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The lyrics and guitar chords to each song are included in the artwork for every album, but here are the words to most of what's been released. More will be added, but please email me if there's a particlular song you'd like the text for.

I have included translations in German where I have them - if you have translated a song into any language I'd be pleased to put it here.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
ANNABEL
BLACKWATER
BOYS, I AM WORRIED
THE BURNING OF TWO
CARELESS MAN
CARGO
DAYS WITHOUT YOU
DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE
THE DOGS
EVERSINCE
FIRE ESCAPE
THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER
HERE
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE
I DO WRONG
I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT
IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE
JESSWOOD
THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN
NOT YET GONE
PAPER BIRDS
PURE BLACK COAL
QUARREL
THE ROYAL CANAL
SEVEN WAVES
SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME
SONG FOR FEE
ST MARY
SUIT OF STONES
WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T
WIRES
THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM
YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS
YOU BELONG TO ME, YOU DO
YOUR HEART WAS A HOME

SONG FOR FEE

WELL I THOUGHT THAT THE WINTER WOULD DO ME SOME GOOD I THOUGHT I COULD WORK OUT THE BLACK AND THE BLUE BUT IT HASN’T BEEN ENOUGH AND AWAY FROM THE DIRT SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS A MONTH AWAY AND I’M WELL LOST WITHOUT GET CARELESS AND CLUMSY AND UPSIDE DOWN AND I SHAKE OUT A SONG THAT SOUNDS LIKE A CURSE SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS AND WHEN I AM SLEEPLESS IN A COLD LONELY BED SHE LAYS DOWN WITH ME AND TAKES HOLD OF MY HEAD AND SHE WHISPERS LOW SLOW KIND WORDS SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS I KNOW WHAT I NEED AND I KNOW WHAT I WANT BUT THE TWO THEY ARE STRANGERS AND THEY DON’T GET ALONG AND IF I PUT THEM TOGETHER SOMEONE WILL GET HURT SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS AND SHE SHOWED ME THE PLACE WHERE THE GROUND OPENED UP AND I NEVER AGAIN WANT TO SEE HER BLOOD I CANNOT SLEEP WITH THE THOUGHT OF HER HURT SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS I MISS HER HELLOS AND I MISS HER GOODBYES AND WHEN I’M AWAY SHE IS BRIGHT IN MY MIND WE ARE HAPPY AND TORN AND EQUALLY WORSE SHE LIGHTS FIREWORKS

BOYS, I AM WORRIED

WE’RE UP AT FIVE AND OUT TO THE WOODS LIKE WE’VE EVERYTHING TO LOSE A GANG OF FOUR AND WE’RE NEEDING MORE THAN WHAT’S SHAKING IN OUR BOOTS CAUSE OUR CAPTAIN WELL HE’S NO MORE OF A MAN THAN THE SACK OF STICKS THAT’S ME YEAH HE’S A SLIM ONE JIM JUST LOOK AT HIM STANDING UP TO SPEAK HE SAYS BOY’S I’M WORRIED BOYS I AM WORRIED CAUSE THAT SOUND ABOVE IT IS MEANT FOR US BUT IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO CHEER SOME STORMY CLOUD AN AEROPLANE BRINGING THUNDER TO THE EARS CAUSE THEY BUILD THIS STUFF TO SPILL THE BLOOD AND IT DOES JUST WHAT IT’S TOLD SO GO TELL IT JIM TO LEAVE ME BE AND FLY ON HOME BECAUSE I’M WORRIED BOYS I AM WORRIED SO WE FIVE GOT LOST BY NINE IN THE WOODS AND WE’RE THOROUGHLY SOAKED AND I COUGH UP A SEA OF CHARCOAL WAVES AND COLD WATER THICK WITH SALT AND I’VE NOT DROWNED BEFORE SO ALL OF THIS IT IS NEW TO ME NOW I DON’T LIKE HOW IT FEELS AND THE COLD AND THE CHILLS I WANT TO WRAP UP WARM AND SHOUT I AM WORRIED BOYS I AM WORRIED

CARGO

WELL I CALLED TO THE CARGO MAN CAN YOU TAKE US ACROSS AND HE SAID WELL I’VE JUST ROOM FOR ONE BUT I’LL TAKE YOUR WIFE IF SHE’S QUIET AND SHE’S FINE AND YOU CAN MEET US DOWNSTREAM IF YOU RUN AND I RAN SURE ENOUGH WELL WHAT COULD BE DONE WE WANT WHAT WE WANT AND THAT’S ALL AND MY LEGS WERE A MESS AND THE HEAD WASN’T THERE AND I FOLLOWED BREATHLESS A FOOL AND SHE SAID NEVER NOT WORRY FOR ME ANY MORE AND I’LL NEVER NOT SEE YOU AGAIN NO NEVER NOT WORRY FOR ME ANY MORE AND I’LL NEVER NOT SEE YOU AGAIN AND SHE SLEPT WITH A HUNDRED COLD MEN TO KEEP WARM BUT SHE CARED NOT A BIT FOR ANYONE AND HOW I TRIED TO KEEP CLEAR BUT DAD SHE’S STILL HERE AND SHE IS HARD AND SHE’S SET TO HER BONES YEAH SHE IS SILENT BLACK HAIR AND SHE IS MARBLE SKIN AND SHE IS LIDDED AND SHE IS ANGRY AND SHE’S PROUD AND I DO NOT MISS HER FLIGHT TOWARDS DEATH BUT I DO MISS HER LIFE NEAR ME NOW SHE SAID NEVER NOT WORRY FOR ME ANY MORE AND I’LL NEVER NOT SEE YOU AGAIN NO NEVER NOT WORRY FOR ME ANY MORE AND I’LL NEVER NOT SEE YOU AGAIN AND NOW ALL OF MY TROUBLES ARE BURIED BELOW ALL OF MY TROUBLES BELOW

WIRES

WHEN SHE SHOWED ME HER HOUSE I DIDN’T SEE THE WIRES AND WHEN SHE SHOWED ME HER BED I DIDN’T SMELL SMOKE AND I SAW A WINDOW I DIDN’T SEE A MIRROR BUT NOW I BELIEVE WHAT I FEAR NOT WHAT I’M TOLD I HAD NOTHING TO RUN FROM NOWHERE TO RUN TO BUT THE WEIGHT OF THE WORRY TURNED INTO FLOOD AND HER ROOF IT LET IN A RIVER OF RAINFALL AND WITH HER DOOR SHUT TIGHT WELL THE WHOLE PLACE FILLED UP WELL MY LOVE RAN AWAY AND SHE FELL DOWN A DARK HOLE A CELLAR SHE FOUND SUDDEN AND HEARTLESS AND I FOLLOWED HER IN AND SHE LEFT BUT I STAYED THERE NOW I’M DONE WITH DAYS BUT I’M TIRED OF THE NIGHT AND YOU TOOK MY BUCKET OF STONES AND YOU THREW EACH ONE AT ME NOW I KNOW WHAT’S BELOW BUT STILL THERE I GO BUT IF YOU CALL ME A SINNER THAT DON’T MAKE YOU A SAINT AND IF YOU SHOW ME A MAP THAT DON’T MAKE YOU THE ROAD IF YOU SHOW ME THE MAP THAT DON’T MAKE YOU THE ROAD

SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME

WE ARE FIGHTING ON THE BORDER AND THEY DO WANT US TO STOP WE ARE BURNING UP THEIR CORNFIELDS AND WE ARE KILLING ALL THEIR CROPS AND WE ARE LEADING THEIR SHEEP TO THE GREY LAKE AND WE ARE FORCING THEM IN TO DROWN AND WE ARE PULLING THE LEAVES FROM EVERY TREE THAT WE FIND AND PLOUGHING THEM INTO THE GROUND AND SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME WE ARE A GANG OF NO GOOD AND WE’RE GREEDY AND WE ARE PALE SKINNED VICIOUS MEN AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO OFFER BEYOND THE LOSS OF EVERYTHING DEAR TO YOU THERE AND WE ARE THROWING MUD AND STICKS AND STONES AT EVERY NEW HOUSE IN THE TOWN AND WE ARE SOIL AND WE ARE SLATE AND WE ARE GRASS AND WE ARE CLAY AND ALL THAT WILL SHRINK AND BREAK DOWN AND SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME AND WE ARE CARRYING SACKS FULL OF WEEDS AND ROCKS AND WE FILL YOUR FIELDS WITH THESE AND WE HAVE OIL FOR THE WELL THAT WE DUG FROM THE GROUND WE HAVE A PLAN TO BUILD FENCES FROM TREES AND WE WILL DIG A DITCH FROM ONE FARM TO ANOTHER AND WE’LL FILL IT WITH ALL WE CANT USE AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR WELL SHARE IT OUT FAIR AND NO ONE WILL WIN OR LOSE SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME WE ARE FILLING THE BARNS WITH TRUCKS AND WITH CARS AND HERDING THE CATTLE OUTDOORS AND THEY WILL STAND IN THE ROAD IN THE SLEET AND THE SNOW AND WITH LUCK WE WILL FREEZE THEM ALL AND THE ROOFS WILL GROW HOLES AND GROW TIRED AND YOUR ATTICS WILL LET IN THE ICE AND THEN THE CROWS WILL MOVE IN AND BRING IN ON THE WING FEATHERS AND TWIGS AND MICE AND SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME AND WE’LL SLEEP IN THE VALLEYS AND HOLLOWS AWAY FROM HIGH SAFE HILLS FOR THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE AND NOTHING TO BE WON NOTHING TO GIVE OR TO STEAL WE ARE POOR CRIPPLED AND CROOKED WITHOUT UNWANTED AND MEAN BUT WE DO HAVE THE GUNS AND WE DO HAVE THE NUMBERS AND THAT BOYS IS MORE THAN YOU NEED SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME AND WE DO HAVE THE MAKINGS OF GREAT MEN AND WE DO HAVE MOTHERS THAT ARE KIND AND SOME OF US HAVE DAUGHTERS WHO DONT KNOW OUR NAMES BUT ALL THIS WE HAVE LEFT BEHIND THERE HAVE PLENTIFUL CHANCES TO MAKE RIGHT AND THERE HAVE BEEN OFFERS FROM KINDER WISE MEN BUT WE ARE SELF RIGHTEOUS DOGS WHO DONT KNOW WHEN TO STOP AND THAT IS OUR LOT IN THIS THING SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME WE ARE HOLY IN HEART AND INTENTION AND WE ARE CARELESS AND CRUEL IN DEED AND IF THE COAST IS AS FAR AS THIS ROAD GOES THEN WE’LL LEAVE IT AND JUMP IN THE SEA FOR WE HAVE COME FAR ENOUGH JUST TO START AGAIN AND MANY BAD MILES FORGOT NOW WE ARE FIGHTING HERE ON THE BORDER AND THEY DO WANT US TO STOP AND SOME SOMEHOW GET HOME

