Skeleton Tree Lyrics

I was just a boy when I sat downTo watch the news on TVI saw some ordinary slaughterI saw some routine atrocityMy father said, don't look awayYou got to be strong, you got to be bo...Read Full Lyrics

All the towers of ivory are crumblingAnd the swallows have sharpened their beaksThis is the time of our great undoingThis is the time that I'll come runningStraight to youFor I am ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh my, oh myWhat a wretched lifeI was born on the dayThat my poor mama diedI was cut from her bellyWith a Stanley knifeMy daddy did a jigWith the drunk midwifeWho's that yonder all...Read Full Lyrics

It began when they come took me from my homeAnd put me in Dead RowOf which I am nearly wholly innocent, you knowAnd I'll say it againI am not afraid to dieI began to warm and chill...Read Full Lyrics

You wave at the sky with wild lovely eyesWaves and waves of love goodbyeAnd through the garden with your secret keyDown the tunnel that leads to the seaStep on the beach beneath th...Read Full Lyrics

On Jubilee Street there was a girl named BeeShe had a history, but she had no pastWhen they shut her down the Russians moved inI am too scared, I'm too scared to even walk on pastS...Read Full Lyrics

Oh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaOh DeannaWell, you know you are my friend, yeahOh DeannaAnd I ain't down here for your moneyAnd I ain't down here for your loveI ain't down here...Read Full Lyrics

As I sat sadly by her sideAt the window, through the glassShe stroked a kitten in her lapAnd we watched the world as it fell pastSoftly she spoke these words to meAnd with brand ne...Read Full Lyrics

I see trees of green, red roses tooI watch them bloom for me and youAnd I think to myself, what a wonderful worldI see skies of blue, clouds of whiteThe bright blessed day and the ...Read Full Lyrics

I stepped out of the St. James hotelAnd I left you behind curled up like a childA change is gonna comeAnd as the door whispered shutI walked on down the high-windowed hallYou lay s...Read Full Lyrics