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Tu Étais Toi


Tu Étais Toi
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Tu étais toi
Toi c'était tout un monde
Vivant à la seconde
Comme si il avait peur
Tu étais toi
Toi un million de chose
Un printemps qui explose
Un torrent qui se meurt
Tu étais toi
Toi toute la nature
La brise qui murmure
Et l'orage en fureur
Et j'étais moi
Jardinier de tes rêves
Que je cueillais sans trêve
Au jardin de ton coeur

Tu étais toi
Toi la source limpide
Qu'un voyageur avide
Trouve dans le désert
Tu étais toi
Toi la source divine
Du soleil sur les ruines
D'un coeur à découvert
Tu étais toi
L'étoile de la chance
Qui est la providence
Du marin de la mer
Et j'étais toi
Le spectateur unique
De pièces fantastiques
Aux cent actes divers

Mais tu étais toi
Toi un coeur sans patrie
Tu as repris la vie
Depuis je sais que pour toujours
Je serai moi
Triste loup solitaire
L'ombre de mes chimères
Dépossédé de mon amour

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I Used To Work In Chicago


I Used To Work In Chicago
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Three Bits Of Rhythm
and multiple other artists



We used to work in Chicago
In a department store
We worked in the candy department
We did, but we don't anymore
A lady came in for some candy
"And what will you have?" we said
"Kisses" she said, and kisses she got
We'll never work there anymore

And then we got fired

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store (You did?)
I worked in the hat dept
I did, but I don't anymore (What happened?)
A lady came in for a hat one day
"What'll you have?" I said (What'd she say?)
"Felt," she said, and felt 'er I did
I'll never work there anymore

That was my Wife!
She's all right
I'm not talkin' to you
I'm not askin' you
Ooh!

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store
I worked in the glove department
I did, but I don't anymore
A lady came in for some gloves one day
"And what will you have?" I said (What she say?)
"Rubber" she said, and rub 'er I did
I'll never work there anymore

I love my work
I bet you do

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store
I worked in the shoe department
I did, but I don't anymore
A lady came in for some shoes one day
"What kind would you like?" I said
"Boot" she said, and boot 'er I did
I'll never work there anymore

You get a kick out the work, don't you?
Well, you see, that was my mother-in-law

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store
I worked in the stockings department
I did, but I don't anymore
A lady came in for some stockings
"And what'll you have?" I said
"Hose" she said, and hose she got
I'll never work there anymore

You're fired!
You can't fire him, he means Nylons
Ooh!

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store
I worked in the bakery department
I did, but I don't anymore (Make any dough, Joe?)
A lady came in for some bakeries
"And what will you have?" I said
"A layer" she said, a layer she got
I'll never work there anymore

I love my work

I used to work in Chicago
In a department store
I worked in the poultry department
I did, but I don't anymore
A lady came in for some poultry one day
"And what will you have?" I said
"A goose" she said, and a goose she got
I'll never work there anymore

We used to work in Chicago
In a department store
We worked in the meat department
We did, but we don't anymore
A lady came in for some meat one day
"And what will you have?" we said
"Baloney" she said, and we don't do that
We'll never work there anymore

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El Arado


El Arado
Composer(s): Victor Jara Performer(s): Victor Jara and multiple other artists



Aprieto firme mi mano
y hundo el arado en la tierra
hace años que llevo en ella
¿como no estar agotado?

Vuelan mariposas, cantan grillos
la piel se me pone negra
y el sol brilla, brilla, brilla
el sudor me hace surcos
yo hago surcos a la tierra
sin parar

Afirmo bien la esperanza
cuendo pienso en la otra estrella
nunca es tarde me dice ella
la paloma volara

Vuelan mariposas, cantan grillos
la piel se me pone negra
y el sol brilla, brilla, brilla
y en la tarde cuando vuelvo
en el cielo apareciendo
una estrella
Nunca es tarde, me dice ella
la paloma volara, volara, volara
como el yugo de apretado
tengo el puño esperanzado
porque todo
cambiara

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Tu Es Toujours La Même (La Prêtresse Gitane)


Tu Es Toujours La Même (La Prêtresse Gitane)
Composer(s): Francis Cabrel
Performer(s): Francis Cabrel



