Free Man In Paris Sufjan Stevens

Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business There's a lot of people asking for my time They're trying

Size Too Small Sufjan Stevens

I was the best man in a size too small You were my best friend, going at it all And what if I put off my inheritance? Where is the best man?

The Transfiguration Sufjan Stevens

side The prophecy, the legislation spoke Of whenever he would die Then there came a word of what he should accomplish on the day Then Peter spoke, to make of them a tabernacle place A cloud appeared in

So You Are Tired Sufjan Stevens

So you are tired of us So rest your head Turning back fourteen years Of what I did and said So you are breathing disaster I did what I was told But I was a man born invisible Was it something I said

A Good Man Is Hard To Find Sufjan Stevens

Once in the backyard, she was once like me She was once like me Twice when I killed them, they were once at peace They were once like me Hold to your gun, man and put off all your peace Put off all the

to be alone with you Sufjan Stevens

I'd swim across Lake Michigan I'd sell my shoes I'd give my body to be back again In the rest of the room To be alone With you To be alone With you To be alone with you To be alone with you

Should Have Known Better Sufjan Stevens

shroud Frightened by my feelings I only wanna be a relief No I’m not a go-getter The demon had a spell on me My black shroud Captain of my feelings The only thing I wanna believe When I was three and free

John My Beloved Sufjan Stevens

speak, first day of the week Stumbling words at the bar Beauty blue eyes, my order of fries Long Island kindness and wine Beloved of John, I get it all wrong I read you for some kind of poem Covered in

Eugene Sufjan Stevens

Lemon yogurt, remember I pulled at your shirt I dropped the ashtray on the floor I just wanted to be near you Emerald Park, wonders never cease The man who taught me to swim, he couldn't quite say my first

The Dress Looks Nice On You Sufjan Stevens

I can see a lot of life in you I can see a lot of bright in you And I think the dress looks nice on you I can see a lot of life in you I can see a bed and make it too I can see a fireside turn blue And

There's A World Sufjan Stevens

There’s a world you’re living in No one else has your part All God’s children in the wind Take it in and blow real hard Look around it, have you found it?

The Predatory Wasp of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us Sufjan Stevens

Thinking outrageously I write in cursive I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers I see my own breath on the face of the door Oh I am not quite

Goodbye Evergreen Sufjan Stevens

Goodbye, Evergreen You know I love you But everything heaven-sent Must burn out in the end I promised you Just as you were in my dream Now let me off easy And I’ll slip down through the drain To release

Seven Swans Sufjan Stevens

We didn't sleep too late There was a fire in the yard All of the tress were in light They had no faces to show I saw a sign in the sky Seven swans, seven swans, seven swans I heard a voice in my mind I

Blue Bucket of Gold Sufjan Stevens

Once the myth has been told The lens deforms it as lightning Raise your right hand Tell me you want me in your life Or raise your red flag Just when I want you in my life Search for things to extol Friend

Everything That Rises Sufjan Stevens

Forget everything that was before Turn your face around Like the salted sphere Turn yourself around To see what once was there Everything that rises must converge Everything that rises in a word Everything

No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross Sufjan Stevens

Now that I fell into your arms My only lover Give out to give in I search for the capsule I lost Drag me to hell in the valley of The Dalles Like my mother Give wings to a stone It’s only the shadow of

In The Devil's Territory Sufjan Stevens

Be still and know your sign The beast will arrive in time We stayed a long, long time We stayed a long, long time To see you To beat you To see you At last I saw the dragons drying I saw the witches whine

Sister Sufjan Stevens

the water wants is sun kiss And land to run into and back I have a fish stone burning my elbow Reminding me to know that I'm glad That I have a bottle filled with my old teeth They fell out like a tear in

Javelin (To Have And To Hold) Sufjan Stevens

Searching through snow For the javelin I had not Meant to throw right at you For if it had hit its mark There’d be blood in the place Where you stood It’s a terrible thought To have and hold It’s a

The Only Thing Sufjan Stevens

Half-light, jack knife into the canyon at night Signs and wonders, Perseus aligned with the skull Slain Medusa, Pegasus alight from us all Do I care if I survive this, bury the dead where they're found In

Death With Dignity Sufjan Stevens

Spirit of my silence I can hear you But I’m afraid to be near you And I don’t know where to begin And I don’t know where to begin Somewhere in the desert there’s a forest And an acre before us But I don

Genuflecting Ghost Sufjan Stevens

kiss the floor Rise, my love, show me paradise Nothing seems so simple anymore Rest assured, words come easy Insecure, love and please me Sacred word, bind me, insult As I praise your name Now we dance in

My Red Little Fox Sufjan Stevens

Pentecost Kiss me with the fire of gods Just say what you want Say it out within Without that funny little cough Simple minded, simple talk Don’t start with your camouflage Spurning from within Jump in

He Woke Me Up Again Sufjan Stevens

He was, he was in the churchyard My father was in the first part He came, he came to my bedroom But I was asleep And he woke me up again to say...