ST MARY

OH ST MARY I GIVE UP MARY WHAT DO YOU KNOW OH ST MARY I GIVE UP MARY WHAT DO YOU KNOW WELL GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME BEFORE MY BREATH IT GOES AND I’LL SLEEP RIGHT WHERE I SLIP AND FALL AND CALL THAT PLACE A HOME OH ST MARY I GIVE UP MARY WHAT DO YOU KNOW WELL MY LEGS ARE STUMBLING STICKS AND WILL NOT BE WALKED UPON SO WHERE’D YOU PUT THE PULLING SLED TO LAY MY SORRY ON OH I CANNOT CARRY HEAVY BONES THAT CANNOT BUILD A HOME OH ST MARY I GIVE UP MARY WHAT DO YOU KNOW WELL I KNOW SHE RAN AWAY FROM YOU AND SHE’S BETTER OFF ALONE SO BRING A SHOVEL AND FETCH A SPADE AND I’LL GET SOME DIGGING DONE OH WATCH AND LEARN SOMETHING HERE I’LL MAKE MYSELF A HOME WATCH AND LEARN SOMETHING HERE I’LL MAKE MYSELF A HOME

THE DOGS

WELL I WORRY FOR YOUR BONES THE WAY YOU DRAG THEM ALONG AND I FEAR FOR YOUR SKIN AND WHAT IS PUT THERE UPON YOUR NECK YOUR BREASTS YOUR LEGS AND YOUR FEET BUT I CANNOT HELP THEM AND THEY WILL NOT HELP ME AND YOU SAY THAT YOU MADE A SLIGHT THING OF BLACK HAIR AND CLAY AND WHO KNOWS WHO BUT THEY TOOK IT AWAY AND WHO KNOWS HOW AND WHO KNOWS TO WHERE AND IT’S A DARK SAD THING THAT YOU’RE HIDING IN THERE AND SO I’M GATHERING STICKS FROM YOUR BURNT DOWN HOUSE AND I’LL BUILD ME A FENCE THAT WILL KEEP THE DOGS OUT AND I DREAMT THAT THE TRAM YOU WERE RIDING UPON IT WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER AND FROM IT YOU WERE THROWN AND TWENTY THREE FOXHOUNDS PICKED YOU UP AND THEY CLEANED ALL YOUR WOUNDS AND THEY LICKED UP THE BLOOD AND I’M GATHERING STICKS FROM YOUR BURNT DOWN HOUSE AND I’LL BUILD ME A FENCE THAT WILL KEEP THE DOGS OUT AND I WOULD RUN TO THE BEACH AND I WOULD MEET YOU BELOW IF I KNEW YOU’D BE THERE AND IF I THOUGHT YOU COULD FLOAT BUT I WILL NOT WAIT AND WATCH UPSTREAM FOR YOU WITHOUT LIFE GONE TO THE SEA OH I’M GATHERING STICKS FROM YOUR BURNT DOWN HOUSE AND I’LL BUILD ME A FENCE THAT WILL KEEP THE DOGS OUT

THE GOOD DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER

WELL THE GOOD GUYS DON’T GET ANY BETTER AND YOU SIR WERE ONCE TRUE TO ME BUT IF I ASK YOU AGAIN PLEASE DO NOT PRETEND THAT YOU’VE FAITH IN THE LIFE THAT I LEAD I COULDN’T HOPE FOR A BRIGHTER PLACE TO FAIL I COULDN’T WISH FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL MESS AND ALL THE LIME TREES HAVE GONE THAT WERE ONCE TALL AND STRONG THEY’RE SCATTERED AND THROWN AND THEN LEFT AND I’M AMAZED THAT A TRAIN CAN GET LOST BUT IT HAPPENED AND HOW I DON’T KNOW BUT GONE TO THE GROUND IS WHERE WE’RE ALL BOUND SO STOP WORRYING GET UP AND GO IT WAS A GOOD TIME A FINE TIME WE FOUND HERE AND I DO THANK THE DAY NOW IT’S DONE AND I MISS SO MUCH BUT THERE’S NOTHING TO BE DONE FOR THE SORROW THE GRIEF AND THE BLOOD SO SEE A STRAIGHT TRACK THAT’S A FINE LINE TO MOVE DOWN A SMOOTH PATH A WIDE SKY ABOVE AND IF THIS AINT THE WAY WELL WHAT DO YOU SAY WE FOLLOW IT AND SEE WHAT BECOMES I SAID IF THIS AINT THE WAY WELL WHAT DO YOU SAY WE FOLLOW IT AND SEE WHAT BECOMES

QUARREL

IT'S THE KNOWING YOU'RE MOVING IN A MANNER THAT HURTS THAT'S KEEPING ME UP AND IT'S KNOWING THE HOURS YOU CHOOSE TO WORK THAT'S MAKING IT TOUGH BUT I AM NOT WHAT YOU'D CALL A JEALOUS MAN MY SPIRIT IS LIGHT BUT YOU DO SEEM TO LOOK FOR SOME SORT OF TROUBLE SOME SORT OF A FIGHT BUT I HAVE NO QUARREL LEFT IN ME FROM THE FROZEN CANAL IN THE TOWN FROM THE WOODS TO THE STREET YOU LIVE ON I SAT AT THE STATION WITHOUT A TRAIN TO RIDE HOME UPON AND YOU THREW SOME PIECES OF CHALK AT MY BACK AS I LEFT YOU IN BED MY HEAD WAS SCARED BUT MY BODY PREPARED TO STAY WITH YOU THERE BUT I HAVE NO QUARREL LEFT IN ME AND I HAVE NO MORE HARD WORDS HERE FOR THEE

THE ROYAL CANAL

I WENT DOWN TO THE ROYAL CANAL INTENDING TO THROW IN MY TOWEL WITH A BOTTLE AND A BUCKET OF STONES I SAT THERE AND DRANK THERE ALONE THINGS HAD GOT QUITE BAD ENOUGH IT SEEMED THERE WAS LITTLE LEFT TO BE DONE I'D LEFT MY BEST WITH THE REST AND I GAVE UP MY GHOST TO THE DEAD SO I CLUNG TO BUCKET BUT YET THAT BOTTLE WAS A BUOYANT FRIEND AND A RIVER ONLY KNOWS DOWN SO THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I GO NOW BUT THERE IS NOWHERE TO HIDE OUT AT SEA AND THAT THOUGHT IS A WORRY TO ME AND I SLEPT BUT I DO NOT KNOW HOW I DREAMT OF THE SONG OF THE ROYAL CANAL AND WE COULDN'T BE FURTHER APART AND I MISS YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND I MISS YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART AND I MISS YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART

DER KÖNIGLICHE KANAL

ICH GING RUNTER ZUM KÖNIGLICHEN KANAL BEABSICHTIGTE MEIN HANDTUCH HINEIN ZU WERFEN MIT EINER FLASCHE UND EINEM EIMER VOLLER STEINE SAß ICH DORT UND TRANK DORT ALLEINE DINGE WAREN SCHON RECHT SCHLECHT GENUG GEWORDEN ES SCHIEN ALS BLIEBE NUR WENIG ZU TUN ÜBRIG ICH HATTE MEIN BESTES BEIM REST GELASSEN UND ICH ÜBERGAB MEINEN GEIST AN DIE TOTEN UND SO HIELT ICH MICH AM EIMER FEST ABER NOCH WAR DIESE FLASCHE EIN SCHWIMMENDER FREUND UND EIN FLUSS KENNT NUR DAS NACHUNTEN SOMIT IST DAS DIE EINZIGE RICHTUNG DIE ICH JETZT GEHE DOCH AUF DEM MEER KANN MAN SICH NIRGENDS VERSTECKEN UND DIESER GEDANKE IST MIR EINE SORGE UND ICH SCHLIEF ABER ICH WEIß NICHT WIE ES KAM DASS ICH TRÄUMTE VOM LIED VOM KÖNIGLICHEN KANAL UND WIR KÖNNTEN NICHT WEITER VONEINANDER ENTFERNT SEIN UND ICH VERMISSE DICH VON GANZEM HERZEN UND ICH VERMISSE DICH VON GANZEM HERZEN UND ICH VERMISSE DICH VON GANZEM HERZEN

