The Queen & The Soldier 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

Oh mom, the dreams are not so bad It's just that there's so much to do And I'm tired of sleeping Oh mom, the old man is telling me something His eyes are wide and his mouth is th...Read Full Lyrics

I like a tombstone cause it Weathers well And if it stands or if it crumbles Only time will tell If you carve my name in marble You must cut it deep There'll be no dancing on the ...Read Full Lyrics

I am sitting In the morning At the diner On the corner I am waiting At the counter For the man To pour the coffee And he fills it Only halfway And before I even argue He is look...Read Full Lyrics

Call on that saint And the candle that burns Keeping her safe Until her return Plaster and paint Holding the fire A poor woman's saint Holding all man's desire Bold little bird F...Read Full Lyrics

I knew a plant Whose roots were bound And returned Into the ground Every day I watched it grow Every day It struggled so Roots were bound roots were bound Roots were bound into t...Read Full Lyrics

I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole I would leave only bones and teeth We could see what was underneath And you would be free then Once I thought only tears c...Read Full Lyrics

When heroes go down They go down fast So don't expect any time to Equivocate the past When heroes go down They land in flame So don't expect any slow and careful Settling of blam...Read Full Lyrics

Consider me a widow boys, and I will tell you why, It's not the man, but it's the marriage that was drowned So I walk the walk, and wait with watchful eye out to the sky, Looking f...Read Full Lyrics