Bonnie Prince Billy

Y'tell me you don't love me,
Well I don't love you.
You say you don't want me,
Well I don't want you

You tell me there are other
Fish in the sea
And another gathers
Roses for me,
On this we will agree

You do what you want
And I will do what I want;
I'm now free of master and everyone,
Servant of all and servant to none

And constancy and love is a joke
I'm not afraid of meeting you
I'm fickle, and I brag about it;
Neither will I cry for you.
Like a bird freed from his cage,
All night and all day I'll play and sing.

And you do what you want
And I will do what I want;
I'm now free of master and everyone,
Servant of all and servant to none

She loves a soul
That I've never been
A dog among dogs
A man among men

And every day
When I come home to her
She holds a phantom
She kisses and she hugs him

And I am not
Averse to how she loves him
Why must I live and walk?
Unloved as what I am

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves and not as a man among men

She craves a home that she can go in
A sheltered cave that I have never seen
Not in my life
And not even in my dreams

Why can't I be loved as what I am
A wolf among wolves and not as a man among men

I've been with you for a fairly long time
May I call you, may I call you, may I call you mine?
And you, unknown, have been with me
May it always, may it always, may it always be

Please don't leave my side, remember I love you
None of what I have done wrong was really done against you
If you love me, and I'm weak, then weaker you must love me more
To re-enforce what's also strong and all the love we have in store

By example you show me that living's alright
Stay here with me, stay here with me, stay with me tonight
And come with me when I go into the bedroom
And we'll play bride, and we'll play bride, and we'll play bride and groom

If you had not been born you know
What would I, what would I be then?
I would not have had strength to grow
And be counted, and be counted among men

Please don't leave my side, remember I love you
None of what I have done wrong was really done against you
If you love me, and I'm weak, then weaker you must love me more
To re-enforce what's also strong and all the love we have in store

In the morning we'll wrestle and ruin our stomachs with coffee
Won't we be, won't we be, won't be happy
And we will rise in anger, love and ardour
Shining, shining, shimmering in love's armour

I am here
Right here
Where god puts
None asunder
And you
In black dress and black shoe
You do
Invite me under
Go on
Go there
You can
See me aging
Stars turn
Balls burn
Coming kids
Are raging

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

La la la ...

Every terrible thing
Is a relief
Even months on end
Buried in grief
Are easy light times
Which have to end
With the coming
Of your death friend

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

La la la ...

So strap me on
And raise me high
Cause buddy I'm not
Afraid to die
But life is long
And it's tremendous
And we're glad
That you're here with us
And since we know
An end will come
It makes our living
Fun

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

Death to me
And death to you
Tell me what else can we
Do die do
Death to all
And death to each
Our own god-bottle
S'within reach

Death to everyone
Is gonna come
And it makes hosing
Much more fun

Once again in the world,
Of twelve-hundred feelings
All in electric lights,
We see what we can

I love the sound o' wind,
Blowing at night through trees
From the roof i can see toons
Past the houses of the city

And i have been yours,
In fall and in praying
And i loved to look at you
From the side at night,
With music playing
And love will protect you
To the edge of the wood
And a monster will get you,
And love does no good

And even if love were not what i wanted
Love would make love the thing most desired

Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary
A tune that all can carry
Burly says if we don't sing
Then we won't have anything
All the boys on ship set sail
And the mate was Madeleine-Mary
When her eyes did fill with tears
It was extraordinary
It was extraordinary
For we none of us could see it
For she kept herself below
And all her feelings private
Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary
A tune that all can carry
Burly says if we don't sing
Then we won't have anything
None of us could get a glimpse
But all of us did want it
At night above our sleeping heads
Our sleeping dreams were haunted
So now my kids you'd like to hear
Of one who reached and got her
Well if there was well I think
He sleeps beneath the water
Sing a song of Madeleine-Mary
A tune that all can carry
Burly says if we don't sing
Then we won't have anything

I took her on a simple trip
To see her husband's family
And on the way upon her hip
Was laid my head down gently

All due respect was meant and all
The winds were in agreement
That this was answering the call
Of awkward and true feeling

A fireman here husband was
And so to give him duty
I duly tried to light a fire
Upon his rightful booty

But beauty was my treasure then
As through the hills I drove her
And taught her that another man
Could have made love to her

Strange is good if it is kept
A secret with the "lovers"
Who love there mates and love themselves
And need the love of others

Through the window I could see
The fields and clouds all passing
As in the passenger position
Eleanor was thrashing

I stopped the car we got a beer
And then eased down the road
A little guilt, and some guilt spilt
And added to our load

Well I've been to a minor place
and I can say I like its face
if I am gone and with no trace
I will be in my minor place

well I put the shoes in line
separate the women mine
as we do what we do fine
so victorious, so benign

Well I've been to a minor place
and I can say I like its face
if I am gone and with no trace
I will be in my minor place

only take the weather warm
and the job that does me harm
since the scars of last year's storm
rest like maggots on my arm

Well I've been to a minor place
and I can say I like its face
if I am gone and with no trace
I will be in my minor place

thank you man if for the thought
that all my loving can be bought
was wisely in your gullet caught
before my loyalty you sought

Well I've been to a minor place
and I can say I like its face
if I am gone and with no trace
I will be in my minor place

o it's not a desert nor a web
nor a tomb where I lay dead
minor in a sound alone
yes a clear commanding tone

singing from my little point
and aching in my every joint
I thank the world it will anoint me
if I show it how I hold it