(GERMAN TRANSLATION BY FEE RIEGER)

YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS

WELL I LEFT MY LIFE WITH THAT WOMAN MY WIFE AND I FELL LIKE A SHELL IN THE ROAD AND A FACT IS A FACT AND WE'LL HAVE NONE OF THAT BUT NOW I CANNOT GO BACK HOME AND I'VE A STONE IN MY MOUTH THE SIZE OF MY THUMB AND A BOTTLE OF INDIAN INK AND I WILL WRITE TO YOU DAILY IN GIDEON'S BOOK HOWEVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS HOWEVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS SO I STUMBLE ALONG AND I COUGH AND I CHOKE AS I CLUMSILY CARRY THE COAL IN A SACK ON MY BACK FOR THE FIRE I LACK AND I'VE DUST IN MY HAIR AND MY THROAT AND I WILL FOLLOW YOUR SHADOW UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY AND I'LL FIND THE SMALL PLACE WHERE IT SLEEPS AND I'LL WAIT THERE YET UNTIL YOU WAKE UP AGAIN WHATEVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS WHATEVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS AND OUR HOUSE IN THE LIME TREE GOT CLAIMED BY THE BIRDS BY THE PIGEONS THE SPARROWS AND THE CROWS TAKE THE FLAG FROM IT'S ROOF BEFORE IT GETS SEEN AND HIDE IT BENEATH YOUR CLOTHES YOUR DANCING FEET YOUR CAREFUL REACH YOUR CALICO SHEETS TO THE WIND OUR CLUTCHING HANDS ALL OUR WONDERFUL PLANS FOREVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS FOREVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS FOREVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS FOREVER YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS

DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS

NUN ICH VERLIEß MEIN LEBEN MIT DIESER FRAU MEINER GATTIN UND ICH FIEL WIE EINE MUSCHEL AUF DIE STRAßE UND EIN FAKT IST EIN FAKT UND WIR WERDEN NICHTS DAVON HABEN ABER JETZT KANN ICH NICHT MEHR NACH HAUSE ZURÜCK GEHEN UND ICH HABE EINEN STEIN IM MUND VON DER GRÖßE MEINES DAUMENS UND EINE FLASCHE INDISCHER TINTE UND ICH WERDE DIR TÄGLICH SCHREIBEN IN GIDEONS BUCH WIE AUCH IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS WIE AUCH IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS ALSO STOLPERE ICH VORWÄRTS UND ICH HUSTE UND ICH WÜRGE WÄHREND ICH UNGESCHICKT DIE KOHLE TRAGE IN EINEM SACK AUF MEINEM RÜCKEN FÜR DAS FEUER DAS MIR FEHLT UND ICH HABE STAUB IN MEINEM HAAR UND MEINER KEHLE UND ICH WERDE DEINEM SCHATTEN FOLGEN BIS ZUM ENDE DES TAGES UND ICH WERDE DEN KLEINEN PLATZ FINDEN WO ER SCHLÄFT UND ICH WARTE DORT NOCH BIS DU WIEDER AUFWACHST WIE AUCH IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS UND UNSER HAUS IM LIMONENBAUM WURDE VON DEN VÖGELN EINGEFORDERT VON DEN TAUBEN DEN SPATZEN UND DEN KRÄHEN NIMM DIE FLAGGE VON IHREM DACH BEVOR SIE GESEHEN WIRD UND VERSTECKE SIE NEBEN DEINEN KLEIDERN DEINE TANZENDEN FüßE DEINE SORGFÄLTIGE HALTUNG DEINE KATTUNTÜCHER GEGEN DEN WIND UNSERE GREIFENDEN HÄNDE ALL UNSERE WUNDERVOLLEN PLÄNE FÜR IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS FÜR IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS FÜR IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS FÜR IMMER DU BIST BESSER ALS DAS

(GERMAN TRANSLATION BY FEE RIEGER)

DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE

I DIDN'T COUNT THE GAPS BETWEEN THE BREATHS SHE TOOK AFTER THE FALL CAUSE I THOUGHT MY MIND WOULD STAY CLEAR I THOUGHT MY HANDS RELIABLE NOW WHERE WILL WE HIDE THE KIDS AND WHERE WILL WE GET THE GUNS CAUSE NO MATTER THAT SHE'S GONE DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE I CAUGHT THE BLAST YOU TOOK IT HOME AND NOW IT'S WAITING THERE FOR ME AND I KNOW IT SITS I KNOW IT PLANS TO BLOW A HOLE THROUGH EVERYTHING TAKE THE FLESH OFF FROM THE BONE TAKE THE WOMAN FROM THE MAN PULL THE WOOL OFF ALL THE LAMBS AND DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE NOW THERE AINT A LOT THAT I CAN DO BUT I CAN FIX THIS SO IT WORKS AND IT'S NOT PRETTY BEING EASY BUT I CAN FIX IT SO IT WORKS AND THERE IS MOVEMENT IN THE TREES A SUDDEN SOUND A COUGH A THUD MEN ARE STIRRING IN BELSTONE WOOD AND WE'LL DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE A SCARED MAN'S CHARACTER IS FLAWED AND HIS ACTIONS ARE NOT TRUE YOU GOT TO STICK IT TO HIM QUICK BEFORE HE DOES THE SAME TO YOU THEY LOOK FOR BLOOD AND THEY WILL FIND IT IN EVERY CARELESS SON AWAY FROM HOME AND IN THE FIELD AND WE'LL DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE TAKE ALL THE GLASS OUT OF THE WINDOWS AND FILL THE FRAMES WITH ALL THE DOORS STUFF THE BOOKS INTO THE CHIMNEY AND POUR THE WHISKEY ON THE FLOOR SET A PLACE FOR EVERY FACE I'VE LOOKED UPON AND COME UNDONE MAKE SOME ROOM MAKE SOME PLANS DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE THE HEARTLESS THOUGHTLESS COLD REMORSELESS MINDLESS SPINELESS GANG OF CROOKS WELL I'VE LOST MY BEST FRIEND THEY COULDN’T CARE LESS WHAT THEY WANTED THEY JUST TOOK THEY LINE THEM UP AND LAY THEM LOW IN THE COLD CLAY SOIL AND MUD COMMON THIEVES AND HOODED CROWS AND WE'LL DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE COMMON THIEVES AND HOODED CROWS AND WE'LL DIG A HOLE FOR EVERYONE

GRAB EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN

ICH ZÄHLTE NICHT DIE PAUSEN ZWISCHEN DEN ATEMZÜGEN DIE SIE NACH DEM STURZ NAHM WEIL ICH DACHTE MEIN VERSTAND BLIEBE KLAR ICH DACHTE MEINE HÄNDE BLIEBEN ZUVERLÄSSIG NUN WO VERSTECKEN WIR DIE KINDER UND WOHER BEKOMMEN WIR DIE WAFFEN DENN WENN SIE AUCH GEGANGEN IST WIR GRABEN EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN ICH FING DIE EXPLOSION AUF DU NAHMST SIE MIT NACH HAUSE UND NUN WARTET SIE DORT AUF MICH UND ICH WEIß SIE SITZT ICH WEIß SIE PLANT EIN LOCH DURCH ALLES HINDURCH ZU SPRENGEN NIMM DAS FLEISCH VOM KNOCHEN AB NIMM DIE FRAU VOM MANN FORT ZIEH DIE WOLLE VON ALL DEN SCHAFEN UND GRAB EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN NUN ES GIBT NICHT VIELES WAS ICH TUN KANN ABER ICH KANN ES IN ORDNUNG BRINGEN SODASS ES FUNKTIONIERT UND ES IST NICHT HÜBSCH EINFACH ZU SEIN ABER ICH KANN ES IN ORDNUNG BRINGEN SODASS ES FUNKTIONIERT UND DORT IST BEWEGUNG IN DEN BÄUMEN EIN PLÖTZLICHES GERÄUSCH EIN HUSTEN EIN PLUMPSEN MÄNNER REGEN SICH IM WALD VON BELSTONE UND WIR GRABEN EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN DER CHARAKTER EINES BEÄNGSTIGTEN MANNES IST VOLLER MAKEL UND SEINE TATEN SIND NICHT EHRLICH DU MUSST DICH SCHNELL AN IHN HALTEN BEVOR ER DIR DASSELBE ANTUT SIE SUCHEN NACH BLUT UND SIE WERDEN ES FINDEN IN JEDEM LEICHTSINNIGEN SOHN FORT VON ZU HAUSE DRAUßEN AUF DEM FELD UND WIR WERDEN EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN GRABEN NIMM ALL DAS GLAS AUS DEN FENSTERN HERAUS UND FÜLL DIE RAHMEN MIT ALL DEN TÜREN STOPFE DIE BÜCHER IN DEN KAMIN UND SCHÜTTE DEN WHISKEY AUF DEN BODEN RICHTE EIN PLATZ FÜR JEDES GESICHT EIN AUF DAS ICH GESCHAUT HABE UND FALLE AUSEINANDER MACHE EIN WENIG PLATZ MACHE EINIGE PLÄNE GRAB EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN DIE HERZLOSE GEDANKENLOSE KALTE UNERBITTLICHE SINNLOSE RÜCKGRATLOSE GRUPPE VON KRÜPPELN NUN ICH VERLOR MEINEN BESTEN FREUND ES WAR IHNEN VÖLLIG EGAL WAS SIE WOLLTEN NAHMEN SIE SICH EINFACH SIE REIHEN SIE AUF UND LEGEN SIE NIEDER IN DEN KALTEN KLEIBODEN UND SCHLAMM GEWÖHNLICHE DIEBE UND NEBELKRÄHEN UND WIR GRABEN EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN GEWÖHNLICHE DIEBE UND NEBELKRÄHEN UND WIR GRABEN EIN LOCH FÜR JEDERMANN