Tu es toujours la même
Tu as toujours dans les yeux
Un peu de nos folies anciennes
Quelques braises d'un ancien feu
Et même si ce feu est mort
Quelque chose y brûle encore
Tu es toujours la même
À croire que le temps s'éternise
Tu es toujours mon plus beau poème
Celui que je ne veux pas qu'on lise
Et même si ces mots sont morts
Quelque chose y brûle encore
C'est peut-être
Que ma tête dort encore
Au milieu de tes bras
C'est sans doute
Que ma route passe
Juste à côté de toi
La prêtresse gitane l'avait dit
Rien n'est jamais fini
Elle voit mes rêves avec tes rêves autour
T'es la même toujours
La même toujours
Même les autres se souviennent
Cette vie qu'on vivait tout droit
Il suffit qu'ils en parlent à peine
J'ai des gouttes de pluie sur les bras
Cet orage est passé si fort
Que les éclairs brillent encore
Au fond des ruelles secrètes
Les pierres ont gardé nos murmures
Entre les mendiants qui regrettent
Et les chiens qui rasent les murs
Chaque fois qu'un mot s'évapore
Il en revient d'autres plus forts
C'est peut-être
Que ma tête dort encore
Au milieu de tes bras
C'est sans doute
Que ma route passe
Juste à côté de toi
La prêtresse gitane l'avait dit
Rien n'est jamais fini
Elle voit mes rêves avec tes rêves autour
T'es la même toujours
La même toujours
C'est peut-être
Que ma tête dort encore
Au milieu de tes bras
C'est sans doute
Que ma route passe
Juste à côté de toi
La prêtresse gitane l'avait dit
Rien n'est jamais fini
Elle voit mes rêves avec tes rêves autour
T'es la même toujours
La même toujours
La prêtresse gitane

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I Used To Love You


I Used To Love You
Composer(s): Lew Brown; Al Von Tilzer
Performer(s): Nat King Cole
and multiple other artists



I used to love you, but it's all over
All over now
You know it's all over town that you threw me down
You shouldn't let that kind of story go 'round
You had your chance now it's all over
I'll get along somehow
Now there are things that you did I used to forgive
But you'll never change, Dear, as long as you live
I used to love you, but it's all over
All over now

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El Aparecido


El Aparecido
Composer(s): Victor Jara Performer(s): Victor Jara and multiple other artists



Abre sendas por los cerros
deja su huella en el viento
el aguila le da el vuelo
y lo cobija el silencio
Nunca se quejo del frio
nunca se quejo del sueño
el pobre siente su paso
y lo sigue como ciego

Correle, correle, correla
por aqui, por alli, por alla
correle, correle, correla
correle que te van a matar
correle, correle, correla

Su cabeza es rematada
por cuervos con garra de oro
como lo ha crucificado
la furia del poderoso
Hijo de la rebeldia
lo siguen veinte mas veinte
porque regala su vida
ellos le quieren dar muerte

Correle, correle, correla
por aqui, por alli, por alla
correle, correle, correla
correle que te van a matar
correle, correle, correla

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Tu Es Partout


Tu Es Partout
Composer(s): Marguerite Monnot - Edith Piaf
Performer(s): Edith Piaf



Nous nous aimions bien tendrement
comme s'aiment tous les amants
Et puis un jour, tu m'as quitté
depuis je suis désespérée

Je te vois partout dans le ciel
je te vois partout sur la terre
Tu es ma joie et mon soleil
ma nuit, mes jours, mes aubes claires

Tu es partout, car tu es dans mon coeur
tu es partout, car tu es mon bonheur
Toutes les choses qui sont autour de moi
même la vie ne représente que toi

Des fois je rêve que je suis dans tes bras
et qu'à l'oreille, tu me parles tout bas
Tu dis des choses qui font fermer les yeux
et moi, je trouve ça merveilleux

Peut-être un jour tu reviendras
je sais que mon coeur t'attendra
Tu ne pourras pas oublier
les jours que nous avons passés

Mes yeux te cherchent sans arrêt
écoute bien, mon coeur t'appelle
Nous pourrons si bien nous aimer
tu verras, la vie sera belle

Tu es partout, car tu es dans mon coeur
tu es partout, car tu es mon bonheur
Toutes les choses qui sont autour de moi
même la vie ne représente que toi

Des fois je rêve que je suis dans tes bras
et qu'à l'oreille, tu me parles tout bas
Tu dis des choses qui font fermer les yeux
et moi je trouve ça merveilleux

