khashka
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:09 AM
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This is fucking brilliant (lyrics) |
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Ok, Tom Waits always comes across as a guy so drunk he can barely stand up.... but he has the soul of a true poet....
Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches And the rain sounds like a round of applause And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon His invisible fiancee's in the mirror And the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails And it's true there's nothing left for him down here
And it's time time time, and it's time time time And it's time time time that you love And it's time time time
And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget That history puts a saint in every dream
Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?" So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time And it's time time time that you love And it's time time time
Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips As the dish outside the window fills with rain Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again
Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time And it's time time time that you love And it's time time time And it's time time time, and it's time time time And it's time time time that you love And it's time time time
Wow! Khash.
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bertha katzenengel
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:11 AM
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Great stuff. I hope you're well. :pals: Been thinking of you.
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:24 AM
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4. Actually Bertha I've been thinking of you too |
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There was an article in the latest Advocate about gay marriage and straight people supporting it. I know how passionate you are about it and when I read it I thought about you....
Khash.
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:37 AM
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Thanks for thinking of me, Khash. :hug:
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:16 AM
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Wed Sep-28-05 09:20 AM
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3. T Bone Burnett does a great version, too... |
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On his Dot album, T Bone Burnett... a fantastic album, if you can find it.
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