togetherIsaac the first-born spake and said, "My fatherBehold t...Read Full Lyrics

While the red spittle of the grape-shot singsAll day across the endless sky, and while entire battalionsGreen or scarlet, rallied by their kingDisintegrate in crumpled masses under...Read Full Lyrics

I have wrapped my dreams in a silken clothAnd laid them away in a box of goldWhere long will cling the lips of the mothI have wrapped my dreams in a silken clothI hide no hate; I a...Read Full Lyrics

Oh, the age of the inmatesI remember quite freelyNo younger than twelveNo older 'n seventeenThrown in like banditsAnd cast off like criminalsInside the wallsThe walls of Red WingFr...Read Full Lyrics

Oh I'm sailin’ away, my own true loveI'm sailing away in the morningIs there something I can send you from across the seaFrom the place that I'll be landing?No, there's nothing y...Read Full Lyrics

I'm a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I'm a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I'm a gonna leave here Monday morningOh, I never expect to see you anymoreMy home's across this Bl...Read Full Lyrics

I've talked to your mother and I've talked to your dadThey say they've tried, but it's all in vainI've begged and I've pleadedI even got madNow we must face it, you give me a painH...Read Full Lyrics

Take me to the station Put me on a train I've got no expectations To pass through here again Once I was a rich man Now I am so poor But never in my sweet short life Have I f...Read Full Lyrics

C'era un ragazzo che come meAmava i Beatles e i Rolling StonesGirava il mondo, veniva daGli Stati Uniti d'AmericaNon era bello ma accanto a séAveva mille donne seCantava "Help" e ...Read Full Lyrics

C'è un grande prato verdeDove nascono speranzeChe si chiamano ragazziQuello è il grande prato dell'amoreUno: non tradirli maiHanno vede in teDue: non li deludereCredono in teTre:...Read Full Lyrics