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I Used To Be Color Blind


I Used To Be Color Blind
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Fred Astaire
and multiple other artists



Strange
How a dreary world can suddenly change
To a world as bright as the evening star
Queer
What a difference when your vision is clear
And you see things as they really are

I used to be color-blind
But I met you and now I find
There’s green in the grass
There’s gold in the moon
There’s blue in the skies

That semi-circle that was always hanging about
Is not a storm cloud, it’s a rainbow
And you brought the colors out

Believe me it’s really true
Till I met you I never knew
A setting sun could paint such beautiful skies

I never knew there were such lovely colors
And the big surprise
Is the red in your cheeks
The gold in your hair
The blue in your eyes

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El Aniversario


El Aniversario
((French Version: L'anniversaire (Dalida))
Composer(s): Day - Altin - Murillo
Performer(s): Dalida



Una vez más otro año empezó que ligero mi tiempo corrió
Ya viene abril y me embriaga la flor que muy poco después se murió
Julio llegó y nos trajo al pasar de su fiesta color nacional
Vino después de noviembre, dolor, lo que nunca podré ya volver

Llegó
Con su melancolía
El dolor de aquel día
Que ya nunca olvidar podré
Volví
A encender muchas velas
Con la pena y la espera
De no volverte a ver jamás

Una vez más otro año empezó que ligero mi tiempo corrió
El carnaval dónde nada es verdad y se vive con ritmo infernal
Agosto fue un delirio de ser con la linda verdad del amar
Vino después de noviembre dolor el recuerdo se ha vuelto una flor

Llegó
Con su melancolía
El dolor de aquel día
Que ya nunca olvidar podré
Volví
A encender muchas velas
Con la pena y la espera
De no volverte a ver

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Tu Es Le Soleil


Tu Es Le Soleil
Composer(s): Claude Carrère - L. et P. Sébastian - Michaële
Performer(s): Sheila



Tu es le soleil
L'astre de mes nuits
La providence
Qui fait partie de ma vie
Tu es le soleil
Ma raison d'être
Mon unique défaite
Ma plus belle victoire aussi

Etrangère à l'amour
Je vivais chaque jour
Espérant déjà
Un sourire, une promesse
Un espoir, une caresse
Qui viendrait de toi
Oh! Oh! Oh! qu'il pleuve, qu'il vente, qu'il neige
Oh! Oh! Oh! ta présence me protège
Oh! Oh! Oh!

Tu es le soleil
L'astre de mes nuits
La providence
Qui fait partie de ma vie
Tu es le soleil
Mon suprême recourt
Ma résolution
Et l'arc-en-ciel qui m'entoure

Et chaque instant qui passe
Me rapproche et m'attache
Encore plus de toi
Absolu et sincère
Ma vie est une prière
Qui s'élance vers toi
Oh! Oh! Oh! chagrin, larmes et contraintes
Oh! Oh! Oh! ne peuvent plus m'atteindre
Oh! Oh! Oh!

Tu es le soleil
L'astre de mes nuits
La providence
Qui fait partie de ma vie

Oh! Oh! Oh! qu'il pleuve, qu'il vente, qu'il neige
Oh! Oh! Oh! ta présence me protège
Oh! Oh! Oh!

Tu es le soleil
L'astre de mes nuits
La providence
Qui fait partie de ma vie

Tu es le soleil
Ma raison d'être
Mon unique défaite
Ma plus belle victoire aussi

Tu es le soleil
L'astre de mes nuits
La providence
Qui fait partie de ma vie

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I Understand (Just How You Feel)


I Understand (Just How You Feel)
Composer(s): Pat Best
First release by: The Four Tunes - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



I understand just how you feel
Your love for me, why not be mine
It's over now but it was grand
I understand, I understand

If you ever change your mind
Come back to me and you will find
Me waiting here, at your command
I understand, I understand

I miss you so
Please believe me when I tell you
I just can't stand to see you go
You know

If you ever change your mind
Come back to me and you will find
Me waiting here at your command
I understand, I understand

"I understand just how you feel
Let bygones be bygones
But always remember I love you, I love you, I love you"

(We'll sip a cup of wine, my dear, for Auld Lang Syne)
I understand

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El Angel


El Angel
Composer(s): José Luis Armenteros Performer(s): Raphael



Se que en la noche es mas fuerte el poder del mal
Mientras que duerme la ciudad
Se que en las calles en sombras no habra mas ley
Que la del angel que es su rey

