Solitude Standing Lyrics

If sand waves were sound waves What song would be in the air now What stinging tune Could split this endless noon And make the sky swell with rain If war were a game that a man or...Read Full Lyrics

If I had met you on some journey Where would we be now If we had met some eastbound train Through some black sleeping town Would you have worn your silken robes All made of royal...Read Full Lyrics

The reproach in your daughter's most beautiful face made me wonder just how she could know of that something that happened between you and me so much more than a long time ago Her...Read Full Lyrics

I don't care for tights, she says And does not tell me why She hikes her skirt above her knee Revealing one brown thigh I see, I say, and wonder at Her slender little fingers How ...Read Full Lyrics

There's a sound Across the alley Of cold metal Touching skin And you can see If you look in her window That she has gone and cut Her hair again In straight lines Straight lines ...Read Full Lyrics

Think about the world you know Now think of where it wants to go All things you can see around you You can change them Rearrange them in your mind If you've heard tales of...Read Full Lyrics

I am sitting by my window; I am thinking of my rent. I am looking through my pockets, And I'm wondering where it went. I am feeling like the devil, Maybe like the devil's wife. I a...Read Full Lyrics

The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door He said, 'i am not fighting for you any more' The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before And slowly she let him inside. He...Read Full Lyrics

When I was a little girl Younger than nine or ten I once spoke to the silver lady But I never saw her again. To me she flew out of the sky She was born riding on the water Her hai...Read Full Lyrics

Those whole girls Hurl down words Run in packs With bloom to spare They know health Know it well Skim the cream And fill the brim Drip with news Spin intact Blaze and stun And ...Read Full Lyrics