Thea Gilmore

I dreamed I saw St Augustine, live as you or me
Tearing through these quarters in the utmost misery
With a blanket underneath his arm and a coat of solid gold
Searching for the very souls who already have been sold

"Arise, arise." He spoke so loud in a voice pulled down with strain
"Come out, ye gifted kings and queens and hear my sad complaint
No mortal is among you know who you can call your own
So go on your way accordingly and call your Lord alone"

I dreamed I saw St Augustine live with fiery breath
I dreamed I was amongst the ones who called him unto death
Oh, I awoke in anger so I wasn't terrified
I put my fingers against the glass and bowed my head and cried
I put my fingers against the glass and bowed my head and cried

Low light and rain
The day that we came
The day that we came
Heart like a cup
Flannel and flowers
Blood and champagne
Come a little closer so I can trace your eyes
And copy that light onto my insides
Strange little blue-￢print
Strange little secret
All on the road to Mexico.

Old sister sun
Water and blue
Water and blue
Days on a wire
Silver and tar
And you
Come a little closer so I can trace your eyes
And copy that light onto my insides
Strange little blue-print
Strange little secret
All on the road to Mexico.

Take to the sky
Knife to the air
Knife to the air
Deadlocks and salt
Ashes and ends
Ghosts on the stair
Come a little closer so I can trace your eyes
And copy that light onto my insides
Strange little blue-print
Strange little secret
All on the road to Mexico
All on the road to Mexico.

The moment you came
The stars didn't sing your name
And the heavens didn't shed their skin
Smallest of things
Bravest of offerings
The way that a love begins
They're gonna try to break it
Try to make you forsake it oh
Leave it in the dark
They'll say there's nothing in it
Make you a sleepless cynic oh
But if you feel its mark
Just raise it on high
Don't let them tell you their lies
Oh love is a wondrous thing.

A hopeless disguise
Hiding behind your eyes
And a thousand points of view
It lands like a fist
Whoever the optimist
Whoever the ingenue
I know the havoc it wreaks
I've heard the tongues that it speaks oh
It will not be shamed
But it is a beautiful bruise
You know you've got nothing to loose oh
If it calls your name
Just raise it on high
Don't let the light pass you by
Oh love is a wondrous thing.

People often talk about it
So many live their lives without it
Oh you know it’s true
But I tell you if you find it
You'll bless the devils who designed it
Oh I say to you.
Just raise it on high
Don't let the light pass you by
Oh love is a wonderous thing
Yeah love is a wonderous thing.

I'm the weather that just broke
I'm the ripcord that you forgot to pull
You're the prayers that they wrote
My glass is empty, but your bottle's full

I was hope gone to the dogs
Seven hundred ways to sing the blues
Cue the princes and the frogs
Cue those Capulets and Montagues

Well I am lights-out, you're the exit sign
Yeah I'm looking for that thin blue line

I'm the heart and you're the soul, I'm the part and you're the whole
I am stronger than they think, despite the turn-up in your drink
I'm the sleeper you're the dream, I'm the drifter you're the place I go...
I'm the song, you're the radio

I'm the joker in the pack,
I've been waiting for the perfect time
You're the ace and you're the jack
You're the reason baby, I'm the rhyme

Well I'm the abstract, you're the real thing
You want the truth, well are you listening?

I'm the heart and you're the soul, I'm the part and you're the whole
I am stronger than they think, despite the turn-up in your drink
I'm the sleeper you're the dream, I'm the drifter you're the place I go...
I'm the song, you're the radio
I'm the song, you're the radio

Here's to tonic here's to gin, here's to sparks and here's to gasoline
So many ways we can begin, oh... you can be the engine and I'll be the steam

I'm the heart and you're the soul, I'm the part and you're the whole
I am stronger than they think, despite the turn-up in your drink
I'm the sleeper you're the dream, I'm the drifter you're the place I go...
I'm the song, you're the radio
I'm the song, you're the radio

I've been getting kinda brave
Getting liquored up and loose
Not been trying to behave
Been tying knots to shape the noose
Ooho I'm wild at heart
Ooho I've just got to start
I said one two well hand me a light
Oh three four I don't wanna be right
Oh yeah you should be glad
I said one two well stand to dissention
Three four you got my attention
Oh teach me to be bad.

If I were coming off the rails
Dropped my eyes and dropped my dress
Would your moral stand prevail
Or would you fold like all the rest
Ooho ain’t we got fun
Ooho let’s come undone
I said one two well hand me a light
Oh three four I don't wanna be right
Oh yeah you should be glad
I said one two stand to dissention
Three four you got my attention.
Boys teach me to be bad.

So c'mon misshape me forever
I'll be the cutest villain you've ever seen
We’ll be the best bad guys together
Be the inscrutable machine
No I'm not hard to please
Oh boy just get on your knees
I said one two well hand me a light
Oh three four I don't wanna be right
Oh yeah you should be glad
Ooho I said one two stand to dissention
Three four you got my attention.
Boys teach me to be bad
Teach me to be bad.