Tras de una esquina en la oscuridad
Con revolver esta
No te confies si muestra amigad o amor
Que entonces es peor

Se que se burla de todo y tambien de ti
¿Por que le ofreces ese amor?
El solo quiere ser libre y vivir asi
Sin rejas en su corazon

Vive tu vida y no pienses en el
Que no te puede querer
Es como el viento que te acaricio al pasar
No lo podras tener

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Tu Error


Tu Error
Composer(s): Manuel Parada Aguilar
Performer(s): Javier Solís



No hay razón para que dudes de mí
debes creer en mi palabra de honor
¿Por qué quieres acabar con la fe
que un día yo te entregué?

¿Por qué quieres con tus celos matar
este gran amor que existe en los dos?
No debemos de dejarnos llevar
por ese, tu gran error

Tú conoces bien mi vida
¿por qué piensas mal de mí?
Si recuerda que una vez
con tus besos prometiste
ser siempre mía

¿Por qué quieres con tus celos matar
este gran amor que existe en los dos?
No debemos de dejarnos llevar
por ese, tu gran error

Tú conoces bien mi vida
¿por qué piensas mal de mí?
Si recuerda que una vez
con tus besos prometiste
ser siempre mía

¿Por qué quieres con tus celos matar
este amor que existe en los dos?
No debemos de dejarnos llevar
por ese, tu gran error

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One More Minute


One More Minute
Composer(s): Al Yankovic
Performer(s): Weird Al Jankovic



Well I heard that you're leaving
Gonna leave me far behind
'Cause you found a brand new lover
You decided that I'm not your kind

So I pulled your name out of my Rolladex
And I tore all your pictures in two
And I burned down the malt shop where we used to go
Just because it reminds me of you

That's right, you ain't gonna see me crying
I'm glad that you found somebody new
'Cause I'd rather spend eternity eating shards of broken glass
Than spend one more minute with you

I guess I may seem kinda bitter
You got me feeling down in the dumps
'Cause I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love
And I have to use the self-service pumps

Oh, so honey, let me help you with that suitcase
You ain't gonna break my heart in two
'Cause I'd rather get a hundred thousand paper cuts on my face
Than spend one more minute with you

I'd rather rip out my intestines with a fork
Than watch you going out with other men
I'd rather slam my fingers in a door
Again, and again, and again, and again, and again

Oh, can't you see what I'm trying to say, darlin'
I'd rather have my blood sucked out by leeches
Shove an ice-pick under a toe nail or two
I'd rather clean all the bathrooms
In Grand Central Station, with my tongue
Than spend one more minute with you

Yes, I'd rather dive naked
On a huge pile of thumb tacks
Or stick my nostrils together with Krazy-Glue
I'd rather dive in a swimming pool
Filled with double-edged razor blades
Than spend one more minute with you

I'd rather rip my heart right out
Of my ribcage with my bare hands
And throw it on the floor
And stomp on it till I die
Than spend one more minute with you

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El Amor Es Un Camino Que De Repente Aparece


El Amor Es Un Camino Que De Repente Aparece
Composer(s): Victor Jara Performer(s): Victor Jara



El viento juega en la loma
acariciando el trigal
y en el viento la paloma
practica su libertad
El amor es un camino
que de repente aparece
y de tanto caminarlo
se te pierde

Con la primera alborada
la tierra voy a regar
descubro el surco del agua
que corre libre hacia el mar
El amor es un camino
que de repente aparece
y de tanto caminarlo
se te pierde

La vida encontro en tus ojos
fui como el viento y el mar
son mis unicos tesoros
que no me podran quitar
El amor es un camino
que de repente aparece
y de tanto caminarlo
se te pierde

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Tú Eres Mejor


Tú Eres Mejor
Composer(s): Willy Chirino
Performer(s): Willy Chirino



Me preguntan mis amigos
Qué tú has hecho conmigo
Insisten que me has hechizado
Y que ya no soy aquél
Pendiente a cada mujer
Que ya eso es asunto del pasado
Porque desde que te vi, algo cambió en mí
Ahora me siento diferente
Y si quiere saber toda esa gente
Yo les diré...

