The Morning Paper Lyrics

Granted passageInto the finer daysHow I got here, I do not knowAnd if it were all to disappearI would not know how to returnAnd all of my old friendsThey want me to stay down down ...Read Full Lyrics

I was not woken by the roosterNor by the crow's tough songBut the midnight cry of a blood red birdBrought this sleeplessness onThrew open the windowMoonlight on a black garden of t...Read Full Lyrics

The widow saysIt's hard to liveWith a manA man like meThe widow saysIt's hard to liveOn the lonely version of love I giveAnd I've seen the way her eyes light upWhen she looks at th...Read Full Lyrics

If you're living the unliveableBy loving the unloveableIt's time to start changing the unchangeableBe leaving the unleaveableCome onIf you're living the unliveableBy loving the unl...Read Full Lyrics

I went down to the riverTo meet the widowShe gave me an appleIt was redI slept in her black armsFor a centuryShe wanted nothing in returnI gave her nothing in returnI gave her noth...Read Full Lyrics

Most of my fantasies are ofmaking someone else come.Most of my fantasies are ofto be of use—to be of some hard,simpleundeniable use.Like a spindle.Like a candle.Like a horseshoe....Read Full Lyrics

I was a strangerWhen I came to townJust yesterdayI was a strangerThey don't come much strangerSo whyWhy did you believeAll every word I saidWhy did you believeBelieve a strangerA s...Read Full Lyrics