My Mother The War 10000 Maniacs

She borders the pavement Flanks avenues Parades pass white glove attended by My mother the war She'll raise a shaft Lift a banner Toss a rose My mother the war She's made every effort To salvage the

Headstrong 10000 Maniacs

To your common sense firm arguments I won't listen to your voice of reason trying to change my mind. I mind my feelings and not your words.

The Big Parade 10000 Maniacs

And by the rhythm of the rails, reading all his mother's mail from a city boy in a jungle town postmarked Saigon. He'll go live his mother's dream, join the slowest parade he'll ever see.

Cotton Alley 10000 Maniacs

one time you made me cry be proud that I remember my chin is sore the bruise is gone but the spot is tender gave my hand a sister coy to Cotton Alley where you did enjoy your wicked games you curious boy

What's The Matter Here 10000 Maniacs

In this city the kid's my favorite. I've seen him. I see him every day.

Green Children 10000 Maniacs

An August day in the hills of Spain, a pair of children emerged from a cave. The strangest sight there alone they stood, with skin of green and words no one had heard.

Hey Jack Kerouac 10000 Maniacs

Hey Jack Kerouac, I think of your mother and the tears she cried, she cried for none other than her little boy lost in our little world that hated and that dared to drag him down.

The Painted Desert 10000 Maniacs

When I'm sure the rains have ended, the blooms have gone, everyone killed by the morning frost.

My Mother The War 10,000 Maniacs

toss a rose my mother the war she\'s made every effort to salvage the few bought fourteen liberty bonds my mother the war mother the war she knows every neighbor chats at their doors compare

My Sister Rose 10000 Maniacs

Big plans are being made for my sisters wedding day. We'll have a ball at the Sons of Roma Hall. Family, friends come one and all.

Like The Weather 10000 Maniacs

The color of the sky as far as I can see is coal grey. Lift my head from the pillow and then fall again. With a shiver in my bones just thinking about the weather.

Maddox Table 10000 Maniacs

the legs of Maddox kitchen tables my whole life twisted on a lathe in a foreman's torrent my first English was "faster boy if you want your pay" barking commands loud and simple we could all obey then

I'm Not The Man 10000 Maniacs

Stares at the walls until the cinder blocks can breathe. His eyes have gone away, escaping over time. He rules a crowded nation inside his mind. He knows that night like his hand.

Poor De Chiciro 10000 Maniacs

Oh my dear friend My dear friend Giorgio How has this time Breton Discouraged your liaison with the Eye styled metaphysical Incongruous scenarios Dauntly jaunt about through nostalgic despair Within

Poor De Chirico 10000 Maniacs

Oh my dear friend My dear friend Giorgio How has this time Breton Discouraged your liaison with the Eye styled metaphysical Incongruous scenarios Dauntly jaunt about through nostalgic despair Within childlike

How You've Grown 10000 Maniacs

My, how you've grown. I remember that phrase from my childhood days too. "Just wait and see." I remember those words and how they chided me, when patient was the hardest thing to be.

Dust Bowl 10000 Maniacs

The hole in my pocketbook is growing. There's a new wind blowing they say, it's gonna be a cold, cold one.

A Campfire Song 10000 Maniacs

A lie to say, "O my mountain has coal veins and beds to dig. 500 men with axes and they all dig for me."

Even With My Eyes Closed 10000 Maniacs

Even with my eyes closed, Funny how I know it's harder, it's harder now. Young girl in my young girl days, thinking I could live for always.

The Latin One 10000 Maniacs

Bent double like old beggars in sacks Knockkneed and cursing or coughing like hags Men marched on sleeping some without boots Fatigue drunken deaf still to the hoots Of breaking gas shells Dropping

Arbor Day 10000 Maniacs

books up to the ceiling gold spine upon spine the guile and the treason the faith and allegiance wide open falsehood the clan destine truths rival till the end in a series of duels pardon the drapery

Cherry Tree 10000 Maniacs

Over your shoulder, please don't mind me if my eyes have fallen onto your magazine for I've been watching and wondering why your face is changing with every line you read.

Trouble Me 10000 Maniacs

Trouble me on the days when you feel spent. Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong? Trouble me.

Circle Dream 10000 Maniacs

And in that circle I had made were all the worlds unformed and unborn yet. A volume, a sphere that was the earth, that was the moon, that did revolve around my room.

