ROSARY 

I'll string along
I'll string along
oo whaoo whaoo whaoo

Come mornings
my beads on a face
A thread
A thong
oo whaoo whaoo whaoo

We can save it
We can change it
Put it in lines across the room
But we'll never
stop it bristling
and I gotta quit

With a ribbonless hair
With a wire of snare
oo whaoo whaoo whaoo

With all the trembling vein
that you can bare
oo whaoo whaoo whaoo

We can save it
We can change it
Put it in lines across the room
But we'll never
stop it pimpling
and I gotta quit

Scrape a little pattern
to a sty
I kiss holes for the bullets
in case of thigh
in case of thigh
I kiss holes for the bullets
and I gotta quit
and I gotta quit

ROSEMARY 

Voices from a photograph
Laughed from your wall
Screamed through your dreams
Wake up rosemary and wipe your teary eyes

Rise and cross the cold bare floor
And watch the moon through frosted glass
Damn that photograph
I'll have to take it down

She hears the boats as they move down the river
She sees a dog straining hard on his leash to get away
She hears the clock and it strikes like a hammer
Pounding the nails one day further in the coffin of her
Youth

Evenings with your mother's friends
Pregnant eyes, sagging chins
Swollen fingertips
Pour antique cups of tea

Who are you and where you been?
Suspended in a weightless wind
Watching trains go by
From platforms in the rain

Look at the photograph
Dream back last summer
Dream back the lips
Of that traveling salesman, mr. jim

He smelled of miracles
With stained glass whispers
You loved his laughter
You tremble beneath him once again

That's what i want
A new shot at life
But my coat's too thin
My feet won't fly

And i watch the wind and i see another dream blowin' by

SLEEPWALKERS WOMAN 

In The Time Of An Exile
From The Jails Of Another
Where Soundings Are Taken
Raw To His Eyes.

I Have Walked The Way For Him
Down To Splintering Bone Ashes
With Your Voice Shining Sea
In His Fractures And Skys.

There Are No Voices Here.

There Are Only Confessions.
Keeping Him Hidden
Weighed Out Of His Name

We Have Entered Deserted
He Has Gazed From My Windows
As If All That Replaced Us
Could Still End In Me.

For The First Time Unwoken
I Am Returned.
For The First Time Unwoken
I Am Returned.

He Arrives From A Place
With A Face Of Fast Sun.
Arrives From A Space
His Refuge Overrun.

She Will Fold Him Away
In His
badly Changed Hand.

Fold Him Away Far Behind
where I Am.

For The First Time Forgetting,
I am returned.
Her Mind Moved by the Silence,
I am returned.
As If All That Replaced Us
Ends It Again.

As If All That Replaced Us
ends.

SOMEONE WHO CARED 

saw you cry - were you frightened of darkness?
I heard you sigh - were you bored?

You never gave life a chance
You gotta give life a chance

Tomorrow came and you saved it for no-one
Yesterday's gone - you just threw it away

You never gave life a chance
You gotta give life a chance

They're only tears that you've parted with
They're only fears that you had

You may not know, but there was someone who cared
Not that you noticed, anyhow

SONS OF 

Sons of the thief, sons of the saint
Who is the child with no complaint
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
The same sweet smiles, the same sad tears
The cries at night, the nightmare fears
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own...

So long ago: long, long, ago...

But sons of tycoons or sons of the farms
All of the children ran from your arms
Through fields of gold, through fields of ruin
All of the children vanished too soon
In tow'ring waves, in walls of flesh
Among dying birds trembling with death
Sons of tycoons or sons of the farms
All of the children ran from your arms...

So long ago: long, long, ago...

But sons of your sons or sons passing by
Children we lost in lullabies
Sons of true love or sons of regret
All of the sons you cannot forget
Some built the roads, some wrote the poems
Some went to war, some never came home
Sons of your sons or sons passing by
Children we lost in lullabies...

So long ago: long, long, ago

But, sons of the theif, sons of the saint
Who is the child with no complaint
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own
The same sweet smiles, the same sad tears
The cries at night, the nightmare fears
Sons of the great or sons unknown
All were children like your own...

STORMY 

You were the sunshine, baby
Whenever you smiled
But I call you Stormy today

All of a sudden
That ole rain's fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray
You've gone away

Oh Stormy,
Stormy, Stormy, Stormy
Bring back that sunny day

Yesterday's love
Was like a warm summer breeze
But, just like the weather you changed
Now things are dreary, baby
And it's windy and cold
And I stand alone in the rain
And I'm callin' your name

Yeah Stormy,
Stormy, Stormy, Stormy
Bring back that sunny day

Oh, my storm
Come on back and storm
Come on back and bring back that sun again

I need you Stormy, Stormy, Stormy
Stormy
Bring it back, bring that sunny day, bring that sunny day
Bring that sunny day

SUCH A SMALL LOVE 

Verse 1

Mist falls and his voice cracks from the morning
Flowers and my body feels like lead
Someone should have stopped the birds from singing today
Hammers from striking nails into clay
Her face penetrates the blue gray morning
Her eyes pregnant pools produce a tear
Someone should have shouted you had gone in her ear
That summer was stolen away

Chorus

Such a small love, such a little tear
You would laugh so loud if you could see us here
With my one suit badly pressed and worn
Like a child left in the world alone

Verse 2

He speaks I don't hear a word he's saying
Hang on to the pine trees and the snow
Reach out grab the memories that are left for your hand
They'll help you get by for a while

Chorus 2

Such a small love, such a little tear
Is this all that's left on your cheek so pale?
His shallow half lit eyes, his rotted teeth groan on
Our drunken madmen nights ending up in jail
Midnight mornings drenched in Dago red*
Words collided, things we left unsaid
Perfumed pillows, girls that clung so near
Such a small love, such a little tear


