I lit a thin green candle to make you jealous of me But the room just filled up with mosquitoes They heard that my body was free Then I took the dust
Sometimes I find I get to Thinking of the past We swore to each other then Our love would surely last You kept right on loving I went on a fast Now I
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic 'til I'm gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
It's true that all the men you knew were dealers Who said they were through with dealing Every time you gave them shelter I know that kind of man It's
[Dedicated to Irving Layton] So we'll go no more a-roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright
Dear Heather Please walk by me again With a drink in your hand And your legs all white From the winter
Because of a few songs Wherein I spoke of their mystery Women have been Exceptionally kind to my old age They make a secret place In their busy lives
Some people say It's what we deserve For sins against g-d For crimes in the world I wouldn't know I'm just holding the fort Since that day They wounded
The sea so deep and blind The sun, the wild regret The club, the wheel, the mind, O love, aren't you tired yet? The club, the wheel, the mind O love,
You never liked to get The letters that I sent. But now you've got the gist Of what my letters meant. You're reading them again, The ones you didn't burn
No words this time? No words. No, there are times when nothing can be done. Not this time. Is it censorship? Is it censorship? No, it's evaporation. No
When it all went down And the pain came through I get it now I was there for you Don't ask me how I know it's true I get it now I was there for you I
I set out one night When the tide was low There were signs in the sky But I did not know I'd be caught in the grip Of the undertow Ditched on a beach
I was dancing with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see Introduced him to my loved one and while they were dancin' My
I cannot follow you, my love You cannot follow me I am the distance you put between All of the moments that we will be You know who I am You've stared
Now I greet you from the other side Of sorrow and despair With a love so vast and so shattered It will reach you everywhere And I sing this for the captain
Suddenly the night has grown colder The God of love preparing to depart Alexandra hoisted on his shoulder They slip between the sentries of the heart
[Dedicated to A. M. Klein (1909-1972)] Hurt once and for all into silence. A long pain ending without a song to prove it. Who could stand beside you