Porque tú eres mejor
Mejor que ella, mejor que aquella
Muy superior
Tú eres más bella, tú eres mi estrella
Tú eres mi flor
Tú eres mejor, tú eres mejor
Porque tú eres mejor
La más hermosa, la más sabrosa
Haciendo el amor
La que al mirarme inspira mi alma de trovador
Tú eres mejor, tú eres mejor

Cuando miro a las demás
Todas quedan atrás
Existe una enorme diferencia
No te debe preocupar
Que te deje de amar
Mi amor tú no tienes competencia
Este amor entre los dos es un regalo de Dios
Es más tierno y más profundo
Yo le quiero gritar a todo el mundo
Que sepan de una vez

Porque tú eres mejor
Mejor que ella, mejor que aquella
Muy superior
Tú eres más bella, tú eres mi estrella
Tú eres mi flor
Tú eres mejor, tú eres mejor
Porque tú eres mejor
La más hermosa, la más sabrosa
Haciendo el amor
La que al mirarme inspira mi alma de trovador
Tú eres mejor, tú eres mejor

Mira lo que me ha pasa'o
No sé cómo sucedió
Estoy loco y enamora'o

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I Turned You On


I Turned You On
Composer(s): Ronald Isley; Rudolph Bernard Isley; O'Kelly Isley
First release by: The Isley Brothers - 1969



I turned you on
Now I can't turn you off
I turned you on
Now I can't turn you off
What a good, good feeling
A great sensation oh you and me baby
A good combination
Sock it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me

Baby I started but I can't stop
I admit that I started baby
Oh but I can't stop it
What a good, good feeling
A great sensation oh you and me baby
A good combination
Sock it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me
And get it George

Oh I turned you on sock it to me
Sock it to me, sock it to me
I turned you on
But I can't turn you off
Baby I said I turned you on
But I can't turn you off
Come on girl light my fire
Set me a little bit higher wooh
Round and round and up and down we go
Where we gonna stop baby nobody knows
Sock it to me, whip it to me
Give it to me, sock it to me
Sock it to me

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1,000 Miles


1,000 Miles Performer(s): Dwight Yoakam



Runway four, flight 209 Teardrop falls, we start to climb This window seat proved a poor choice It shows the dream that’s been destroyed A little baby starts to cry Hey, I would too, if not for pride I owe so much to pride, it’s true It brought an end to me and you But if I could, I’d turn around Set my feet back on the ground ’cause all this plane ride holds for me Is a thousand miles of misery I hear the engines, watch the clouds The whole damn world looks distant now But I can’t seem to put no space Between my cold heart and your sweet face Across the aisle they’re holding hands Revealing brand new wedding bands But our sweet gold, it’s gone to rust Now my life has turned to dust But if I could, I’d turn around Set my feet back on the ground ’cause all this plane ride holds for me Is a thousand miles of misery All this plane ride holds for me Is a thousand miles of misery

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Tu Eres La Culpable


Tu Eres La Culpable
Composer(s): Pedro García Cuevas
Performer(s): Javier Solís



Juraste amor sincero hasta la muerte
fingiste que me amabas con pasión
Mentiste y te burlaste de mi suerte
hiriendo sin piedad mi corazón

Inútil es fingir indiferencia
inútil ocultar mi gran dolor
Mi alma atormentada por la ausencia
expira poco a poco sin tu amor

Tú eres la culpable no te asombres
caro pagarás con tu traición
Esclavo de tu orgullo y de tu nombre
jugaste con mi noble corazón

Ahora que de mí te has olvidado
mi alma se envenena de rencor
Me encuentro solo y triste y amargado
llorando la perfidia de tu amor

Me encuentro solo y triste y amargado
llorando la perfidia de tu amor

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I Trawl The Megahertz


I Trawl The Megahertz
Composer(s): Paddy McAloon
Performer(s): Paddy McAloon



I am telling myself the story of my life
stranger than song or fiction
We start with the joyful mysteries
before the appearance of ether
trying to capture the elusive
the farm where the crippled horses heal
the woods where autumn is reversed
and the longing for bliss in the arms
of some beloved from the past
I said 'Your daddy loves you'
I said 'Your daddy loves you very much'
he just doesn't want to live with us anymore'

