Scare Me To Death Joe Henry

I've seen the best And the worst you can be And all while you're getting The better of me You're fragile but wicked And fleeting as breath And you move up behind me And scare me to death You're fragile

Time Is A Lion Joe Henry

paint on your door Your dream is a worry that nothing will keep But time is a story and there will be more Your dream is a worry that nothing will keep But time is a story and there will be more And death

Shut Me Up Joe Henry

The song wants to repeat just now, It sings itself to show you how, It throws away its finest line Just to keep the feel and time. Just to keep The feel and time, It throws away now Its finest line.

Flesh And Blood Joe Henry

Come sit beside me, Thatll do for now The night has come and left me Just the light that you allow.

Room At Arles Joe Henry

Just behind that wall, I think, She pulls her stockings on: The creaking floor speaks through the door Of one foot then the other The curtains wave a flag to say This afternoon is done And giving in to

Heaven's Escape Joe Henry

I'm an angel in waiting Where time is alive in the dark of your face In the battles we've won, lost or misplaced In the promise of heaven and the hold of its gates Oh, I can see it now But tell me

Animal Skin Joe Henry

I see in you an animal trace Thats quick in your blood and deep in your face, Mine has been tamed Im shamed to pretend When Im this close to your animal skin I remember when love was something I craved

You Can't Fail Me Now Joe Henry

I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't

Sold Joe Henry

Please dont speak another truth out loud Whatever else you do, I only want you keep me lost in your cloud And Ill do the same for you.

Unspeakable Joe Henry

You tug at my sleep, A tangle of thread, That knots at the lock At the foot of my bed Swinging the door To a perilous view Where all my unspeakable dreams Fall to you, All my unspeakable dreams Fall to

Dirty Magazine Joe Henry

And what am I supposed to do with you?

Parker's Mood Joe Henry

I didn't know what time it was When I came to The only light in here Is my flickering TV Watching back at me Oh, my love is here to stay Saints alive And all the saints be praised I see them

Flag Joe Henry

These days, they lord above me Growing mean as they grow shorter, Like a flag on a closing border now?

The World And All I Know Joe Henry

The dark great river bends below me, A void of light now tells me so Where tiny towns crowd its shoulders, Between the world and all I know … Thunder rolls beneath my feet And mountain clouds slide just

Dark Tears Joe Henry

My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye, My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye It looks backwards on my future, Already in the sweet by-and-by The rambler vines

Civilians Joe Henry

color's gone They leave the street in black and white And bring the eventing coming on Lovers tug their way out of gloves Out of shoes, and gray chiffon The driver pulls his blanket high And pretends to

Wave Joe Henry

"I waved to you as my boat was leaving Hats flew up and everybody cheered, But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you, And in a sea of arms you disappeared.

Odetta Joe Henry

They pick at every shiny thing, Stitching down this earth so cold and hard, Low and tight across my wings, And when they're calling over me, Their unholy, fitful song … Odetta, Odetta Please carry me along

This Afternoon Joe Henry

Nothing but an orange cup From an upstairs room This afternoon Ive spent every long summer Just this way Since my mother started making up their beds And learning to look the other way.

Strung Joe Henry

shadow's dark vein in a story gone mute, Till it sings with the blue of a hangman in time, And I give away what never was mine I've set a snare for the prey on my tongue The mean feral song still yet to

Tiny Voices Joe Henry

Who wants to see this coming? Who wants to think you do?

Grand Street Joe Henry

His foot held the door, To the alley in back Where the hotel's kitchen let out And the night butcher stood 'Neath a dim iron moon And spoke to himself right out loud Spoke to himself right out loud I gave

After The War Joe Henry

A dog-eared mind sniffed my heart Like a pocket full of German marks Long after the war was through Stood me on a rusted rail Turned my face and kicked my tail Up toward the yonder blue … Threw a fish

I Will Write My Book Joe Henry

I turn my face from all the rage Playing on a grim, dark stage, But you've shown me an open page And I will write my book.