(GERMAN TRANSLATION BY FEE RIEGER)

YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO

WELL I RAN TO THE SOUTH BUT I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WANT TO BE KIND YOU JUST GOT TO BE TRUE BUT SHE TALKS OF HER MARRIAGE AND THE HOUSE THEY BOTH SHARE AND I CANNOT WAIT TO LAY WITH HER THERE BUT SHE'S HOLDING MY HAND AND MAKING HER PLANS AND ALL THE WHILE TELLING HER MAN YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO AND WE SAT UP ALL NIGHT WHEN THE KITCHEN CAUGHT FIRE AND IN THE MORNING THERE'S PROBLEMS AND DOCTORS AND LIARS AND HER SUITCASE SPILLS HIS STUFF ON MY BED AND SO ITRY ON HIS SUITS AND HIS SHIRTS I DON'T CARE I TAKE OFF HIS CLOTHES TO GET TO HER UNDERNEATH AND SHE WEARS THEM LIKE LABLES YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO BUT I TRIED TO BE HONEST I WENT OUT AND I STAYED IN BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I'M SIMPLY NO GOOD AT ANYTHING AND I CLIMBED UP THE WALLS AND I JUMPED FROM THE ROOF AND SHE SAID IT WAS FUNNY THE THINGS I WOULD DO BUT THERE'S NO ONE I WANT MORE THAN MARIE TO BE TRUE AND SAY YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO I SAID THERE'S NO ONE I WANT MORE THAN MARIE TO BE TRUE AND SAY YOU BELONG TO ME YOU DO

THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM

JOSEPH CAME BY LAST NIGHT FELL OUT OF THE DARK FACE FLUSHED WITH RED BLOOD AND A RATTLING HEART HE COUGHED OUT NAMES IN PANIC SHORT OF BREATH SAID THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM AND A FIRE IN THE MAIN STREET THE CHURCH ABLAZE NO ONE INSIDE TO SPEAK OF A CROWD OUTSIDE AMAZED THEY WATCHED THE STEEPLE BURNING THEY KNOW WHO'S TO BLAME SAID THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM SO STUMBLE COUGH AND STUTTER FEET LOST TO MUD DRUNK AND HEAVY NOT STRONG ENOUGH JOSEPH WIDE WITH WONDER AT THE THINGS HE'S SEEN SAID THE WOODS WERE FULL OF THEM

YOUR HEART WAS A HOME

MY DUMB WORRIED HANDS HAVE LED ME TO THIS AND THE CROWS IN THE TREES THROW STONES AND DON'T MISS AND I CARRY YOUR CLOTHES YOUR PICTURES YOUR NAME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME WELL YOU WERE THERE AT THE START AND YOU'RE HERE AT THE END AND I KNOW IT'S MY FAULT I WON'T DO IT AGAIN AND I HAVEN'T A CHANCE BUT I TRY TO BE TRUE YOUR HEART WAS A HOME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME NOW I MISS YOUR SHARP EYES YOUR STUMBLING LEGS YOUR CLEAR BLUE MIND AND YOUR HAPPINESS AND THE GOOD THAT YOU GAVE YOU JUST BREATHED IT OUT YOUR HEART WAS A HOME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME YOUR HEART WAS A HOME

SUIT OF STONES

TWENTY COLD DAYS AWAY A TRAM AND A TRAIN AND IN THE DARK OF THE MORNING I COULDN'T SEE YOU SO WELL AND I WON'T SEE YOU AGAIN AND THE DOCTOR KNOWS WHAT IT DOES AND HE KNOWS HOW IT GOES BUT HE IS SURE LOST FOR WORDS AS TO WHERE IT CAME FROM AND HE'S TRIED ALL HE KNOWS AND HE SAYS IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED THEY'RE ALL SO QUICK TO GO ALL THE ONES THAT GOT LOST THEY ARE NOT COMING HOME AND SHE LED ME TO VIRGINIA LAKE AND UNDRESSED IN THE RAIN AND SHE SAID I SHOULD WATCH HER CLOSE WHILE SHE SWAM AND I'D LEARN HOW TO BE BRAVE BUT SHE'D MADE ME A SUIT OF STONES AND TOLD ME TO JUMP IN AND SHE PUT ROCKS IN THE POCKETS AND FLINT TIED TO THE SLEEVES WELL I DIDN'T JUMP IN AND SHE SAID IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED THEY'RE ALL SO QUICK TO GO AL THE ONES THAT GOT LOST THEY ARE NOT COMING HOME AND AFTER THREE WEEKS A LETTER CAME AND IT TOLD HOW YOU ARE BUT WITH NO RETURN ADDRESS TO RUN TO I KEEP READING IT LOUD MY DEAR MAN I AM WELL WITHOUT I AM HEALTHY AND I'M GLAD AND I HAVE ALL THAT I NEED AND A LITTLE THAT I WANT TRY NOT TO BE SAD IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED THEY'RE ALL SO QUICK TO GO AND ALL THE ONES THAT GOT LOST THEY ARE NOT COMING HOME

CARELESS MAN

WELL I DREAMT OF A BOOK WITH ALL THE WRONGS IN THE WORLD AND THEY WERE WRITTEN DOWN IN MY OWN HAND AND I KNOW THAT IT'S TOUGH THIS WAKING UP TO SEE THE SAME DISAPPOINTING MAN BUT I HEARD IT FORM MICHAEL WHO SAW IT WITH HIS OWN EYES HE SAID THERE'S GOOD TO BE FOUND EVERYWHERE YOU HAVE TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING WELL LET'S HOLD TIGHT TO NOTHING AND PRAY THAT THAT GETS US THERE AND OH CARELESS MAN IT'S A TERRIBLE DAMAGE YOU DO AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WOMAN TO BRING OUT THE WORST IN YOU AND WHEN SAMUEL TOLD US TO TAKE CARE AT BLACKWATER HE KEPT NOT A THOUGHT FOR HIMSELF AND HE LEFT AT SUNDOWN AND SOON TO DUMB GROUND HE FELL AND WELL BEYOND HELP SO WE BOTH GATHER THE STICKS AND CARRY THEM TO THE COTTAGE AND THROW THEM INTO HIS OLD ROOM WE'LL BUILD A BED FOR HIS HEAD FROM BROKEN BIRD'S NESTS AND STUFF A PILLOW WITH FEATHERS AND WOOL AND OH CARELESS MAN IT'S A TERRIBLE DAMAGE YOU DO AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WOMAN TO BRING OUT THE WORST IN YOU WE WALKED OVER THE BLUE HILLS THE HIGH HILLS THE WIDE HILLS AND WE STILL FEEL SO FAR AWAY AND IT TAKES MORE THAN I KNOW TO MAKE YOU A HOME AND KEEP ALL YOUR WORRIES AT BAY AND IF YOU'VE LOST FAITH IN ME THEN I CAN HARDLY BLAME THEE FOR THE DOUBTS THAT I GAVE YOU MYSELF LOOK FOR A WAY OUT FIND IT AND STAY OUT AND GET CLEAR AND DO NOT SEND HELP OH CARELESS MAN IT'S A TERRIBLE DAMAGE YOU DO AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WOMAN TO BRING OUT THE WORST IN YOU I SAID OH CARELESS MAN IT'S A TERRIBLE DAMAGE YOU DO AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A WOMAN TO BRING OUT THE WORST IN YOU

