To a Teacher Lyrics

I went down to the place where I knew she lay waitingUnder the marble and the snowI said, Mother I'm frightened, the thunder and the lightningI'll never come through this aloneShe ...Read Full Lyrics

Now I greet you from the other side of sorrow and despair, with a love so vastAnd so shattered, it will reach you everywhere.And I sing this for the captain whose ship has not been...Read Full Lyrics

Why do you stand by the windowAbandoned to beauty and prideThe thorn of the night in your bosomThe spear of the age in your sideLost in the rages of fragranceLost in the rags of re...Read Full Lyrics

I asked my father,I said, "father change my name."The one I'm using now it's covered upWith fear and filth and cowardice and shame.Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover,...Read Full Lyrics

Frankie Lane, he was singing JezebelI pinned an Iron Cross to my lapelI walked up to the tallest and the blondest girlI said, Look, you don't know me now but very soon you willSo w...Read Full Lyrics

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,You were talking so brave and so sweet,Giving me head on the unmade bed,While the limousines wait in the street.Those were the reasons and ...Read Full Lyrics

Everybody knows that the dice are loadedEverybody rolls with their fingers crossedEverybody knows the war is overEverybody knows the good guys lostEverybody knows the fight was fix...Read Full Lyrics

I asked my fatherI said, "Father change my name"The one I'm using now it's covered upWith fear and filth and cowardice and shame [Chorus: x2]Yes and lover, lover, loverLover, lover...Read Full Lyrics

Well my friends are gone and my hair is greyI ache in the places where I used to playAnd I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming onI'm just paying my rent every dayOh in the Tower of...Read Full Lyrics

I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me,But the room just filled up with mosquitoes, they heard that my body was freeThen I took the dust of a long sleepless night and ...Read Full Lyrics