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Misery's the River of the World
Misery's the River of the World The higher that the monkey can climb The more he shows his tail Call no man happy 'til he dies There's no milk at the bottom of the pail God builds a church The devil builds a chapel Like the thistles that are growing 'round the thrunk of a tree All the good in the world You can put inside a thimble And still have room for you and me If there's one thing you can say About Mankind There's nothing kind about man You can drive out nature with a pitch fork But it always comes roaring back again Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World For want of a bird The sky was last For want of a nail A shoe was last For want of a life The knife was last For want of a toy A child was last Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! Misery's the River of the World Misery's the River of the World Everybody Row! Everybody Row! |
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| 2. |
| 3:46 |
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Why be sweet, why be careful, why he kind?
A man has only one thing on his mind Why ask palitely, why go lightly, Why say please? They only want to get you on your knees There are a few things I never could believe A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven When you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway... Laissez-faire mi amour, ce la vie Shall I return to shore or swim Back out to sea? The world don't care what a soldier Does in town It's all hanging in the windows By the pound There are few things I never could believe... A woman when she weeps A merchant when he swears A thief who says he'll pay A lawyer when he cares A snake when he is sleeping A drunkard when he prays I don't believe you go to heaven When you're good Everything goes to hell, anyway... I only want to hear your purr and to hear Ou moan There is another man who brings The money home I don't want dishes in the sink Please don't tell me what you Feel of what you think There are few things I never could believe... |
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| 4:03 |
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Every night she cames
To take me out to dreamland When I'm with her, I'm the richest Man in the town She's a rose, she's the pearl She's the spin on my world All the stars make their wishes on her eyes She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl She's a princess, in a red dress She's the moon in the mist to me She's my Coney Island Baby She's my Coney Island Girl |
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| 4:37 |
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I fell into the ocean
When you became my wife I risked it all aganist the sea To have a better life Marie you're the wild blue sky And men do foolish things You turn kings into beggars And beggars into kings Pretend that you owe me nothing And all the world is green We can bring back the old days again And all the world is green The fase forgives the mirror The worm forgives the plow The questions begs the answer Can you forgive me somehow Maybe when our story's over We'll go where it's always spring The band is playing our song again And all the world is green Pretend that you owe me nothing And all the world is green We can bring back the old days again And all the world is green The moon is yellow silver Oh the things that summer brings It's a love you'd kill for And all the world is green He is balancing a diamond On a blade of grass The dew will settle on our grave(s) When all the world is green |
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| 2:28 |
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Bougainvilleas bloom and wind
Be careful mind the strangle vines The rose is climbing over blind 'Cause the sun is on the other side The bees will find their honey The sweetest every time Around a red rose I see a red rose A red rose blooming on another man's vine Golden Willie's gone to war He left his young wife on the shore Will she be steadfast everyday? While Golden Willie is far away Along the way her letters end She never reads what Willie sends I see a red rose I smell a red rose A red rose blooming on another man's vine |
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| 2:27 |
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| 8. |
| 2:09 |
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Sun is red; moon is cracked
Daddy's never coming back Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes, go to sleep If I die before you wake Don't you cry, don't you weep Nothing's ever as it seems Climb the ladder to you dreams If I die before you wake Don't you cry, don't you weep Nothing's ever yours to keep Close your eyes; go to sleep |
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| 3:42 |
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| 10. |
| 4:22 |
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You dance real slow
You wreck it down Then you walk away you turn around What did that old blonde gal say? That is the part you throw away I want that beggars eyes a winning horse A tidy Mexican divorce St. Marys prayers, Houdinis hands And a barman who always... understands Will you loose the flowers Hold on to the vase? Will you wipe all those teardrops away from your face? I cant help feeling as I close the door I have done all of this... many times before But the bone must go The wish can stay The kiss dont know what the lips will say Forget I've hurt you Put stones in our bed And remember to never... mind instead But all of your letters burned up in the fire And time is just memory mixed with desire Thats not the road It is only the map, I say Gone just like matches... from a closed down cabaret In a Portuguese saloon A fly is circling around the room Youll soon forget the tune that you play Cause that is the part... you throw away Oh that is the part... you throw away |
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| 11. |
| 1:20 |
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The ribbon round your neck
Aganist your skin that's pale as bone If is my favorite thing you've worn The band is playing our song And we wan't go home, 'til morn |
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| 1:59 |
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| 13. |
| 3:58 |
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Well, I always play Russian Roulette in my head
It's seventeen black or twenty-nine red How far from the gutter; how far from the pew I will always remember to forget about you A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed My favorite words are: good-bye And my favorite color is red A long dead soldier looks out from the frame No one remembers his war; no one remembers his name Go out to the meadow; scare off all the crows It does nothing but rain here, and nothing will grow A good man is hard to find Only strangers sleep in my bed And my favorite words are: good-bye And my favorite color is... my favorite color is... my favorite color is red |
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