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE

I SEE SEARCHLIGHTS SEE DOGS ON CHAINS HEADS FULL OF TROUBLE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BLAME THEY SAY WHERE YOU GONNA RUN TO WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS TIME WHERE YOU GONNA RUN TO WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS TIME WELL I KNOW A SAFE HOUSE AND IT'S NOT TOO FAR AND THERE WE CAN LAY LOW TIL THIS BLOWS PAST FOUR STONE WALLS TO WAIT WITHIN ONE THICK DOOR TO CROUCH BEHIND AND IT'S THERE WE CAN RUN TO AND IT'S THERE WE CAN HIDE THIS TIME WHEN I WAS YOUNG BENEATH THE TABLE OR UP DEEP IN THE LOFT MY BROTHER TURNED ME OUT SAID YOU'VE GROWN TOO SOFT YOU NEED WORKING ON BOY BEFORE I CALL THEE MINE AND I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU RUN TO I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU HIDE THIS TIME AND SO I HEAD FOR THE BLACK HILLS MY BACK FEELS FULL OF SHOT AN ANGRY MESS BELOW MY NECK ALL KINDNESS FORGOT KNOTTED MUSCLES STUTTER FUCK IT STRETCHED STRAINED SINEW WHINES WHERE ARE YOU GONNA RUN TO WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS TIME BUT HALF A MILE FROM THE PADDOCK I SEE A HORSE UP IN A TREE A FLAYED SET OF LEGS A THING I CANNOT BELIEVE BUT A CROW UPON A MATTED MANE AND A CROW UPON A PONY'S EYE THEY BOTH SAY WHERE YOU GONNA RUN TO AND WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS TIME AND THE CATTLE HERE ARE STARVING AND THEY WILL NOT FEED A CHILD THEY HUDDLE IN THE RED BARN AND ARE FRIGHTENED OF THE LIGHT YOU'LL DO GOOD TO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN SON THEY GRUMBLE AS I STUMBLE BY AND THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU GONNA RUN TO THINK ABOUT WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE THIS TIME AND MY STITCHES THEY ARE MENDING BUT THEY'RE NOT MENDING FAST THEY BUCKLE IN THE GREY SKIN THEY BITE AND LEAVE A MARK AND THEY WHISPER TO ONE ANOTHER ALL ALONG THEIR CROOKED LINE THEY SAY WHERE'S HE GONNA RUN TO WHERE'S HE GONNA HIDE THIS TIME WELL I GOT ME SOME ANSWERS BUT I COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG AND EVERY FIELD I LOOK INTO IS BURNT AND SCRUBBED CORN AND EVERY GATE IS BROKEN AND EVERY FENCE JUST STICKS AND TWINE AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'LL RUN TO I DONT KNOW WHERE I'LL HIDE THIS TIME WELL I AM RUNNING FROM SEBASTIAN I AM RUNNING FROM HIS WIFE I AM RUNNING FROM THE BLACKSMITH WHO SAYS HE SAVED MY LIFE I AM RUNNING FROM THE WINTER THE FREIGHT TRAIN THE LOVER AND THE LIAR AND I AM RUNNING FROM THE FIREMAN THE COAL MAN AND THE COLT MRS O THE VICAR STANDING ON TIPTOES SINGING HER FRAIL LUNGS AWAY HALLELUJAH GLORY BE ON HIGH I AM RUNNING FROM SUPERSTITION MISCHIEF AND THE LAW AND HER HEART THAT COULDN'T BEAT TRUE AND THE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR I AM RUNNING FOR THE RUNNING THE DOING THE GOING AND THE FLIGHT AND I AM RUNNING FROM THE COLD CAVE THE BLACKWATER PARK I AM RUNNING FROM WHATEVER CREEPED IN WHEN WE LEFT THE DOOR AJAR I AM RUNNING FROM TINY SPARROWS PAPER BIRDS AND DOGS THAT BITE I AM RUNNING FROM THE PALACE PIER THE KING'S SQUARE AND THE FORD WILBURY AND THE CHAPEL HOUSE AND THE GHOST OF ELIN LORD THE BROKEN BOTTLE THE EMPTY CHAIR THE WIDE CROW BLACK SKY I AM RUNNING FROM THE SUDDEN STORM THE COLD FATHER GONE THE ENGLISHMAN DOWN IN MY BLOOD AND THE SHAME AND THE SCORN I AM RUNNING FROM THE GOOD BOOK THE ONE SURE STRAIGHT LINE THAT TELLS ME WHERE I CAN RUN TO AND WHERE I CAN HIDE THIS TIME IT TELLS ME WHERE I'M GONNA RUN TO AND WHERE I'M GONNA HIDE THIS TIME

IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE

WELL I WAS MET AND ON A TRAIN I SAT AND IT WENT AND AS SIMPLE AS THAT AWAY FROM YOU AND WITH EVERY QUICK MILE AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE AND TO THE HOUSE AND STRAIGHT OUT THE DOOR DRINK IN THE PARK UNTIL DAWN SAND IN MY HAIR AND MY EYES AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE AND IN THE KITCHEN SOME SORT OF A FIGHT A LITTLE BLOOD WE'RE BOTH SORE BUT ALRIGHT LIMPING AND LAUGHING AND TIRED AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE AND I WAS CARRIED AND THE SECOND WE STOPPED TOO SOON AND SUDDENLY DROPPED AND I TALKED THE DARK FROM THE NIGHT AND IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE AND I KNOW THAT THIS MOVING MAKES WAVES BUT YOU KNOW THAT I'LL DO IT AGAIN PUT ME OUT AND LEAVE ME TO DRY IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE THE WALKING THE WORRY THE WALL THE LOW SLOW STATE OF IT ALL MY FAITH IS NOT IN THIS LIFE IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE IT'S TOO LATE FOR US MY WIFE

DAYS WITHOUT YOU

THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND YOU'LL SEE HIM AGAIN AND TAKE OFF YOUR WEDDING DRESS ALL THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE THE ONES I'D SOONER FORGET AND FOLD YOUR IVORY LEGS OVER MY CHAIR AND DO LAY YOUR GENTLE HEAD DOWN ALL THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM AND LOUD AND NOW I SEND YOU WORDS AS A BRUSH AS A FLIRT AND YOU SEND ME A WHISPER BACK ALL THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE IRRITATED TROUBLED AND FLAT AND WELL I VE BEEN HERE BEFORE BUT NOT WITHOUT CAUSE AND NOT WITHOUT HOLDING MY BREATH AND ALL THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE BLACK AND BLUE AND IN DEBT NOW THE FIELD NEEDS TO DRY AND THE HAY NEEDS TO TURN AND I WANDER THE LANE WITH THE DOGS ALL THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO GET LOST AND DID WE ONCE HAVE A GOOD BOOK DID WE ONCE A HOME WELL I HOPE WE CAN FIND IT AGAIN CAUSE THE DAYS WITHOUT YOU ARE NEVER THAT FAR AWAY

WE COULD HAVE, WE SHOULD HAVE, WE DIDN'T

THROUGH THESE STREETS I RUN LIKE IM HUNTED TONIGHT ON A FAST BREATH THAT BELIEVES IN EVERYTHING HOLY GHOST LIKE AND TRUE AND THE PROMISE OF YOUR WANT FOR ME WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT I WAS BORN IN A SMALL TOWN I HAVENT GROWN TALL LIKE THE GIANTS THE OPEN PLAINS MAKE THEY ARE LARGER THAN LIFE AND NEARLY EIGHT FEET HIGH AND ARE BORN TO TEN THOUSAND DAYS WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT AND GIVEN THE CHOICE BOYS WILL BE BOYS AND WILL THROW THINGS THEY NEVER SHOULD HOLD AND THE OLDER WE GET THE MORE WE FORGET THE WONDER OF THAT FIRST THROW WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT WELL I KEPT MY CALM WHEN THE CHAPEL COLLAPSED BUT I LEFT THERE AS FAST AS I COULD THE ROOF BUCKLED AND BROKE AND NOW THAT ITS GONE ALL THE RAIN FALLS ONTO THE PEWS WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT SO TAKE FORTY FLAGS AND FIFTY THREE POLES AND BUILD A FENCE UP WITH THEM ALL A MAN SHOULD HAVE REASON TO TURN BACK AT THAT BUT THEY JUST PLOUGH RIGHT ON WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT SO THE ROAD IT GOT LOST AND ITS ALL MY FAULT AND ITS MY JOB TO FIND IT AGAIN HELP WAS AT HAND BUT THE BEST LAID PLANS HAVE DUMPED US IN NO MANS LAND WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT A FIELD OF RAPE A FENCE OF BEECH WOOD A BLUE WIDE SKY HIGH ABOVE THE GUARD HOUSE THE GATE HOUSE THE BARN AND THE YARD ANY PIECE OF THIS IS ENOUGH WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT I BOUGHT BOOKS FOR THE FIRE AND WINE FOR THE SEA AND PAPER TO HANG OFF THE TREES I WOULD SETTLE FOR LESS FOR PEACE AND A REST BUT THESE THINGS ARE ELUSIVE TO ME WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT IS THERE A BASIC GOOD A COMMON GROUND A LINE THATS BEEN DRAWN IN THE SAND WELL WEVE CROSSED IT AND SCUFFED IT AND RUBBED THE THING OUT AND WE DO NOT GIVE A DAMN WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT WE COULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WE DIDNT

ANNABEL

I CAME TO YOU TO BE LONELY I CAME TO YOU TO LAY LOW AND I'LL STAY HERE AS LONG AS YOU'LL HAVE ME AND HIDE THE BOOKS WHEN I GO BUT IF YOU FIND THE WRITINGS I LEAVE HERE IF YOU STUMBLE UPON THE WORDS PLEASE FORGET THE MAN YOU INVITED AND BURY THE LOT IN THE WOODS BECAUSE MILES BEHIND IN THE OLD TOWN I DID LOVE A WOMAN WHO WROTE AND SHE SHOWED ME THE NAMES OF HER ENEMIES AND SOON THEY WERE AFTER MY THROAT SO I ASKED HER TO RUN AWAY WITH ME BUT SHE TOLD ME TO GO ON ALONE IN THE MORNING I WOKE WITH THE STARLINGS AND LEFT WITH THE FIRST OF THE SNOW OH ANNABEL YOU NEED NOT WORRY FOR YOU ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD YOUR EYES ARE CLEAR AND YOUR HEART STRONG DEAR JUST COVER MY TRACKS WELL PLEASE COVER MY TRACKS WELL

