WE CAME THROUGH Scott Walker

WE CAME THROUGH (Engel) We came through We came riding through like warriors from afar Our black horses danced upon the graves of yesterday's desires Haunted by our visions framed in fire I greet

SONS OF Scott Walker

But sons of tycoons or sons of the farms All of the children ran from your arms Through fields of gold, through fields of ruin All of the children vanished too soon In tow'ring waves, in walls of flesh

SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE Scott Walker

heart I feel your words, the tender trembling moments start We're in a world, our very own Sharing a love that only few have ever known Wine coloured days, warmed by the sun Deep velvet nights, when we

BOY CHILD Scott Walker

BOY CHILD (Engel) You'll lose your way A boy child rides upon your back Take him away Through mirrors dark and blessed with cracks Through forgotten courtyards Where you used to search for youth

EASY COME EASY GO Scott Walker

EASY COME EASY GO (Green/Hayman) Easy come, easy go That's the way if love must have its stay Then ours, it came- Let it go No remorse, no regret We should part exactly as we met Just easy

COUNTRY GIRL Scott Walker

was spellbound and curious Why such a sad song Perhaps love passed her by No hope for rainbows in the sky Maybe she held a memory Of happiness of yesteryear In solitude cried the country girl Came

The World's Strongest Man Scott Walker

As the morning turned my way See birds flying through this hazy face And I came back here to replace your place in my life And didn't you know that I'm not the world's strongest man When it comes to you

WINDOWS OF THE WORLD Scott Walker

WINDOWS OF THE WORLD (Bacharach/David) The windows of the world are covered with rain Where is the sunshine we once knew Everybody knows when little children play They need a sunny day to grow

THROUGH A LONG AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT Scott Walker

THROUGH A LONG AND SLEEPLESS NIGHT (Gordon/Newman) Through a long and sleepless night I whisper your name Through a long and sleepless night Of who is to blame Can't help but wonder If you're

GET BEHIND ME Scott Walker

GET BEHIND ME It's the signs as we see them There's no thresholds at all There's no vows to be broken As we rise, or we fall There's no noise high above us As the moon turns in space Just the

A FACE IN THE CROWD Scott Walker

FACE IN THE CROWD (Bergman/Legrand) Tomorrow is a face in the crowd A leaf in the wind A bend in the road We're travelling Tomorrow is a sky filled with dreams A gift from the moon A sea we

THE HILLS OF YESTERDAY Scott Walker

THE HILLS OF YESTERDAY (Webster/Mancini) Compass Music Ltd ___ Once we sprawled the hills of yesterday We were young on those hills those days Through the good times and bad My heart is very

LOST IN THE STARS Scott Walker

LOST IN THE STARS (Anderson/Weill) Before Lord God made the sea or the land He held all the stars in the palm of his hand And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand And one little star

ANGELICA Scott Walker

ANGELICA (Weil/Mann) Each night I meant to say I missed her through the day But I'd forget it I never said it I passed the flower shop Lord knows I meant to stop But I said tomorrow Perhaps tomorrow

LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE Scott Walker

LADY CAME FROM BALTIMORE (Tim Hardin) Lady came from Baltimore All she wore was lace Didn't know that I was poor She never saw my place I was there to steal the money Take her rings and run

MONTAGUE TERRACE Scott Walker

Engel) The little clock's stopped ticking now We're swallowed in the stomached rue The only sound to tear the night Comes from the man upstairs His bloated belching figure stomps He may crash through

Psoriatic Scott Walker

Like what happen in America The breasts are still heavy The legs long and straight The upper lip remains short The teeth are too small The eyeside is green The hair long and black Still coming through

Montague Terrace (In Blue) Scott Walker

The little clock's stopped ticking now We're swallowed in the stomached rue The only sound to tear the night Comes from the man upstairs His bloated belching figure stomps He may crash through the ceiling

WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG Scott Walker

walk in a room, a party or ball "Come sit over here", somebody will call "A drink for Monsieur, a drink for us all"But how many times I stop - and recall Ah, the apple treesBlossoms in the breezeThat we

WE HAD IT ALL Scott Walker

WE HAD IT ALL (D. Fritts/T.

MANHATTAN Scott Walker

MANHATTAN (Scott Walker) here you are boy here you are here you are boy here you are here you are boy here you are I tip to Bengal tip tp Somal i tip to Burmese tip Kenyanese See them sliding through

Manhattan Scott Walker

MANHATTAN (Scott Walker) here you are boy here you are here you are boy here you are here you are boy here you are I tip to Bengal tip tp Somal i tip to Burmese tip Kenyanese See them sliding through

COPENHAGEN Scott Walker

COPENHAGEN (Engel) Hope for me, I hope for you, We're snowdrops falling through the night. We'll melt away before we land, Two teardrops for somebody's hand.

It's Raining Today Scott Walker

"It's raining today And I'm just about to forget the train window girl That wonderful day we met She smiles through the smoke from my cigarette It's raining today But once there was summer and you And

The Lady Came From Baltimore Scott Walker

Lady came from Baltimore All she wore was lace Didn't know that I was poor She never saw my place I was there to steal the money Take her rings and run Then I fell in love with the lady Got away with none

Til The Band Comes In Scott Walker

'Til the band comes in And the clouds begin to open 'Til the band comes in And we hear them all as one I'll be back again If you promise that you'll write me 'Til the band comes rollin' in.