* 'Dago red' is a rough red wine

Mist caídas y su voz grietas de la mañana
Flowers and my body feels like lead Flores y mi cuerpo se siente como el plomo
Someone should have stopped the birds from singing today Alguien debería haber dejado el canto de las aves de hoy
Hammers from striking nails into clay Martillos de golpear clavos en arcilla

Her face penetrates the blue gray morning Su cara penetra en el azul gris mañana
Her eyes pregnant pools produce a tear Sus ojos embarazadas piscinas producir un desgarro
Someone should have shouted you had gone in her ear Alguien debería haber gritado que había ido a su oreja
That summer was stolen away Ese verano fue robada fuera

Such a small love Ese pequeño amor
Such a little tear Estas un poco de desgarro
You would laugh so loud Usted se ríen por lo alto
If you could see us here Si pudieras ver con nosotros aquí

With my one suit Con un traje de mi
Badly pressed and worn Presionado y mal gastada
Like a child left Al igual que un niño abandonado
In the world alone En el mundo solo

He speaks I don't hear a word he's saying Habla no escucho una palabra que está diciendo
Hang on to the pine trees and the snow Hang a los pinos y la nieve
Reach out grab the memories that are left for your hand Llegar a captar los recuerdos que quedan de la mano
They'll help you get by for a while Ellos le ayudan a obtener por un rato

Such a small love Ese pequeño amor
Such a little tear Estas un poco de desgarro
Is this all that's left ¿Es esto todo lo que la izquierda
On your cheek so pale En su mejilla para que pálido

His shallow half lit eyes Su media superficial ojos iluminados
His rotted teeth grown on Su podrido crecido en los dientes
A drunken madman nights Un borracho loco noches
Ending up in hjail Acabar en hjail

With night fallings Con la noche fallings
Drenched in day-glo red Bañadas en día-glo rojo
Words collided Las palabras chocó
Things we left unsaid Cosas que la izquierda no dicho

Perfumed pillows Perfumada almohadas
Girls that clung so near Las niñas que se aferran tan cerca
Such a small love Ese pequeño amor
Such a little tear Estas un poco de desgarro

THE AMOROUS HUMPHREY PLUGG 

Hello Mr. Big Shot
Say, you're looking smart
I've had a tiring day
I took the kids along to the park

You've become a stranger
Every night with the boys
Got a new suit
That old smile's come back
And I kiss the children good night
And I slip away on the newly waxed floor

I've become a giant
I fill every street
I dwarf the rooftops
I hunchback the moon

Stars dance at my feet
Leave it all behind me
Screaming kids on my knee
And the telly swallowing me
And the neighbor shouting next door
And the subway trembling the roller-skate floor

I seek the buildings blazing with moonlight
In Channing Way
Their very eyes seem to suck you in with their laughter
They seem to say

You're all right now
So stop a while behind our smile
In Channing Way

Oh to die of kisses
Ecstasies and charms
Pavements of poets will write that I died
In nine angel's arms

And they all were smiling
Still seductive as sin in their eyes
The man I had been
No more hard luck stories to wear
Nothing left to give
Why the hell should I care

Ann knows my smile and buries my shadow
In Channing Way
And with her cellophane sighs
Corrina the candle
Begs (Bades?) me to stay

You're all right now
So stop a while behind our smile
In Channing Way

THE BIG HURT 

Now it begins, now that's you've gone
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
Watching the clock till you return
Lighting that torch and watching it burn

Now it begins, day after day
This is my life, ticking away
Waiting to hear footsteps that say
Love will appear and this time to stay

Each time you go
I try to pretend
It's over at last
And this time the big hurt will end

Now it begins, now that's you've gone
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn
But if you don't come back again
I'll wonder when, oh when will it end
The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt

Ahora que comienza, ahora que la has ido
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn Agujas y alfileres, crepúsculo hasta el amanecer
Watching the clock till you return Mirar el reloj hasta que regrese
Lighting that torch and watching it burn Iluminación antorcha y que viendo que queman

Now it begins, day after day Ahora que comienza, día tras día
This is my life, ticking away Esta es mi vida, marcando distancia
Waiting to hear footsteps that say Esperando a escuchar pasos que decir
Love will appear and this time to stay El amor aparecerá y esta vez para quedarse

Each time you go Cada vez que vaya
I try to pretend Trato de fingir
It's over at last Es más, por fin
And this time the big hurt will end Y esta vez la gran final va a doler

Now it begins, now that's you've gone Ahora que comienza, ahora que la has ido
Needles and pins, twilight till dawn Agujas y alfileres, crepúsculo hasta el amanecer
But if you don't come back again Pero si no vuelven de nuevo
I'll wonder when, oh when will it end Me pregunto cuando, oh cuando va a terminar
The Big Hurt The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt The Big Hurt
The Big Hurt The Big Hurt

THE BRIDGE 

I've watched her from the river banks
I knew her when she danced with dreams
White doves were there to dress her hair
And so was Madelaine

At night the people's faces danced
Like pearls colliding on the breast
Of fat Marie whose thunder laugh
Was just a thread from crying

Her sailors stained her cobblestones
With wine and piss and death desire
And sometimes blood for Madelaine
Whose laughter was the night

Her girls would lift their dresses high
and breathe the stars and kiss the sky
She'd smother them with whispers then
Embrace them with her sighs

Before the bottle dulled my eyes
And made me so I couldn't stand
I'd overact and play the clown
When Madelaine would cry

And now I watch from riverbanks
I watch it weave it's memories
White doves turned gray and flew away
And so did Madelaine