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

I PUSH A SPADE INTO COLD EARTH A HOLE TO MAKE IN THE OLD DIRT MICHAEL PUT ME TO IT I GOT THE WHOLE MORNING TO DO IT A CROW SITS ON THE WIRE CLOAKED AND HEAVY AND QUIET SHE WATCHES ME START TO MOVE THINGS BLINKS AND SHRUGS SHELLAC WINGS AND I DON'T KNOW WHY AND AN HOUR DOWN I FIND IT UP TO MY WAIST IN THE WET PIT STOP RIGHT THERE I'M CAREFUL NOT TO BREAK ANYTHING SO I WAIT FOR MICHAEL TO COME BACK I ROLL A SMOKE AND SIT DOWN CROW FLAPS INTO THE HOLE AND FLIES OUT AS FAST AS SHE CAN GO AND I DON'T KNOW WHY

ICH STECHE EINEN SPATEN IN KALTE ERDE EIN LOCH ZU GRABEN IN DEN ALTEN LEHM MICHAEL BAT MICH DARUM DEN GANZEN MORGEN HÄTTE ICH DAFÜR ZEIT EINE KRÄHE SITZT AUF DER OBERLEITUNG EINGEMANTELT UND SCHWER UND STILL SCHAUT SIE ZU WIE ICH MICH ZU REGEN BEGINNE EIN BLINZELN UND EIN ZUCKEN IN IHREN SCHELLACKFLÜGELN UND ICH WEISS NICHT WARUM UND EINE STUNDE TIEFER BIS ZUM BAUCHNABEL IN DER NASSEN GRUBE FAND ICH ES ICH LEGE DIE ARBEIT NIEDER UND GEBE ACHT NICHTS ZU ZERBRECHEN DANN WARTE ICH DASS MICHAEL ZURÜCKKOMMT DREH' EINE ZIGARETTE UND SETZE MICH DIE KRÄHE FLATTERT IN DAS LOCH UND FLIEGT WIEDER HERAUS SO SCHNELL SIE NUR FLIEGEN KANN UND ICH WEISS NICHT WARUM

(GERMAN TRANSLATION BY THERESA BEYER)

SEVEN WAVES

WELL WE WALKED A WAYS AND THEN WE WALKED SOME MORE SO FAR SO LOST AND NOT NEARLY THERE ON A CALM WELSH HILLSIDE BY A TINY POOR CHAPEL WE LAID DOWN HAPPY AND TIRED AND YOU SAID SHALL I BUILD US BOTH A WARMING FIRE OUT OF WOOD FROM THE BOATS DOWN ON THE BEACH SO I WATCHED YOU WALK ACROSS THE SAND FROM ABOVE AND I SMOKED SAT DOWN AND I FELT CONTENT WELL WE'D BEEN TRYING AND TRYING AND FINALLY GAVE UP NOT A WHISPER NOT A BREATH NOT A SPARK THE CLOUDS GREW FIERCE AND THE SKY TURNED HEAVY NO CHANCE FOR A FLAME SO BETTER HEAD INSIDE AND UNDER STRONG ROOF OF SHIP SALVAGED TIMBER I SLEPT WHILE YOU LOOKED FOR THE SAILOR'S NOTES FOLDED LETTERS SQUEEZED BETWEEN OAK BEAMS LOVELY WORDS WET INK FLOATED HOME IN THE MORNING I THOUGHT I SAW OURSELVES ON THE SHORELINE WHILE WE WAITED FOR OUR BOAT SHE WAS SMILING HE LOOKED WORRIED A LITTLE COUPLE IN THE CROWD AND THEN YOU CALLED I TURNED AND WE WERE GONE

JESSWOOD

WELL WE FINALLY RETURNED TO THE PARK ON A BUCKLED AND BROKEN CART ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER THAT LEFT ALL OVER A BIT OF A MESS HELLO YOU WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW IM REALLY FINALLY HOME YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH WELL I FOUND IT HARD THERE AND IT SHOOK ME UP THE HEAD WENT FIRST AND THE BLOOD FOLLOWED FAST TIL THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT TO WARM THE HEART HELLO YOU WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW IM REALLY FINALLY HOME IF YOU SEE ME LOOKING AT THE ROAD AGAIN AND IF YOU CATCH ME THINKING OF LEAVING AGAIN TAKE HOLD OF MY FEET AND NAIL THEM TO THE FLOOR OF YOUR SWEET SAD ROOM AND I WILL LEAVE YOU NO MORE HELLO YOU WELL WHAT DO YOU KNOW I'M REALLY FINALLY HOME

I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT

THERE ARE SOME THINGS I WILL NOT LEARN THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF HER AND HOW TO STOP THE TROUBLE GETTING HOLD AND NOT LETTING GO FOR I'M HAUNTED AS I'VE NOT BEEN BEFORE BY THE SWING AND THE SLAM OF THE DOOR BY THE SOUND OF HER STEPS ON THE STAIRWELL HURRIED AND RUNNING AWAY SHE SAID SOME DAYS ARE LOST LONG BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP AND WE'VE BARELY BEGUN AND ALREADY WE'RE SAYING IT'S DONE WELL I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT THE VIEW FROM HERE ISN'T CLEAR THE ROAD LEADING HOME'S DISAPPEARED AND THERE'S A LOW GREY CLOUD GETTING CLOSER AND A BRIGHT PATCH OF SKY GROWING DIM AND FROM HERE SOMETHING GOOD BURNS IT'S LAST AND I WATCH IT'S FINAL SAD SPARK IT TUMBLES IT SPINS IT PLUMMETS AND I RUN TO SEE WHERE IT LANDS BUT A HOLE IN THE DIRT IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR WHAT'S GONE AND A PIECE OF A LIFE AINT NO LIFE AT ALL WELL I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT OH YOU LIE YOU LOVE AND YOU HURT AND I DON'T YET KNOW WHAT'S WORSE BUT MR TAYLOR TOLD HIS SON TO FEAR YOU THEN PLOTTED TO STEAL YOU AWAY AND I CAN'T FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIND A KIND WAY TO LEAVE YOU BEHIND YOU ARE THERE IN THE COLD CORNERS OF CHRISTMAS IN THE SKY AND THE SEA AND THE SALT YOUR RED HAIR IS FLAT TO YOUR SKIN LIKE PENCIL ON STONE YOUR CHINA BLEACHED BODY FRECKLED PEPPERED BONES AND I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT OH I'M ASLEEP AND I DON'T WANT TO WAKE I'M SO TIRED I COULD STAY HERE FOR DAYS COUNTING THE PLACES YOU TOOK ME GUESS AGAIN GUESS AGAIN ONE MORE TIME IN A GREY TOWN NORTHERN AND BLEAK OR AT NIGHT BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WAITING FOR YOUR FATHER TO FIND US DRIVE UP FULL BEAM ON US BOTH YOU WERE NEVER THAT SURE OF YOUR PLACE IN THIS WAR SO YOU LEFT DESERTER DESERTER OVER THE HILLS YOU WENT WELL I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT WELL YOUR MAN HE IS NO FRIEND OF MINE AND I WONDER IF THAT MAKES IT ALRIGHT THERE'S A BROKEN FIRE ESCAPE THERE'S A LONG LONG WAY DOWN FROM HERE BUT I'M NOT SCARED AS YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND HE'S THERE LOOKING SWOLLEN AND SORE AND YOU KISS HIS CHEEK AS HE WALKS IN PAST THE WINDOW AND STRAIGHT TO YOUR ROOM AND THE LIGHT WINKS OUT AND I'M WITHOUT OUTSIDE AND ALONE FOUR FLOORS TO THE STREET NOW BREATHLESS FEET STAGGER ME HOME AND I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT THE WINTER HAS BROKEN MY WILL AND MY THROAT AND MY HEART HURT STILL WELL YOU CAME AND YOU STAYED NOW YOU'RE LEAVING AND I DON'T KNOW THE WHY AND WHERE TO NOW WOULD YOU CROSS THE ROAD TO AVOID ME AND WOULD YOU LOWER YOUR EYES IF THEY SAW ME WELL STAY SAFE BE TRUE I WON'T FOLLOW I CAN'T CATCH YOU UP FROM HERE OH WERE YOU KINDNESS ITSELF WAS I GIVING YOU HELL ALL THE TIME IT HAS TAKEN AN AGE BUT THIS NATURE IS ALL MINE AND I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT BUT I AM ALARMED BY THE BEAUTY OF YOU AND MY LEGS DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO YOU ARE AS NEW TO ME AS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE AS STRANGE AND AS HARD AS CAN BE I AM FOOLISH I MEAN I AM SET FOR A FALL AND NOTHING TO BE DONE AT ALL I CAN WATCH BUT I CAN'T LEARN ANYTHING AND I'LL LEAVE BY THE SAME WAY I CAME IN YOU SAID SOME DAYS THEY ARE LOST LONG BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP WELL THE LIGHT'S DISAPPEARED AND I'M STILL HERE HOLDING ON WELL I WILL SEE MYSELF OUT