Our Song Joe Henry

my song Somewhere in the middle there Though it started badly and it's ending wrong This was my country This frightful and this angry land But it's my right if the worst of it might still Somehow make me

Tomorrow Is October Joe Henry

Now that fires have been contained These ashes are of our own making, Clouds hang up on radio towers And sirens sing one song for hours Here begins the fitting end To what we'd started over When

Loves You Madly Joe Henry

It pulls at your feet, Gets into your nose, Onto your bed And under your clothes, Loves you madly So madly, Madly, Loves you madly The sun wants you deep The sun has a need To take you in then

John Henry Sonny Terry

When John Henry was a little baby, sitting on his daddy's knee, Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel, "Steel's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord, steel's gonna be the death of me, Well

God Only Knows Joe Henry

Darkness settles on the ground And leaves the day stumbling blind, Coming to a quiet close And maybe just in time: We'd almost lost the heart to know How to keep our best in mind, We'd almost lost the

Windows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night What will I learn to tell myself?

Widows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

What will I learn to tell myself?

Eyes Out For You Joe Henry

border guard My caravan waved off the track With dusty miners hid in back, Their faces glowing hard … Bruised and black and hunkered down, From sparkling fuses underground, And digging the way through To

Love Is Enough Joe Henry

Air is what I need But I try to breathe you in, Thinking I can get at what I must Beneath your skin.

Civil War Joe Henry

I don't know you to wear a hat But I came home late and there it sat, You rose to show what hats are for When living through a civil war, When living through a civil war Christmas mornings and New Years

John Henry Bruce Springsteen

One, two, three When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his daddy's knee He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel And cried, "hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord Hammer's

Lighthouse Joe Henry

But now all the stars They fall around you, And land at your feet To light up the room The sign of the times, The rules of the road, And our coat of arms all scream That mercy gets old.

He Made A Woman Out Of Me Bobbie Gentry

Law, made a woman out of me Lord, he made a woman outta me I used to tease Joe Henry Guess it served me right Wasn't long till he left me Crying out in the night Joe Henry had his say He wouldn't set me

Deathbed Versions Joe Henry

How do you keep your time to come? How do you keep your time to come?

Your Side Of My World Joe Henry

Oh, can you hear the ringing bell, Telling time like time was to tell? Can you see the smoke rise and curl All the way from your side of my world?

John Henry Harry Belafonte

John Henry he could hammer, He could whistle, he could sing He went to the mountain early in the mornin'' Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord Just to hear his hammer ring.

Piano Furnace Joe Henry

Let's pull this piano out from the wall Clear the young children from out of the hall Stuff it with tender put paid to it all Let it stoke the fires of the world Let's beat this guitar it was meant

Leaning Joe Henry

I cant stay here in my room I cant hold my own against the heavy Lean of your perfume That tries to keep your pillow down and low Across my face As if what lingers here of you could Take my breath

John Henry Van Morrison

When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his mama's knee Well he picked up a feather and a piece of steel And said that's gonna be the death of me Lord, lord, lord that's gonna be the death of me Well

John Henry Eric Darling

John Henry, when he was a baby Settin' on his mammy's knee Picked up an hammer in his little right hand Said, Hammer be the death of me, me, me Hammer be the death of me Some say he's born in Texas Some

John Henry Pete Seeger

John Henry was about three days old sittin' on his papa's knee He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel said Hammer's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord Hammer's gonna be the death of me The captain

Oh Henry The Civil Wars

Oh the grass is green Everywhere but under me Or so it seems Got a wedding band In the name of a wandering man I love the best I can Oh Henry have you got something to tell me 'Cause everybody's been

I'm Henry The Eighth I Am Joe Brown, The Bruvvers

I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eighth I am I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry Henry She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam no Sam

Knockin' On Joe Nick Cave

O Warden I surrender you Your fists cain't hurt me anymore You know, these hands will never wash These dirty Death Row floors O Preacher, come closer, you don't scare me anymore Just tell Nancy not to

Henry Keb' Mo'

Remember if you can When cotton was picked by hand Down in Dixy under southern sky Working from sun to sun Remember if you will Lightening from a whiskey still The blues and the breese The sweet magnolia

It's Hard To Be Me Joe Diffie

Falling down the stair, gave me quiet a scare Turned around to see if anybody saw But no one's there 'cause you're not here So no one cares and no one's waiting When I come dragging home So I don't until