The Carny Lyrics

I hold this letter in my handA plea, a petition, a kind of prayerI hope it does as I have plannedLosing her again is more than I can bearI kiss the cold, white envelopeI press my l...Read Full Lyrics

As so with that, I thought I'd take a final walkThe tide of public opinion had started to abateThe neighbors, bless them, had turned out to be all talkI could see their frightened ...Read Full Lyrics

Oh yeah, yeahYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellYes well, well, wellI took a walk down to the portWhere strangers meet and do consortAll blinkered with desireAnd a winter fog ...Read Full Lyrics

It's up in the morning and on the downsLittle white clouds like gambolling lambsAnd I am breathless over youAnd the red-breasted robin beats his wingsHis throat it trembles when he...Read Full Lyrics

C'mon, kind sir, let's walk outsideAnd breathe the autumn airSee the many that have lived and diedSee the unending golden stairSee all of us that have come behindClutching at your ...Read Full Lyrics

For you dear, I was bornFor you I was raised upFor you I've lived and for you I will dieFor you I'm dying nowYou were my mad little loverIn a world where everybody fucks everybody ...Read Full Lyrics

You went looking for me dearDown by the seaYou found some little silver fishBut you didn't find meI was hiding dearhiding all awayI was hiding dearhiding all awayYou went to the mu...Read Full Lyrics

We've laid the cables and the wiresWe've split the wood and stoked the firesWe've lit our town so there is noPlace for crime to hideOur little church is painted whiteAnd in the saf...Read Full Lyrics

Ah wanna tell ya 'bout a girlYou know, she lives in apt. 29Why? That's the one right up top a mineI start to cry, I start to cryOh, I hear her walkin'Walkin' barefoot cross the flo...Read Full Lyrics

[Chorus:]They call me The Wild Rose But my name was Elisa Day Why they call me it I do not know For my name was Elisa Day From the first day I saw her I knew she was the one As she...Read Full Lyrics