THE WAR IS OVER (sleepers) (epilogue) Scott Walker

THE WAR IS OVER (sleepers) (epilogue) (Scott Walker/Ady Semel) Everything still everything silent as after the rain We lie here listening to night close down Stare like a child wait for

LOSS OF LOVE Scott Walker

see only shattered skies Not a ray of light to find But I look back after loss of love And sunlight blinds my mind Songs were sung with words as young as May But in the mist of summer, winter came

Jackie Scott Walker

I could have my own bordellos My record would be number one And I'd sell records by the ton All sung by many other fellows My name would then be handsome Jack And I'd sell boats of opium Whisky that came

THE COCKFIGHTER Scott Walker

THE COCKFIGHTER (Scott Walker) IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FROM HERE TO THOSE STARS feathers on the sides of my fingers IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT FROM HERE TO THOSE TREMBLING STARS and the feathers

Tar Scott Walker

Up ahead on the sarcomere stump The women came to the tomb at dawn. Booty chatter! The women came when the sun had risen. Laps/Relapse. -let this throats Colombian Necktie choke that Franglais.

THE GIRLS FROM THE STREETS Scott Walker

Cascading lights for every heartbeat Tonight we'll sleep with the girls from the streets Hurry faster don't look back His coattails snap his laughter's burning in my ears I ride upon this giant storm Through

FUNERAL TANGO Scott Walker

FUNERAL TANGO (Jouanest/Brel/Shuman) Oh I can see them now Clutching a hankerchief And blowing me a kiss Discreetly asking how How came he died so young Or was he very old Is the body still

SOMEONE WHO CARED Scott Walker

You never gave life a chance You gotta give life a chance Tomorrow came and you saved it for no-one Yesterday's gone - you just threw it away You never gave life a chance You gotta give life a

TRACK FIVE Scott Walker

TRACK FIVE (Scott Walker) It's a starving reflection if he dies in the night listening to the increase. It cuts out your likeness in blood circulations suspended beneath a release.

Rhymes Of Goodbye Scott Walker

The rhymes of a woman's, A river that never ends The Rhymes of Dimension, Surrounds us with fire and friends, And roaring through darkness, The Night children fly, I still hear them singing the rhymes

THE RHYMES OF GOODBYE Scott Walker

To keep myself warm I turn and it's gone gone, You smile and it's born The rhymes of our women's, A river that never ends The Rhymes of Dimension, Surrounds us with fire and friends And roaring through

TWO RAGGED SOLDIERS Scott Walker

SOLDIERS (Engel) They spoke transparent phrases to looking glass women And they took the detours that scattered the way They departed from summer like two ragged soldiers Dragging their heels through

INDECENT SACRIFICE Scott Walker

wallet With the coral Clitoris Took the mine Act With the anvil Chorus Took it all And now we're saying Goodbye Without warning GIVE-IN-UP GIVE-IN-UP GIVE-IN-UP GIVE-IN-UP Coming through

PLASTIC PALACE PEOPLE Scott Walker

PLASTIC PALACE PEOPLE (Engel) Over the rooftop sails Billy A string tied to his underwear Through cobbled stone streets a child races And shouts "Billy, come down from there" "My mother's calling

Next Scott Walker

high heavens did not fall But how much of that time I hated being there at all Next, next Now I always will recall The brothel truck, the flying flags The queer lieutenant who slapped Our asses as if we

REUBEN JAMES Scott Walker

other cheek A better world is a waiting for the meek In my head those words remain from Reuben James Reuben James one dark cloudy day That brought you from the fields And to your lonely pine box came

ANGELS OF ASHES Scott Walker

ANGELS OF ASHES (Engel) The Angels of Ashes will give back your passions Again and again Their light shafts will reach through the darkness and touch you my friend They'll fly in a mind

THE SEVENTH SEAL Scott Walker

meaningless smiles Why can't God touch me with a sign Perhaps there's no one there answered the booth And Death hid within his cloak and smiled This morning I played chess with Death said the knight We

ON YOUR OWN AGAIN Scott Walker

ON YOUR OWN AGAIN (Engel) Wasn't it a good year Wasn't filled with talking It still moves through my heart From time to time City after city Granite gray as morning Heroes died in subways left

Cue Scott Walker

Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Shinier still and stick the fork in him He's done boys He's done boys Where will you sleep my stomach My second stomach through

Buzzers Scott Walker

Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Polish the fork and stick the fork in him Shinier still and stick the fork in him He's done boys he's done boys Where will you sleep my stomach My second stomach through

We Could Be Flying Scott Walker

There's a few that comes in the spring A touch of hope, a new beginning Times racing by, I know But as it crossed my mind I thought we all would end up winning Love is rising like a summer sun Caught in

ROSARY Scott Walker

ROSARY (Scott Walker) I'll string along I'll string along oo whaoo whaoo whaoo Come mornings my beads on a face A thread A thong oo whaoo whaoo whaoo We can save it We can change it

THAT NIGHT Scott Walker

THAT NIGHT (Schifrin/Gimbel) The snow was on the hill The fields were soft and white We touched and time stood still On that hill, on that night Your glances said 'begin' Begin this strange