In a tenement near the Henry Hudson River From my favorite spot on a rusting fire escape I would look below and see Mario Braving the ferocious dandelions
Mario our fearless superintendent Kept the garden green, despite the parkway smog But the flowering weeds Their fates decreed Pulled, to keep his rosebush from dying
Then I would creep inside, curl up in my bed Something strong was pulling at my head Pulling at my heart?
Wildflower, growing in all the wrong places Wildflower, so lowly neath that lovely rosebush Proper garden's nightmare, queen of open fields Tell me, who will love this wildflower For exactly what she is?
Years passed by, we left that red brick building Left Mario behind For a brand new house But my dark brown skin On the white washed walls within Stood out, so it'd get me up and cryin'
My growing pains had many rooms to fill then Mother never knew Had a garden to keep clean While there was N.Y. Grease On the young flower from the Middle East She was busy pulling dandelions
Then I would creep inside, curl up in my bed Something strong was pulling at my head Pulling at my heart?
Wildflower, growing in all the wrong places Wildflower, so lowly 'neath that lovely rosebush Proper garden's nightmare, queen of open fields Tell me, who will love this wildflower For exactly what she is?
Beineiha, mi yode'a Ananim aforim mitpazrim la'arba ruchot Nachal achzav mitmale Deshe yarok mechaseh Vehamerchav niftach Lashamaim, zug einayim Mabitot, mechapsot, tsolelot bakachol harach Merachafot ba'avir el hazahav hameir Et se'arah harach Mishaela, ma at roah ? Mah belibech hatsochek el otah hadmamah ? Az et einai li tifkach Keshet achat bamizrach Vahalo dai bechach Mishaela, ma at roah ? Mah belibech hatsochek el otah hadmamah ? Az et einai li tifkach Keshet achat bamizrach Vahalo dai bechach Beineiha, mi yodeo Ananim aforim mitpazrim la'arba ruchot Nachal achzav mitmale Deshe yarok mechaseh Vehamerchav niftach Vahalo dai li, dai li bechach ? Vahalo dai li, vahalo dai bechach
Translation:
Who knows what is in her eyes? Grey clouds disperse in the four winds A dry riverbed overflows And the horizon opens wide
Up to the heaven she turns her eyes Searching, diving in to the chilly blue Floating in the air Touching the pure golden light That glimmers in her hair
Mishaela, what do you see? What is it in your heart That greets the desolate silence with such Laughter?
It is one rainbow in the east, she says It is all I need
If I were a desert flower All winter long I'd pain and cower Spring would make me sing My voice would ring As tiny buds begin to bloom In spring I'd blossom and forget The winter's gloom
If I were a brook of water Kissed by the frost along my borders Spring would make me sing my voice would ring As I'd release my icy chains In spring I'd bubble and forget the winter's rains
But I am only a child of man I am only a child of man Just an innocent child of man?
Don't look so surprised as my eyes shine and glow It's the sunlight in the skies that is making me so
If I were a joyful songbird All winter long so cold and somber Spring would make me sing My voice would ring like tiny bells on scarves Of silk A song as beautiful and pure as mother's milk
But I am only a child of man I am only a child of man Just an innocent child of man
Don't look so surprised as my eyes shine and glow It's the sunlight in the skies that is making me so
Don't be surprised By this look in me eyes Like a flower or tree I will bloom in the spring I will shed all my woes As the green grass grows Like a flower or tree I will throw my head back and sing
I walk alone into lady night She wraps me in her black veils Wraps me tight Her velvet touch on my weary eyes Kisses softly Windy sighs
Lady Night in her grandeur Flaunts jewels of light Flirting with Sir Half-moon She shimmies slowly Backs-o'-mountains Dips her hair in twilight
Walks alone into lady night The woman's discreet as a grave, and I know she'll Want your tears? Lady Night's got an appetite For sorrow liquidated into Pearls of light One by one she'll gather them to her breast Kiss your lowered eyes and bid you rest
She take me to her tummy, I clutch her warmth I know that I am falling She delves into my mind, brings out my darkest thoughts The keep her dark from dawning (I know that's what she wants?)
