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Collarbones
04:24
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Closing time at the gallery, hellbent for beauty
Only four minutes with the Florentines
Side-eyed Madonnas present the white rose
Veiled and alluring in blue repose
The child on her lap with golden halo
Here he is. There he goes
Here he is. There he goes
Here he is. There he goes
Accompanied by angels who play tambourines
And thieves assailed by black-winged things
There comes from his side in luxurious streams
Blood that pours incarnadine
Here he is. There he goes
Here he is. There he goes
On the road home a river of red tail lights
And houses all clustered in beige and white
I want to drape my head in precious stones
And feel your kisses on my collarbones
And feel your kisses on my collarbones
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Happiest Night
03:24
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You pulled a stocking cap over your eyes to make it night.
Blue walls, diminishing light
Your lips so gently parted for air
I willed you to touch me. You patted my hair
It was the happiest, happiest night
It was the happiest, happiest night
I never spent in your arms
You pulled a mattress onto the floor
You slept on the box spring and I by the door
Yesterday's coffee sat on the counter and an empty can of beer
Still there's no place I'd rather be than here
It was the happiest, happiest night
It was the happiest, happiest night
I never spent in your arms
I wanted to talk about God all through the night
I want to read poetry to you by candlelight
And maybe I'm bored and boring like everybody else
And maybe that's alright, all alright
It was the happiest, happiest night
It was the happiest, happiest night
It was the happiest, happiest, happiest, happiest night
I never spent in your arms
A thousand childhood prayers arisen from the deep
As I lay there pretending to sleep
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Sanctuary
04:53
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The fruitful vine closed her petals to us
We never became, we never were born
Now our breath fills vaults between us
These arms, a sanctuary, we should love or abandon
For busy cathedrals where I AM but not known
Shall I open my legs for you then?
My altar is stripped and toppled over
Who's responsible here, I'd like to know?
Was it the money-changer or the scribe?
It was the woman
Who swallowed your stones and bore them into children
Who grew here bone upon bone
Just a little bit crooked
Hate to say it but we've done the work of the Lord
I just don't happen to like it
There's greatness drawing us in
Venus and Jupiter in alignment
Slave and master in accord
How surprising--Love--it's repulsive, but so mesmerizing
Funny meeting you down here
You who threw the first stone and you who were struck by it
This mercy burns but it sure beats hell's soft landing
Imagine the gold here and the ash
You call and I come
You call and I come
I'll come on a dime to be wanted
to be wanted
to be wanted
These arms, a sanctuary, we should love or abandon
For busy cathedrals where I AM but not known
I'll wait for you
I'll wait for you
I will wait for you
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You Get By
04:55
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I've known you for a long time but no one knows you well
There's nothing you're ashamed of, no, nothing you're trying to sell
Never asked for the limelight though you danced to the closing bell
You took what you needed.
You took what you needed
To get by
Your mama took her doses. Your daddy tanned your hide
You went out on the road then with music as your guide
When a song made you high or sad, well, you kept it all inside
You kept it all inside
You kept it all inside
To get by
The veins in your forearms like rivers in hot sand
And the blood swells behind your eyes when you take your axe in hand
Wouldn't want to be your lady but you're one hell of a man
One hell of a man
One hell of a man
You get by
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Alleluia
03:48
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I fell away from longed-for good feeling
I fell away from everything but your love, your love
I will obey the call to be joyful
I will wait for your word to be revealed
I had hope for a moment
I was a child for a moment
I had a father for a moment
I had a child for a moment
Alle-alle-alleluia
Alle-alle-alleluia
It's ok to be misunderstood
I believe this suffering is for my good
I had hope for a moment
I was a child for a moment
I had a father for a moment
I had a child for a moment
Alle-alleluia
Alle-alleluia
Alle-alleluia
Alleluia
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