PURE BLACK COAL

WELL I PRAY ONE DAY THEY WILL LAY YOU DOWN IN A BED OF PURE BLACK COAL THEY WILL LOWER YOUR BONES TO WHERE NO ONE GOES AND THEN FORGET THEY EVER SET YOU BELOW I PRAY THEY FORGET THEY EVER SET YOU BELOW I DON'T SAY IT LIGHTLY BUT GOD ALMIGHTY I DO WISH OUR PATHS HADN'T CROSSED CAUSE ON THE NARROW LANE YOUR TWISTED WAYS HAVE GOT MY KINDNESS LOST ALL MY KINDNESS HAS GOT LOST FOR YOU DO NOT KNOW AND YOU WILL NOT LEARN CAUSE YOU HAVE SCARED EVERYONE WHO COULD TELL WITH YOUR TABLE LEGS AND YOUR BEACHY HEAD YOU HAVE JUMPED AND ARE FAR BEYOND HELP YOU HAVE JUMPED AND ARE FAR BEYOND HELP YOU WERE GRAND AT THE START BUT THEN THINGS TURNED DARK ABOUT THE TIME THE RATIONS RAN OUT AND WHEN THE HUNGER TOOK BY HOOK OR BY CROOK YOU STOLE EVERYTHING YOU COULD GRAB YOU JUST STOLE EVERYTHING YOU COULD GRAB AND NOW I PRAY ONE DAY THEY WILL LAY YOU DOWN IN A BED OF PURE BLACK COAL THEY WILL LOWER YOUR BONES TO WHERE NO ONE GOES AND THEN FORGET THEY EVER SET BELOW I PRAY THEY FORGET THEY EVER SET YOU BELOW

FIRE ESCAPE

WELL I WOKE WITH THE KNOCKING AND IT SCARES ME TO DEATH IT'S GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER AND I FALL OUT OF BED GRAB THE TORCH FROM THE FLOOR AS YOU WAKE START TO MOVE THEY HAVE COME LIKE WE FEARED THEY WOULD AND THERE'S BUT ONE THING TO DO GET AWAY SO YOU PUSH YOUR HEAD THROUGH A SHIRT AS I RUN FOR THE BACK DOOR AND NOW YOU'RE SHIVERING BY MY SIDE IN THE DARK AS I STRUGGLE WITH THE LOCK AND SOMETHING IS THROWN AND BREAKS AND SMOKE SWALLOWS THE AIR AND WE'RE BOTH OUT ON THE FIRE ESCAPE AND I'M SORRY AND SCARED BUT WE GOT TO GET AWAY BUT WE CAN'T GO TO PAULS WE CAN'T GO TO KATEs FORGET ABOUT JANE JAMES OR CLAIRE PETER IS GONE AND ELIN GOT LOST WHO DOES THAT LEAVE OUT THERE YOUR CAREFUL WORDS YOUR DELICATE HANDS WELL THEY WILL NOT LAST A WEEK HEREIN THIS TERRIBLE TOWN WE GOT TO GET AWAY I WALKed DOWN TO THE RIVER TO SEARCH FOR A BOAT A SAFE WAY ACROSS A FLAKE OF HOPE I LEFT YOU iN THECHERRY ORCHARD YOU SAID YOU NEEDED TO REST SO WHERE HAVE YOU GOT TO MY LOVE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE YOU GOT AWAY

EVERSINCE

EVERSINCE GOOD HAS BEEN ABLE GOOD HAS BEEN TRYING TO TURN BAD EVERSINCE RAIN BEEN FALLING PEOPLE BELOW KEPT DOWN NOW I GOT STONES IN MY POCKET A SORRY NOTE BACK AT THE HOUSE I’M SHUFFLING DOWN TO THE WATER I’M GONNA SINK AND I’M NOT COMING BACK ONCE IN A WHILE IT’S ALWAYS ONCE IN A WHILE IT CAN BE GOOD ONCE IN A WHILE IT’S FOREVER ONCE IN A WHILE WE DO WHAT WE SHOULD THERE IS BUT ONE WAY TO THE OCEAN THERE IS ONLY ONE PATH THAT’S TRUE THE ROAD IT IS STRAIGHT BUT IT IS SO STEEP AND WHEN THINGS GO WRONG YOU GOT TO GET OUT AND PUSH I THOUGHT OF THE COLD BEFORE I JUMPED IN I THOUGHT OF THE WATER IN MY THROAT I THOUGHT THAT MY EYES WOULD STAY OPEN EVEN WHEN MY HEART WAS CLOSED ST MICHAEL YOUR FLOCK IT HAS FLOWN I CAN’T SEE A FEATHER UPON YOUR TILES I REMEMBER A TIME BEFORE THE GUNSHOTS WHEN ALL THE SKY WAS WILD THE CATHEDRAL SPIRE WITH FALCONS NESTING THE CHAPEL ROOF WHERE THE STARLINGS ROOST AND UNDER THE WATER THE FISH MOVE LIKE BIRDS I’LL DREAM OF YOU ALWAYS PEACEFUL AND TRUE EVERSINCE GOOD HAD BEEN ABLE GOOD HAS BEEN TRYING TO TURN BAD EVERSINCE RAIN BEEN FALLING PEOPLE BELOW KEPT DOWN

I DO WRONG

WELL I AM NOT ALWAYS GOOD I DO WHAT I SHOULD NOT DO OUT IN THE FIELDS OUT ON THE HILLS AWAY FROM YOU AND WHEN I SAID THAT I COULDN'T IT’S MORE LIKE I WOULDN’T WITH YOU IT IS AS SIMPLE AS THAT IT’S SIMPLE AND SAD IT’S TRUE THAT I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU YOU TAKE HOLD OF MY HAND BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM AND CAN BE I HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE A PROCESS A METHOD A PLAN HERE IT DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK IT OFTEN HURTS AND IS PAINFUL BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO FOLLOW IT’S SOMETHING TO LAY ALL THE BLAME ON I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU WELL THERE’S SAND IN MY CLOTHES IT’S BETWEEN MY TOES IT’S INSIDE MY HEAD THIS IS TOO MUCH YOU WANTED BLOOD BUT YOU’LL LEAVE ME DEAD NOW I'M BUCKET BOUND YOU TALK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE A BED I’LL SHOW YOU A HOLE BUT YOU’LL CALL IT A HOME SWEET HOME INSTEAD I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU SO WHERE’S ALL THE SENSE WHERE’S THE REGRET AND THE LESSON LEARNED WE’RE BACK WHERE WE WERE A LITTLE MORE TIRED BRUISED AND HURT DON'T TALK ABOUT GOOD I BURNT THE BOOK AND I TOOK HIS NAME I ONLY DID WHAT I COULD I KNOW WHAT I SHOULD BUT I'M STILL THE SAME AND I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU I DO WRONG I DO WRONG YOU

THE MAKINGS OF A GREAT NIGHT IN

I RELUCTANTLY LOCKED THE GUNS AWAY HAVE TO LIVE NOW WITHOUT THE NOISE THEY MAKE GAVE UP THINGS THAT MADE ME GLAD BE A CAREFUL KINDER MAN I'M NOT AFRAID OF A LITTLE WORK BUT NO ONE WANTS TO GET HURT AND THESE METHODS THEY DO ALARM I AM CONVINCED THEY’LL DO ME HARM I SAID OK IS THAT ENOUGH AND SHE SAID NOT QUITE NOT QUITE MY LOVE WELL WE HADN'T SEEN A SOUL FOR WEEKS LOST FRIENDS AND FAMILY HOW TO SPEAK THE NIGHTS GREW LONG OUTSIDE THE FLAT THE DAYS JUST SMUDGES OF GREY ON BLACK I’VE TRIED TO STOP THINGS GOING WRONG I SQUEEZED KIND NEW WORDS INTO OLD CRUEL SONGS I HELD MY BREATH AND ALL THAT CAME OUT AGAIN WAS MY DEAR IS THAT ENOUGH AND SHE SAID NOT QUITE NOT QUITE NOT QUITE MY LOVE SO SHE SENT ME OUT WITH AN EPIC LIST AND I NEVER SAW THE END OF IT PAGES AND PAGES IN A FLOWING HAND POURED ONTO PAPER A DREAM OF A PLAN IT BEGAN WITH SAND INSIDE A SHOE A SNAIL SHELL A BURST BALLOON ALL THESE I FOUND WITH LITTLE TROUBLE BUT SOON ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER I ASKED HAVE I NOW DONE ENOUGH AND SHE SAID NOT QUITE NOT QUITE MY LOVE WELL I WAS SENT TO FIND A CHINA DRUM A CAROUSEL A TOMMY GUN A MAP OF STARS A BOOK OF PRAYERS AND HOW TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE I WROTE A POEM ON A YARD OF BLUE ROPE SET FIRE TO THAT AND GAVE HER THE SMOKE THESE THINGS SHE TOOK UNRESERVEDLY BUT THE LIST WENT ON WITHOUT RELIEF I ASKED HAVE I NOW DONE ENOUGH AND SHE SAID NOT QUITE NOT QUITE MY LOVE SO I GATHERED STONES AND LUMPS OF FLINT 144 METRES OF STRING A DOZEN DOORS A COPPER BATH I NEVER KNEW AND I NEVER ASKED IT WENT AWAY AND I BROUGHT MORE FROM THE QUARRY THE PARK AND THE RED RIVER SHORE UNDER TOP SOIL COLD CLAY AND GRAVEL COUNTLESS TIRESOME MILES TRAVELLED I COULD ONLY ASK IS THAT ENOUGH AND SHE SAID NOT QUITE NOT QUITE MY LOVE MY WORRIED ONE YOU'VE WORN ME DOWN AND ALL THE THINGS I DO LEAVE YOU WITHOUT AND I NEED A LITTLE FOR MYSELF JUST ENOUGH TO START AGAIN I'VE BEEN CAREFUL FOOLISH HUGGED AND HURT HANDHELD HEART-BURNT LUNGS ARE SHALLOW BREATHING HARD GOOD LORD I'VE FALLEN FAR AND ONLY TO SAY I'VE HAD ENOUGH AND SHE SAID SO LONG SO LONG MY LOVE

