It's a case I guess of paradise lost Ten years back on the hands of the clock In that little house on Mansfield on your old block Sometimes the magic
Oh, I'm a dark diamond I've turned hard and cold Once was a jewel with fire in my soul There's two sides of a mirror One I couldn't break through Stayed
Some days I think it's all a dream The things I've done, the places that I've been This life of mine seemed surreal at times Wasted days and nights in
He died when the house was empty When the maid had gone He put a pen to paper for one final song He wrote, oh babe, it's the only way I know it's wrong
Seen him playing in his backyard Young boy just starting out So much history in this landscape So much confusion, so much doubt I've been there drinking
Staring all alone at your grace and style Cut me to the bone with your razor blade smile I watched you playing pool It's all around the school that I
change in the looking glass And everywhere I look there's something to learn A sliver of truth from every bridge we burn A hat full of quarters and a naked song
I'm the one who knows It's the same country love song Different words, a different melody It's the same country love song Mama said to me, "John, you
Cast a pebble on the water Watch the ripples gently spreading Tiny daughter of the Camaguey We were meant to be together We were made for one another
So darling please don't you comfort me I'll sort it out somehow So sing me no sad songs, tell me no lies Please don't you make me blue Sing me no sad songs
've seen a lot of things, I've had some bad rhymes I acted out my life on stages, ten thousand people watching Now I'm alone and I'm gonna sing these songs
We are the Goaldiggers, we are the Goaldiggers And we'd like you to help us if you can We would like your cooperation To help our organization Provide
travelling show I know it's not much but it's the best I can do My gift is my song and this one's for you And you can tell everybody this is your song
it feels so good to hurt so bad And suffer just enough to sing the blues Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they say Sad songs, they
Yesterday you came to lift me up As light as straw and brittle as a bird Today I weigh less than a shadow on the wall Just one more whisper of a voice
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Cast a pebble on the water Watch the ripples gently spreading Tiny daughter of the Camargue We were meant to be together We were made for one another
Staring all alone And your grace and style Cut me to the bone With your razor blade smile I watched you playing pool It's all around the school that I