I turn my back to Lady Night My mind is clear My pearls are in the satchel I've paid my share of blackness to her
Turn my back to the lady, though she calls She calls But I am going to the dawn And she can no longer keep me
It's obvious you're special I've known it all along I suspected you from the moment You flew through my window And fell to the floor Saying 'I'm yours Take me, I'm yours'
And it's obvious I'm crazy With every hazy dawn I inspect myself, and in light of my plight I am certain As loud I may roar My eyes will implore How fully I'm yours
Have you ever been told you're too utterly bold To be true? With a flash of your smile I am baffled, beguiled I'm bewildered by you Do you know the love you inspire Would make me fly higher than I've ever flown before? Now inspire me to more Inspire me to more
With the breaking of the dawn I will peek beyond the glass There's an endless stretch of blue below An ocean cold and vast I am traveling again Between the heavens and the clouds Reaching out, turning into a vision Into a future, strong and proud But I say, oh There's nothing more I desire Than to spend my life with you Setting me gently on fire
We're a very special two Only you can understand Walking parallel, on separate parts But always holding hands As we lay our yellow bricks On the road to something better Can we find a point of meeting And continue on together?
And I say, oh There's nothing more I desire Than to spend my life with you Setting me gently on fire
Ave Maria Where have you been hiding? Don't you know we need you Things are looking pretty bad down here I know that there is beauty Gentleness and laughter These are things you always stood for Help us find them too
Hey, there Maria! Santa Maria, Maria May I take a liberty And say that it's a shame to me Not to live in harmony We're all just hoping someone will step Forward singing Amen, Amen
Ave Maria Where have you been hiding? Don't you know we need you? Things are looking pretty bad down here I know you hear the fighting See the torch we're lighting On our quest for peace and freedom Help us see this through
Hey there, Maria! Santa Maria, Maria May I take a liberty And say that it's a shame to me Not to live in harmony We're all just hoping someone will step Forward singing Amen
how does my north conects to my south how does my soul conects to my mouth how does my song conects to my name can it be ever one and the same N I want U N I need U and I and I NINININI need U and I want U and I need U and I N I want to send my insides loose come to terms as a sign of truse if I can't find the mistory door I'm talking to you u can't understand N I want U N I need U and I and I NINININI need U and I want U and I need U and I N I know you're getting tired of the try to conect my left side with your right to conect through all the way and all four chambers of the heart to understand for ever who we are
Too proud to admit that love is gone Too proud to admit the falling from Eden Too proud to admit, and much too strong The landing was rough And the seat belt unfastened
Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) Now it's gone away (There's nothing to fear) Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) It's gone away
Concentrate, concentrate Reinstate your former state of mind Concentrate, concentrate Reinvent yourself with space and time
Your name is kin to the winds, sister You're kin to the winds, sister But you've an alabaster frame
And you're too proud to admit that love is gone Too proud to admit the falling from Eden Too proud to admit, and much too strong The landing was rough And the seat belt unfastened
Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) Now it's gone away (There's nothing to fear) Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) It's gone away
Concentrate, concentrate Reinstate your former state of mind Concentrate, concentrate Reinvent yourself with space and time
Your name is kin to the stars, sister You're kin to the stars, sister But now your perfect body's maimed
Still you're to proud to admit that love is gone Too proud to admit the falling from Eden Too proud to admit, and much too strong The landing was rough And the seat belt unfastened
Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) Now it's gone away (There's nothing to fear) Now it's gone away (And you gotta let go) It's gone away
By the light of the moon I sing to you By the light of the moon I raise my voice I raise my voice By the light of the stars In a big black void And straight into your heart.
By the light of the moon I sing to you By the light of the moon I raise my voice I raise my voice By the light of the stars In a big black void And straight into your heart.
I don't have too many words I am not sophisticated Listen to the crying birds They call you in my name Let me be your desert wind Rattle you when you're sedated For a soul so far elated Cannot experience shame
By the light of the moon I sing to you By the light of the moon I raise my voice I raise my voice By the light of the stars In a big black void And straight into your heart.