The plane comes down behind enemy lines
and you don't speak the language
A girl takes pity on you
she is Mother Theresa walking among the poor
and her eyes have attained night vision
In an orchard, drenched in blue light
she changes your bandages and soothes you
All day her voice is balm
then she lowers you into the sunset
Hers is the wing span of the quotidian angel
so her feet are sore from the walk
to the well of human kindness
but she gives you a name and you grow into it
Whether a tramp of the low road or a prince
riding through Wagnerian opera
you learn some, if not all, of the language
And these are the footsteps you follow
- the tracks of impossible love

12 days in Paris
and I am awaiting for life to start
In the lobby of the Hotel Charlemagne
they are hanging photographs
of Rap artists and minor royalty
All cigarettes have been air-brushed from these pictures
making everyone a liar
and saving no-one from their folly
As proud as Lucifer, I do nothing to hide
my kerosene dress and flint eyes
- which one steady look, are able to restore
to these images their carcinogenic threat
So what if this is largely bravado?
I have only 12 days in Paris
and I'm awaiting for life to start
I'm setting out my stall behind a sheet of dark hair
and you, the hostage of crazed hormones
will be driven to say
'I am the next poet laurate
and she is the cherry madonna
and all of the summer is hers'

At first I don't notice you
or the colour of your hair
or your readiness to laugh
I am tying a shoelace
or finding the pavement fascinating
when the comet thrills the sky
Ever the dull alchemist
I have before me all the necesary elements
it is their combination that eludes me
Forgive me ... I am sleepwalking
I am jangling along to some song of the moment
suffering it's sweetness
luxuriating in it's feeble aproximation of starlight
Meanwhile there is a real world ...
trains are late, doctors are breaking bad news
but I am living in a lullaby

You might be huddled in a doorway on the make
or just getting by, but I don't see it
You are my one shot at glory
Soon I will read in your expression
warmth, encouragement, assent
From an acorn of interest
I will cultivate whole forests of affection
I will analyse your gestures
like centuries of scholars
poring over Jesus'words
Anything that doesn't fit my narrow interpretation
I will carelessly discard
For I am careless ... I'm shameless ... and
('Mayday, Mayday, watch the needle leave the dial')
I am reckless
I am telling myself the story of my life

Soon, I will make you a co-conspirator
if I am dizzy I will call it rapture
if I am low I will attribute it to your absence
noting your tidal effect upon my moods
Oblivious to the opinions of neighbours
I will bark at the moon like a dog
In short, I'm asking to be scalded
It is the onset of fever

Yesterday they took a census
Boasting, I said 'I live two doors down from joy'
Today, bewildered and sarcastic, I phone them and ask
'Isn't it obvious? This slum is empty'

Repeat after me: happiness is only a habit
I am listening to the face in the mirror
but I don't think I believe what she's telling me
Her words are modern, but her eyes have been weeping
in gardens and grottoes since the Middle Ages
This is the aftermath of fever
I cool the palms of my hands upon the bars
of an imaginary iron gate
Only by an extreme act of will can I avoid
becoming a character in a country song
'Lord, you game me nothing, then took it all away'
These are the sorrowful mysteries
and I have to pay attention
In a chamber of my heart sits an accountant
He is frowning and waving red paper at me
I go to the window for air
I catch the scent of apples
I hunger for a taste
but I can't see the orchard for the rain

There are two ways of looking at this
The first is to accept that you are gone
and to light a candle at the shrine of amnesia
(I could even cheat)
In the subterranean world of anaesthetics
sad white canoes are forever sailing downstream
in the early hours of the morning
'Tell the stars I'm coming
make them leave a space for me
whether bones, or dust
or ashes once among them I'll be free'
It may make a glamorous song
but it's dark train of thought
with too many carriages

There is, of course
another way of looking at this
Your daddy loves you; I said
'Your daddy loves you very much
he doesn't want to live with us anymore'
I am telling myself the story of my life

By day and night, fancy electronic dishes
are trained on the heavens
They are listening for smudged echoes
of the moment of creation
They are listening for the ghost of a chance
They may help us make sense of who we are
and where we came from
and, as a compassionate side effect
teach us that nothing is ever lost

So ... I rake the sky
I listen hard
I trawl the megahertz
But the net isn't fine enough
and I miss you
- a swan sailing between two continents
a ghost inmune to radar

Still, my eyes are fixed upon
the place I last saw you
your signal urgent but breaking
before you became cotton in a blizzard
a plane coming down behind enemy lines

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