Shit Talk Sufjan Stevens

No more fighting No more talking shit Do as I say not as I give up Not as I’ve failed to live In the future there will be A terrible cost For all that we’ve left undone Deliver me from everything I’

A Running Start Sufjan Stevens

If I imagine myself peaceful On the fire escape Head first, my hands inside my T-shirt, as we run away So now we have a running start My body moves in mystic ways I cross my arms to shield my heart

Will Anybody Ever Love Me? Sufjan Stevens

In every season Pledge allegiance to my heart Pledge allegiance to my burning heart Hello wildness please forgive me now For the heartache and the misery I create Take my suffering as I take my vow Wash

Fourth of July Sufjan Stevens

love my little dove Why do you cry And I’m sorry I left but it was for the best Though it never felt right My little Versailles The hospital asked should the body be cast Before I say goodbye my star in

All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands Sufjan Stevens

If I am alive this time next year will I have arrived in time to share?

Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens

3, 4 Carrie and Lowell Such a long time ago Like a dead horse Meadowlark, drive your arrow Season of hope (after the flood) Valentine, spurn my sorrow Head on the floorboards (covered in blood) Drunk as

All Of Me Wants All Of You Sufjan Stevens

so used Found myself on Spencer’s Butte Traced your shadow with my shoe Empty outline changed my view Now all of me thinks less of you On the sheet, I see your horizon All of me pressed onto you But in

Flint (For The Unemployed And Underpaid) Sufjan Stevens

?It\'s the same outside Driving to the riverside I pretend to cry Even if I cried alone I forgot the start Use my hands to use my heart Even if I died alone Even if I died alone Since the first o...

Happy Birthday Sufjan Stevens

Like the lantern on a tree Your burden bright as weary be Periwig on parakeet You're God's great paramour and sweet I'm happy, I'm happy Your birthday brings a pardoning I'm happy, I'm happy You'r...

Drawn to the Blood Sufjan Stevens

I’m drawn to the bloodThe flight of a one-winged doveHow? How did this happen?How? How did this happen?The strength of his armMy lover caught me off guardHow? Head of a rabbitHow? Head of a rabbitF...

The Seer\'s Tower Rosie Thomas & Sufjan Stevens

In the tower above the earth There is a view that reaches far Where we see the universe I see the fire, I see the end Seven miles above the earth There is Emmanuel of mothers With his sword, with

Focus Ring Denison Witmer, Sufjan Stevens

Anything at all Anything at all you need Do you live your life in the center of a crowd? Do you stand off to the side just to watch how things play out?

King of a Land Yusuf / Cat Stevens

If I was a king of a land I'd free every woman and man I'd let them go I'd set them free to serve You If I knew every fish in the sea And every bird in the tree I'd hear their call I'd hear them speak

FREE MAN IN PARIS Joni Mitchell

Everybody's in it for their own gain You can't please 'em all There's always somebody calling you down I do my best And I do good business There's a lot of people asking for my time They're trying

Paris Magic Man

Jetlag been in a state of disaster Ever since I left you the last time I saw you just fade away Now I get lost tracing my steps back It cost nearly everything that I'm not ready to lose today No I'm

Paris Chicago

Baby, let's go to England We'll sail across the sea Then we'll stay in Amsterdam Just to feel free And to Norway where the sun shines endlessly [Verse 2: Robert Lamm] Maybe we'll go to Paris We could write

Once Upon A Poolside (feat. Sufjan Stevens) The National

Don't make this any harderEverybody's waitingWalk-on's almost overTeenagers on iceTry to keep my distanceTalking of forgivenessOnce upon a poolsideUnderneath the lightsWhat was the worried thing yo...

Love Lives In The Sky Cat Stevens

Oh, the trees grow higher than the mountain In the land of free love and goodbye The rivers ever growin' the fish is flowin' And the love lives in the sky In the night flies a team of white horses And

Bitterblue Cat Stevens

I gave my last chance to you Don't hand it back to me bitterblue No bitterblue Yes, I've done all one man can do Don't pass me up oh bitterblue My bitterblue Cause I've been running a long time

Paris, Paris Helge Schneider

Und deshalb fahr' ich nach Paris. Da ist es schön! Moulin Rouge und Alcazar - das muss man sehen! Ich selber war schon einmal da. Paris ist schön, Paris ist alt. Ich auch, ich auch.

Land O' Freelove & Goodbye Cat Stevens

Oh the trees grow higher than the mountains In the land of free love and goodbye The river's ever flowing, fishing growing And the God I love loves me.

Pink Shoe Laces Dodie Stevens

, oh, man Tan shoes with pink shoelaces And a big Panama with a purple hat band ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh He takes me deep-sea fishing in a submarine We got to drive-in movies in a

It's All About Me Rachel Stevens

better day But Wednesday to Saturday Don't know why he didn't call Oh, I wonder where you've gone Oh, did I do something wrong You said it's all about me You tell me what's the truth I'm happy to be free

The Tramp (Stereo Version) Cat Stevens

A young man rode with his head held high Under the Texas sun And no one guessed that a man so blessed Would perish by the gun Lord, would perish by the gun A shot rang out like a sudden shout And Heaven

Silk Rachel Stevens

I like the way you look at me Every mornin' when I wake up I can't deny sometimes I believe Give me what I need Your touch is like silk Strokin' my body Softer than skin Bringin' my pleasure in