The Only Tourist in Havana Turns His Thoughts Homeward Lyrics

Couldn't pay the mortgageAnd it broke my baby's heartI couldn't pay the mortgageIt broke my baby's heartI never gave nobody troubleBut it ain't too late to start!Don't wanna break ...Read Full Lyrics

{Intro}I've got a little secretYou've got to promise not to tellI said I've got a little secret(I've got a little secret)You've got to promise not to tellI said I've got a little s...Read Full Lyrics

You can dance every dance with the guy Who gives you the eye, let him hold you tight You can smile every smile for the man Who held your hand 'neath the pale moon light But don't f...Read Full Lyrics

When young the Christians told mehow we pinned Jesuslike a lovely butterfly against the wood,and I wept beside paintings of Calvaryat velvet woundsand delicate twisted feet.But he ...Read Full Lyrics

A kite is a victim you are sure of.You love it because it pullsgentle enough to call you master,strong enough to call you fool;because it liveslike a desperate trained falconin the...Read Full Lyrics

After the Sabbath prayersThe Baal Shem's butterflyFollowed me down the hill.Now the Baal Shem is deadThese hundreds of yearsAnd a butterfly ends its lifeIn three flag-swept days.So...Read Full Lyrics

You tell me that silenceis nearer to peace than poemsbut if for my giftI brought you silence(for I know silence)you would sayThis is not silencethis is another poemand you would ha...Read Full Lyrics

The flowers that I left in the ground,that I did not gather for you,today I bring them all back,to let them grow forever,not in poems or marble,but where they fell and rotted.And t...Read Full Lyrics

If it were Springand I killed a man,I would change him to leavesand hang him from a tree,a tree in a groveat the edge of a dune,where small beasts cameto flee the sun.Wind would ma...Read Full Lyrics

There are some menwho should have mountainsto bear their names to time.Grave-markers are not high enoughor green,and sons go far awayto lose the fisttheir father's hand will always...Read Full Lyrics