Foi Na Cruz
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Que um dia Meus pecados castigados em Jesus Foi na cruz Que um dia Foi na cruz
Love comes a-knocking Comes a-knocking upon our door But you, you and me, love We don't live here any more
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Que um dia Meus pecados castigados em Jesus Foi na cruz Que um dia Foi na cruz
A little sleep, a little slumber A little folding of the hands to sleep A little love, a little hate, babe A little trickery and deceit
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Que um dia Meus pecados castigados em Jesus Foi na cruz Que um dia Foi na cruz
Dream on 'till you can dream no more For all our grand plans, babe Will be dreams forever more
Foi na cruz, foi na cruz Que um dia Meus pecados castigados em Jesus Foi na cruz Que um dia Foi na cruz [Repeat] _____________________
Lament
I've seen your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Your vampire tooth, your little truth Your tiny lies
I know your trembling hand, your guilty prize Your sleeping limbs, your foreign hymns Your midnight cries
So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say Now you're gone away
I know your trail of tears, your slip of hand Your monkey paw, your monkey claw And your monkey hand
I've seen your trick of blood, your trap of fire Your ancient wound, your scarlet moon And your jailhouse smile
So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say Now you're gone away
I'll miss your urchin smile, your orphan tears Your shining prize, your tiny cries Your little fears I'll miss your fairground hair, your seaside eyes Your vampire tooth, your little truth And your tiny lies
So dry your eyes And turn your head away Now there's nothing more to say Now you're gone away [Repeat] _____________________
Lucy
Last night I lay trembling The moon it was low It was the end of love Of misery and woe
The suddenly above me Her face buried in light Came a vision of beauty All covered in white
Now the bell-tower is ringing And the night has stole past O Lucy, can you hear me? Wherever you rest
I'll love her forever I'll love her for all time I'll love her till the stars Fall down from the sky Now the bell-tower is ringing And I shake on the floor O Lucy, can you hear me? When I call and call
Now the bell-tower is ringing And the moon it is high O Lucy, can you hear me When I cry and cry and cry _____________________ Sorrow's Child
Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water Sorrow's child sits by the river Sorrow's child hears not the water And just when it seems as though You've got strength enough to stand Sorrow's child all weak and strange Stands waiting at your hand
Sorrow's child steps in the water Sorrow's child you follow after Sorrow's child wades in deeper Sorrow's child invites you under And just when you thought as though All your tears were wept and done Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed But all the past still yet to come Sorrow's child sits by the water Sorrow's child your arms enfold her Sorrow's child you're loathe to befriend her Sorrow's child but in sorrow surrender And just when is seems as though All your tears were at an end Sorrow's child lifts up her hand And she brings it down again _____________________
The Good Son
One more man gone One more man gone One more man is gone
The good son walks into the field He is a tiller, he has a tiller's hands But down in his heart now He lays down his queer plans Against his brother and against his family Yet he worships his brother And he worships his mother But it's his father, he says, is an unfair man The good son The good son The good son
The good son has sat and often wept Beneath a malign star by which he's kept And the night-time in which he's wrapped Speaks of good and speaks of evil And he calls to his mother And he calls to his father But they are deaf in the shadows Of his brother's truancy The good son The good son The good son The good son
And he curses his mother And he curses his father And he curses his virtue like an unclean thing The good son The good son The good son
One more man gone One more man gone One more man One more man gone One more man gone One more man One more man gone One more man gone One more man [Repeat] _____________________
The Hammer Song
Oh please don't send me out Said the man with the hammer, hammering the anvil I been walking on a road of rocks And I keep on hammering, keep on hammering, keep on hammering, Hammering the anvil
Don't let the sun go down Said the man with the fire, firing the furnace I been buried in the snow And I keep on firing, keep on firing, keep on firing, Firing the furnace
Oh don't talk to me Said the man with the chisel, chiseling the surface I been sleeping far too long And I keep on chiseling, keep on chiseling, keep on chiseling, Chiseling the surface
I don't know what you mean Said the man with the shovel, shoveling the ashes I been digging in the frozen ground And I keep on shoveling, keep on shoveling, keep on shoveling, Shoveling the ashes
Shoveling the ashes Chiseling the surface Firing the furnace Hammering the anvil _____________________
The Ship Song
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around
We talk about it all night long We define our moral ground But when I crawl into your arms Everything comes tumbling down
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Your face has fallen sad now For you know the time is nigh When I must remove your wings And you, you must try to fly
Come sail your ships around me And burn your bridges down We make a little history, baby Every time you come around
Come loose your dogs upon me And let your hair hang down You are a little mystery to me Every time you come around _____________________
The Weeping Song
Go son, go down to the water And see the women weeping there Then go up into the mountains The men, they are weeping too
Father, why are all the women weeping? They are weeping for their men Then why are all the men there weeping? They are weeping back at them
This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long
Father, why are all the children weeping? They are merely crying son O, are they merely crying, father? Yes, true weeping is yet to come
This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While all the men and women sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long
O father tell me, are you weeping? Your face seems wet to touch O then I'm so sorry, father I never thought I hurt you so much
This is a weeping song A song in which to weep While we rock ourselves to sleep This is a weeping song But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long But I won't be weeping long _____________________
The Witness Song
Yeah, yeah Well, well I took a walk down to the port Where strangers meet and do consort All blinkered with desire And a winter fog moved thickly on A winter fog moved thickly on A winter fog moved thickly on
Now, who will be the witness When the fog's too thick to see
And I saw a friend beside a wall Her hands were raised in supplication And her face I could not see at all And I raised my hands in rage And brought them down again And we entered through the eastern door And I entered through the eastern door And she entered through the eastern door
Now, who will be the witness When you're all to blind to see O yes, yes, yes
And time gets somewhat muddled here But no matter, no matter Here come the events all tumbling down Now, beyond the wall was a great garden Into which we passed Me and my friend And the place was all overgrown with weeds And behold from its centre there rose a great fountain The fountain with the healing waters And we knelt down by the rim And I dipped my hand in And she dipped her hand in too And I said "Are you healed?" And she said "Well are you healed?" And I said "Yes, I'm healed" And she said "Well, yes I'm healed then too" And I said "Babe, you are a liar" "Babe, you are a liar" "Babe, you are a liar, too" Now, who will be the witness When you're all to healed to see
And I kissed her once, I kissed her twice And made my way to leave her And she raised her hand up to her face And brought it down again I said "That gesture, it will haunt me" "That gesture it will haunt me" And I left there by the eastern door She left there by the western door
Now, who will be the witness there When you're blind and you can't see Who will be the witness there When you're all so clean and you cannot see Who will be the witness there When your friends are everywhere Who will be the witness there And your enemies have ceased to care [Ad lib]
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