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| Jay |
Posted - 01/19/2003 : 10:53:57 PM
I didn't write them...But this is one of the most beautiful, melancholy songs I've ever heard...Everytime I hear it it nearly brings me to tears...Here's the lyrics:
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Bouncing across the lake of ten years
Like a stone tossed from the burglar's hand
Holding my breath, then I'm sinking
Waves in circle like a memory
Slowly fade away
Remember me, when you look across the lake
When a fish caught hard on the line
Fights for his own life
When a boat breaks free of the tether
And floats away in the wind
The throw was aimed at a distant pine
Winning the war by landing down on the other side
So another playing boy might find it there
And skip it back not knowing his part
In this messed up game
Juggled in the hands of ten long years
Like colorful wands of fire in the arms of a red-eyed wino
Life held tight in purple lips and tongue
That mumble and spit house curses
The young boy's line was "I'll show you"
The twenties was "Watch me burn this fire"
The thirties was "Jesus, God... where did I go wrong?"
The fourties was "Good Lord, how much more?"
Halfway into the end of the chapter
And no ink left in the well
No happy ending to tell
Bandages cover my body
No desire to swing the bell.
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| Jay |
Posted - 01/19/2003 : 11:25:03 PM
Kelly Joe Phelps...
http://www.kellyjoephelps.com/ Go to discography and then to Sky Like a Broken Clock. THere's some realaudio files you can play there. I think that it's only like aminute long, btu if you like it i can send you a mp3. |
| GuitarGuy305 |
Posted - 01/19/2003 : 11:02:27 PM
Damn, those are great. I'm a sucker for great lyrics.
Who wrote that song anyway?
I'd love to check it out if I could.
Adam |
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