I don't have too many words I am not sophisticated Listen to the crying birds They call you in my name Let me be your desert wind Rattle you when you're sedated For a soul so far elated Cannot experience shame
By the light of the sun I'm happy and gay All pristine and squeaky-clean The good and proper way
By the light of the sun I'm an innocent lamb But the light of the moon Reveals the wild horse that I am... Reveals the wild horse that I am...
I don't have too many words I am not sophisticated Listen to the crying birds They call you in my name Let me be your desert wind Rattle you when you're sedated For a soul so far elated Cannot experience shame It's all annihilated by her flame It's all annihilated by her flame It's all annihilated by her flame!
By the light of the moon I sing to you By the light of the moon I raise my voice I raise my voice By the light of the stars In a big black void And it's going straight into you heart.
By the light of the moon I sing to you By the light of the stars Straight into you heart
He's so compassionate He's oh so kind All in peace, he says All in time
He's wrapped in wisdom And wisdom he speaks So compassionate that I could freak
Time is running out on him God is out to lunch Time is running out on his decision Every day that passes Proves that God has lost his glasses... Or could it be that tears Have blurred his vision
He's so compassionate He's oh so kind All in peace, he says All in time
He's wrapped in wisdom From his head down to his feet So compassionate but oh so weak
Time is running out on him God is out to lunch Time is running out on his decision Every day that passes Proves that God has lost his glasses... Or could it be that tears Have blurred his vision
He's so compassionate It's all for their sake Well, I don't know philosophy But I do know ache
This ache is bigger Than words on TV So compassionate How can he be?
Now that time is running out on him God is out to lunch Time is running out on his decision Every day that passes Proves that God has lost his glasses... Or could it be that tears Have blurred his vision
Hey there Tell me what's going on It's hard for me to feel you When you're far away You know, I worry Are you sad or all alone again? I would do anything just to know Are you happy where you are? I would do anything to be there When you need me And hold you close And to kiss you hair Sit on your bed Now count to three Open your eyes?it's me
Hey there Everyone says "hello" I try to keep them posted on your whereabouts But all they manage is to be polite And send regards I want to scream and shout Do you know there's a crater in my heart? I want to scream and shout Do you know I've perfected the painful art Of an empty space Sit on my bed Pick up the phone Hear your voice say?
I am a young woman With callused hands and feet With an ever - growing problem Buried in me deep It has stripped me of my beauty With an overwhelming pain And on yesterday's proud forehead It has burned the mark of Cain It happened long ago Though it seems like only yesterday I had come back home After years of wandering astray Walked familiar streets Never knowing fate would find me there And ever since I've been crippled 'Neath this burden I must bear The Mark of Cain The child of pain Of trouble and of war Mother Nature cannot comfort Nor the coolness of the sea Lord above, how can I love This thing that I abhor? Child of pain is growing in me Within me he is waging war Battling for breath Battling for blood And a body of His own I've considered the solution But that would be my death For while I've waited and debated He has grown Deep in my heart I wish I could love him Erase our past with a mother's embrace I want to start fresh But within me I'm fearful Will I find my oppressor in his tiny face? The Mark of Cain The child of pain Of trouble and of war Mother Nature cannot comfort Nor the coolness of the sea Lord above, how can I love This thing that I abhor? Child of rape Is growing in me.
Deep in my heart I wish I could love him Erase our past with a mother's embrace I want to start fresh But within me I'm fearful Will I find my oppressor in his tiny face? The Mark of Cain The child of pain Of trouble and of war Mother Nature cannot comfort Nor the coolness of the sea Lord above, how can I love This thing that I abhor? Child of rape Is growing in me Child of rape Is growing in me Child of rape Is growing in me growing in me growing in me
Another day, another small town A summer breeze The bougainvillea is still in bloom His room (phone rings, no-one answers) The morning comes, they take their showers They go to work, they do their hours It's a routine they lean on. (phone rings, no-one answers) His books are on the shelf (It doesn't matter what we do Craving curious finger it will never leave us His favorite after-shave time that used to pass has now stopped ) Lingers still.... (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) The evening news, they hear them saying Tonight's the game, his team is playing They go to bed Instead. (phone rings, no-one answers) Out in the quiet street One stray dog is crying And if their eyes don't meet All is well. (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers) (phone rings, no-one answers)
