Five Years lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by David Bowie)
Pushing through the market square
So many mothers sighing
News just come over
We had five years left to cry in (Cry in)
News guy wept and told us
Earth was really dying (Dying)
Cried so much his face was wet
Then I knew he was not lying (Lying)
I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies
I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TVs
My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
And all the fat, skinny people
And all the tall, short people
And all the nobody people
And all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many people
A girl my age went off her head
Hit some tiny children
If the Black hadn't have pulled her off
I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm
Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
And a queer threw up at the sight of that
I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
I don't think you knew you were in this song
And it was cold and it rained, I felt like an actor
'Til thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
Your face, your race
The way that you talk
I kiss you, you're beautiful
I want you to walk
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
Five years, that's all we've got
We've got five years
Five years, what a surprise
We've got five years
Five years, that's all we've got
Five years
We've got five years
Ooh Las Vegas lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Gram Parsons)
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Every time I hit your Crystal City
You know you're gonna make a wreck outta me
Well, the first time I lose I drink whiskey
Second time I lose I drink gin
Third time I lose I drink anything
'Cause I think I'm gonna win
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Every time I hit your Crystal City
You know you're gonna make a wreck outta me
Well, the Queen of Spades is a friend of mine
The Queen of Hearts, she's a bitch
Someday when I clean up my mind
I'll find out which is which
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Every time I hit your Crystal City
You know you're gonna make a wreck outta me
Well, I spend all night with the dealer
Tryin' to get ahead
Spend all day at the Holiday Inn
Tryin' to get out of bed
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
Ooh, Las Vegas
Ain't no place for a poor girl like me
No Expectations lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by the Rolling Stones)
Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I've got no expectations
To pass through here again
Once I was a rich man
And now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before
Your heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind
Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
It's here, and then it's gone
So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again
Don't Let It Bring You Down lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Neil Young)
Old man lying by the side of the road
With the lorries rolling by
Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load
As the buildings scrape the sky
Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn
And the morning papers fly
Dead man lying by the side of the road
With the daylight in his eyes
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Blind man running through the light of the night
With an answer in his hand
Come on down to the river of sight
And you can really understand
Red lights flashing through the window in the rain
Can you hear the sirens moan?
White cane lying in a gutter in the lane
If you're walking home alone
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Don't let it bring you down
It's only castles burning
Just find someone who's turning
And you will come around
Love In Mind lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Neil Young)
Woke up this morning with love in mind
It was raining outside but my love still shined
Kept me warm until my plane touched the sky
And I've seen love make a fool of a man
He tried to make a loser win
But I've got nothing to lose
That I can't get back again
Man made rules been holdin' back my love
Can't hold it back no more
Churches long preach sex is wrong
Jesus where is nature gone?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
Woke up this morning with love in mind
It was raining outside but my love still shined
Kept me warm until my plane touched the sky
And I've seen love make a fool of a man
He tried to make a loser win
But I've got nothing to lose
That I can't get back again
Man made rules been holdin' back my love
Can't hold it back no more
Churches long preach sex is wrong
Jesus where is nature gone?
What am I doing here?
What am I doing here?
Woke up this morning with love in mind
It was raining outside but my love still shined
Kept me warm until my plane touched the sky
The Way I Feel lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Gordon Lightfoot)
The way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
Like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
Now a woman Lord is like a young bird
And the tall oak tree is a young man's heart
Among his boughs you'll find her nesting
When the nights are cool she's warm and dry
Your coat of green it will protect her
Her wings will grow, your love will too
But all too soon your mighty branches
Will cease to hold her and she'll fly from you
Now the way I feel is like a robin
Whose babes have flown to come no more
Like a tall oak tree alone and cryin'
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
When the birds have flown and the nest is bare
I've Made Up My Mind To Give Myself To You lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Bob Dylan)
I'm sittin' on the terrace
Lost in the stars
Listening to the sounds of
The sad guitars
Been thinking it all over
And I've thought it all through
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
I saw the first
Fall of snow
I saw the flowers
Come and go
I don't think that anyone
Ever really knew
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
I'm giving myself to you, I am
From Salt Lake City to Birmingham
From East L.A. to San Antone
I don't think I can bear to live my life alone
My eye is
Like a shooting star
It looks at nothin' here or there
Looks at nothin' near or far
No one ever told me
It's just something I knew
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
If I had the wings
Of a snow white dove
I'd preach the gospel
The gospel of love
A love so real
A love so true
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
Take me out traveling
You're a traveling man
Show me something
I don't understand
I'm not what I was
Things aren't what they were
I'll go far away from home
With her
I've traveled
A long road of despair
I've met no other
Traveler there
Lot of people gone
Lot of people that I knew
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
Well, my heart's like a river
A river that sings
Just takes me a while
To realize things
I've seen the sunrise
I've seen the dawn
I'll lay down beside you
When everyone's gone
I've traveled
From the mountains to the sea
I hope the gods
Go easy with me
I knew you'd say yes 'cause
I'm saying it too
I've made up my mind
To give myself to you
Marathon lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by Vic Chesnutt)
To-do lists on a long yellow legal pad
Blue Windsor knots framed by basic black
Resplendent table
Great forests of paper plates
Carrying the weight of the world
Saps every ounce of your strength
In training to run a marathon
Miles and miles and miles
With your Sunday shoes on
In training to run a marathon
Miles and miles and miles
With your dress shoes on
But all these recurring dreams
Will increase and then peter out and cease
Tears do evaporate
But oh so slowly
Like piss on a toilet seat
In training to run a marathon
Miles and miles and miles
With your Sunday shoes on
In training to run a marathon
Miles and miles and miles
With your dress shoes on
Seventeen Seconds lyrics - Cowboy Junkies
(originally by The Cure)
Time slips away
And the light begins to fade
Everything is quiet now
Feeling is gone
And the future disappears
Everything is cold now
The dream had to end
The wish never came true
The girl starts to sing
Seventeen seconds
A measure of life
Seventeen seconds
A measure of life
Seventeen seconds
Seventeen seconds
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