THE BURNING OF TWO

WELL WE CAUGHT OUT WE WERE TOO SLOW WE DIDN'T SEE THE TROUBLE COMING HEADING THIS WAY STRAIGHT FOR US ALL THE TERRIBLE THINGS YOU SAID WERE TRUE I'M NOT SORRY I SAID SORRY I'M NOT SORRY BUT I WILL SAY IT AGAIN WE WERE CAUGHT OUT WE WERE TOO SLOW THEY WERE ANGRY SO THIS IS WHAT THEY DID THEY BROUGHT LADDERS THEY BROUGHT PETROL THIRTY PEOPLE MARCHED UP THE HILL TO OUR HOME THEY CLIMBED LADDERS THEY POURED PETROL THEY TORE THE ROOF UP AND SET THE PLACE ALIGHT THEY NAILED THE DOORS SHUT THEY BLOCKED THE WINDOWS THEY GOT WOOD FROM THE FENCE I BUILT LAST YEAR D.I.Y. DONE TOOLS PACKED AWAY THEY STOOD AROUND CHUCKING STONES AT OUR HOUSE AND THEN THE NEIGHBOURS GATHERED OUTSIDE WE COULD HEAR THEM LAUGHING AT THE FLAMES AT THE THICK SMOKE AT THE BLACK AIR I PULLED YOU CLOSER AND I SAID WE'LL BE OK JUST DON'T COUGH AND DON'T CRY CAUSE THEN THEY'LL HEAR YOU AND THEY'LL KNOW WE'RE STILL ALIVE IF WE'RE QUIET IF WE KEEP STILL WHEN IT'S DONE THEN WE CAN FLY AWAY WELL WHEN WE CAME HERE THERE WERE QUESTIONS WE GAVE ANSWERS THE WRONG ONES EVERY TIME BUT WHEN THEY ASK YOU DID YOU KNOW ME YOU BETTER TELL THEM I KNOW NOT WHO YOU MEAN I CAN'T SEE YOU ARE YOU STILL THERE I CAN'T FIND MY HANDS TO REACH FOR YOU I CAN'T HEAR YOU CAN YOU HEAR ME MY LOVE IT'S GONE BUT WE WERE NOT TO BLAME NOT OUR FAULT WHAT HAPPENED WE WERE WARNED BUT DID WE LISTEN NO WE WERE CAUGHT OUT WE WERE TOO SLOW THESE THINGS FALL APART WITHOUT OUR HELP TAKE STRONG WINGS AND USE THEM WELL GROW GOOD FROM HOPELESS DUST AND DIRT MY BRAVE ONE TAKE THE PAIN AWAY TAKE THE PAIN AWAY AND THROW IT TO THE FLAMES

BLACKWATER

BLACKWATER CHRISTMAS EVE WE PULLED SAMUEL OUT CAREFULLY THE MOONLIGHT SHOWED COLD AND CLEAR A WET MAN A SAD SIGHT INDEED AND IT JUST AINT RIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND IT JUST AINT RIGHT TO RAISE A GLASS ST MARY'S BELLS CHRISTMAS DAY BLACKWATER A MARE STRUCK BY THE RIVER’S COLD FIST WE FOUND HER MILES DOWN IN WALLS PARISH LIKE A BAG SHE WAS TAKEN AWAY THE RIVER IT TOOK HER LIKE A BAG AWAY AND IT JUST AINT RIGHT TO CELEBRATE AND IT JUST AINT RIGHT TO RAISE A GLASS ST MARY'S BELLS CHRISTMAS DAY BLACKWATER THERE'S A WIDE HIGH MOON A SUDDEN WHITE LIGHT A PALE FACE SHINING IN THE WINTERY LIGHT THERE'S A BRIGHT BOLD STAR THERE'S A PATH WELL LOST AND THERE FLOATS A GOOD MAN NOW CARELESS AND GONE

PAPER BIRDS

GIVE ME A BOOK OF PAPER BIRDS A SHOVEL AND A FIELD OF DIRT I’LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE MAGIC GOES NOWHERE ELSE BUT DOWN A HOLE THE CLOUDS GROW THE RAIN DOES FALL INTO YOUR HOUSE AND ALL WE GOT POTS WE GOT BOWLS BELOW THE WATER DOWN THE WALL DOES FLOW IN SHEETS BUT I DO BELIEVE IN ONE SURE THING THE GOOD WILL GROW AND STAY AND THEN FADE AWAY AND SORROW WILL RETURN AGAIN I DUG A HOLE AND NOW BELONG SOMEPLACE ELSE I’M RUNNING FROM THE GROUND I MARKED I PAINTED DIRT I BURNT GRASS, AND COLOURED EARTH GATHER UP ALL YOUR SCRAPS OF CLAY AND CHUCK THEM ON THE WHEEL AGAIN AND WHATEVER THINGS THEY BECOME WELL THAT’S WHAT THROWING DIRT HAS DONE TODAY BUT I DO BELIEVE IN ONE SURE THING THE GOOD WILL GROW AND STAY AND THEN FADE AWAY AND SORROW WILL RETURN AGAIN CUT A RIBBON OF HAIR FROM YOUR HEAD TAKE A NEEDLE A LENGTH OF THREAD STITCH A LINE FROM MY HEART TO MY HAND AND I’LL TAKE THAT AS THE ONE TRUE MAP NOW SET DOWN YOUR FOLDED WINGS I’LL THROW THEM TO THE EASTERN WIND SEE WHAT GOOD THOSE FEATHERS DO WITHOUT THE HEART TO MAKE THEM MOVE AT ALL BUT I DO BELIEVE IN ONE SURE THING THE GOOD WILL GROW AND STAY AND THEN FADE AWAY AND SORROW WILL RETURN AGAIN

NOT YET GONE

WELL THERE ARE SOME BONES THAT BREAK AND YOU CAN'T PUT THEM STRAIGHT THEY ARE FIXED IN A PAINFUL PLACE AND WHAT'S DONE IS DONE AND WHILE HE CALLED ME HIS SON I WAS NOT BUT I AM PROUD OF THE NAME NOW ALL THE TEARS IN THE WORLD THEY WON'T BRING HIM BACK HE WAS PUT COMPLETE BELOW I COULD HAVE HELD HIM MORE BUT NO USE NOW I'M FINE BUT I DO MISS HIM SO IT'S JUST TOO SAD NO MISTER NO MORE IT'S JUST TOO BAD NO MISTER NO I AM NOT YET GONE I AM NOT YET NOT YET GONE I TOOK THE WINDOWS FROM THE WALLS I TOOK THE DOOR FROM THE FRAME I TURNED THE WHOLE HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN I LOOKED UNDER THE STAIRS BUT YOU WEREN'T SLEEPING THERE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO BE FOUND IT'S JUST TOO SAD NO MISTER NO MORE IT'S JUST TOO BAD NO MISTER NO I AM NOT YET GONE I AM NOT YET NOT YET GONE COME ON IN THE WATER IS FINE HE SAID COME ON IN THE WATER IS FINE HE SAID COME ON IN THE WATER IS FINE HE SAID COME ON IN THE WATER IS FINE

HERE

YOU'VE GOT A HEART SINGING STRONG AND I CAN ALMOST HEAR IT FROM HERE AND I'D LIE THROUGH MY TEETH TO SAY SOMETHING BRIGHT AND CLEAR AND NOW I'M COUNTING THE DAYS AND I'M COUNTING THE WAYS TO GET BY AND I'M LOSING MY PLACE AND I'M LOSING THE REASON WHY ARE THESE YOUR ARMS HERE I NEED YOUR ARMS DEAR CAUSE I REALLY DON'T SEE US GETTING TO HEAVEN TONIGHT I NEED YOUR ARMS HERE CAUSE WHEN I GET UP AND GO I JUST SLIP AND I FALL AND I LOOK FOR THE LONG IN THE SHORT AND YOU SAY WELL WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU YOU SHOULD BE SO HAPPY BUT WE STRUGGLE TO FIT AND I KNOW THESE THINGS HAPPEN BUT I DO NEED YOUR ARMS HERE AND I DO NEED YOUR ARMS DEAR CAUSE I DO NOT SEE US GETTING TO HEAVEN TONIGHT I NEED YOUR ARMS HERE WELL IT MUST HAVE BEEN FUNNY CAUSE I'M SURE THAT WE LAUGHED ALL NIGHT I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING AND THAT SOMETHING JUST AINT RIGHT