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Down in the willow garden
where me and my love did meet
There we sat a'courting
my love fell off to sleep
I had a bottle of burglar's wine
my true love did not know
and I did murder that dear little girl
down on the banks below
I stabbed her with a dagger
it was a bloody knife
and I threw her in the river
it was a dreadful sight
My father often told me
money would set me free
If I would murder that dear little girl
whose name was Rose Connolly
Sits alone in his cabin home
wiping the tears from his eyes
waiting for his son to come home
up on scaffold high
My race is run beneath the sun
Hell awaits for me
For I did murder that dear little girl
whose name was Rose Connolly
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Bow Echo
04:25
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Slick smile says,
"storm's blowing in
Disaster at best
oh, kiss it good-bye
kiss it good-bye."
"Waters will rise
to shame old flood lines
doom, falling skies."
There's fear in his eyes,
there's fear in his eyes
The ratings are high
Anchor weighs in
drama begins
"Goodbye my dear friends
I've loved my life
I've loved my life."
The ratings are high
And outside my window
barely a wind blow
an absent bow echo
the prophet is hollow
Audience cries
static in their eyes
Go on to love your lives
come, give it a try
give it a try
the ratings are high
And outside my window
barely a wind blow
an absent bow echo
the prophet is hollow
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Further North
05:12
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A week long and bent
my body half-dead
but that look you give
could keep me feeling alright
When you're sitting at the bar
in the morning, full of stars
you look like a bitter-
hearted divorcee
With your menthol cigarettes
alcoholic coffee drinks
mopping up a morning
lost to lust
Blue Rodeo
on the radio
roping love-lost tears
down your face
And sad, jealous eyes
of sad drunken guys
checking my
every move
Oh, come on baby
come on, one more time
There's seconds left
they're only yours and mine
I step outside the door
to the morning full of stars
and streetlights
pissing in the snow
I'm leaving love behind
for the last fucking time
and I'm never talking
to any of your kind again
Oh, Beverly
you crept up on me this time
a sneak attack
a two verse lullabye
Oh, Beverly
you crept up on me this time
a sneak attack
a two verse lullabye
I'm leaving town
I'm walking out tonight
I'm going further north
to go and hide
Away from any sort of love
I'll build a life
out of loneliness
and lust
and what little's left of pride
I'm leaving town
I'm walking out tonight
I'm going further north
to go and hide
I'm leaving town
I'm walking out tonight
I'm going further north...
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Jester & June
03:26
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Sitting on cold floor thinking of soon
behind locked door under iron-striped moon
I can be alone if I thinking of you
when I was your Jester and you were my June
I'd sit on the platform waiting for you
to walk past me daily, not noticing too
there's nothing inside me if I don't have you
I'm a cyclops seer, I'm a killer, I'm a fool
I'm holding your memory, dear
I'm holding your memory, dear
It's been two years since the bastards put me in here
I'm holding your memory dear
I picked up your penny I tapped on your arm
you looked, you laughed, you scoffed and walked on
It was just a kind gesture to return what was yours
but you saw a jester and love turn to scorn
A flash, an impulse, a pulling on my mind
pulling, pulling, pulling from inside
If I'd waited for my heart, oh, we wouldn't be so cold
with you so dead and me nearly so
I'm holding your memory dear
I'm holding your memory dear
It's been two years since the bastards put me in here
I'm holding your memory dear
I sit in my cell and wait for the noose
sometimes I still love you sometimes there's no use
Well, if I had two hearts I'd give you half of one
then I'd take it back and I'd do it again
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Vibrations
05:22
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Your cool eyes
could lie
and warm hands
could carry knives
A sunrise
passed by
and all our plans
good night
It's just vibrations and air
passing through my teeth
And it's all inert
no, don't mind me
It's a waste of air
a waste of heat
To be taciturn
might comfort me
If one light
hit her eye
and one man's
for one life
It's just vibrations and air
passing through my teeth
And it's all inert
darling, don't mind me
It's a waste of air
a waste of heat
To be taciturn
might comfort me
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