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

Take me now, baby, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your

Because The Night 10000 Maniacs

Take me now, baby, here as I am Hold me close, try and understand Desire is hunger is the fire I breathe Love is a banquet on which we feed Come on now, try and understand The way I feel under your

Poison In The Well 10000 Maniacs

I tilt my head there, under the faucet, but when I turn it on -- dry as paper. Call the neighbors. Who's to blame for what's going on? In the dark without a clue I'm just the same as you.

A Room For Everything 10000 Maniacs

I was looking the other way, voices call from the east, I saw my roots of the trees there planted at my feet.

Eat For Two 10000 Maniacs

Dream child in my head is a nightmare born in a borrowed bed. Now I know lightning strikes again. It struck me once, then struck me dead. My folly grows inside of me.

Rainy Day 10000 Maniacs

Touched the bottom, the night a sleepless day instead; a day when love came, came easy like what's lost now found. Beneath a blinding light that would surround.

Verdi Cries 10000 Maniacs

The man in 119 takes his tea alone. Mornings we all rise to wireless Verdi cries. I'm hearing opera through the door. The souls of men and women, impassioned all.

Scorpio Rising 10000 Maniacs

power dizzy with it stumble detail a chance for us to quarrel anger my head is shaken violent if i could calm or restrain you for the sake of pity save the pistol save the cynics tongue save the cool white

Jezebel 10000 Maniacs

To think of my task is chilling. To know I was carefully building the mask I was wearing for two years, swearing I'd tear it off.

Starman (David Bowie Cover) 10000 Maniacs

Didn\'t know what time it was, the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin\' down some rock\'n\'roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow

Starman 10000 Maniacs

Didn\'t know what time it was, the lights were low I leaned back on my radio Some cat was layin\' down some rock\'n\'roll lotta soul, he said Then the loud sound did seem to fade Came back like a slow

Don't Talk 10000 Maniacs

Let me close my eyes. Don't talk, I'll beleive it.

Few And Far Between 10000 Maniacs

Of all the things I have done, you think I'm proud of everyone without exception? 'Till you make your peace with yesterday, you'll never build a future. I swear by what I say.

Gun Shy 10000 Maniacs

By the 1/4 inch cut of your hair and the Army issue green, for the past eight weeks I can tell where you've been.

Stockton Gala Days 10000 Maniacs

The summer fields grow high. We made garland crowns in hiding, pulled stems of flowers from my hair. Blue in the stream like none I have seen apart from dreams that escape me.

Among The Americans 10000 Maniacs

Music: Robert Buck, Dennis Drew Lyric: Natalie Merchant dance to the sun a kiss to the earth embrace a stone come the small black book come the brandy cask one strange disease the well worded

Jubilee 10000 Maniacs

He fills the flower vases, trims the candle bases, takes small change from the poor box. Tyler has the key.

Can't Ignore the Train 10000 Maniacs

Steep is the water tower painted off blue to match the sky can't ignore the train night walks in the valley silent you could swear the earth just moved can't ignore the train dust to be kicked up in the

Anthem for a Doomed Youth 10000 Maniacs

For whom do the bells toll When sentenced to die The stuttering rifles Will stifle the cry The monstrous anger The fear's rapid rattle A desert inferno Kids dying like cattle Don't tell me We're not prepared

Just as the Tide Was a Flowing 10000 Maniacs

on one morning in the month of May when all the birds were singing I saw a lovely maiden stray across the fields at break of day she softly sung her roundelay the tide flows in the tide flows out twice

Gold Rush Brides 10000 Maniacs

Follow the typical signs, the hand-painted lines, down prairie roads. Pass the lone church spire. Pass the talking wire from where to who knows?

The Colonial Wing 10000 Maniacs

here is the store house of Her Majesty well guarded by sentry but looks are free call this the rayless and benighted age witches by tallow candles shifted shifted their shapes here is the pestle and mortar

Love Among The Ruins 10000 Maniacs

The sky was falling, heaven was calling. When danger crashes, rose from the ashes. Like two statues hidden inside ancient rock, we were praying for the secrets to unlock.

Death Of Manolete 10000 Maniacs

There were women holding rosaries On the day Manolette died Teenage girls in soft white dresses Standing silent peace respecting Groups of boys held in their hands The fragments of a shattered idol

The Lion's Share 10000 Maniacs

He's a wealthy man in the poorest land, a self-appointed king, and there's no complaining while he's reigning. The lambs are bare of fleece and cold; the lion has stolen that, I'm told.

Hateful Hate 10000 Maniacs

In the dark night a giant slumbered untouched for centuries 'til awakened by a white man's cry: "This is the Eden I was to find."