I'm lying in my bed The blanket is warm This body will never be safe from harm Still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal Touch my skin to keep me whole If only you'd come back to me If you laid at my side Wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied Don't wanna weep for you, I don't wanna know I'm blind and tortured, the white horses flow The memories fire, the rhythms fall slow Black beauty I love you so Precious, precious silver and gold and pearls in oyster's flesh Drop down we two to serve and pray to love Born again from the rhythm screaming down from heaven Ageless, ageless and I'm there in your arms The welts of your scorn, my love, give me more Send whips of opinion down my back, give me more Well it's you I've waited my life to see It's you I've searched so hard for
Eternal Life is now on my trail Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would Pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel Racist everyman, what have you done? Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son... Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun All I want to do is love everyone... And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would Pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal.... There's no time for hatred, only questions What is love, where is happiness, what is Life, where is peace? When will I find the strength to bring me release? And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said? Man, It sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead And I've get a message for you and your twisted hell You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye to life eternal angel...
(Jeff sings an English translation.)
Used to know a little square So long ago, when I was small All summer long it had a fair Wonderful fair with swings and all I used to love my little fair And at the close of everyday I could be found, dancing around A merry-go that used to play: "Ah, mon amour A toi toujours Dans tes grands yeux Rien que nous deux" All summer long my little fair Made everyday like a holiday Night after night it used to play And people came there from so far away And everyone sang that little tune All around town you heard it played Even Pepi from Napoli He sang to Marie This serenade:
(In concert, Jeff sometimes continues into Hymne a l'Amour)
(M. Monnot/E. Piaf with English lyrics by G. Parsons)
Hymne a l'Amour
If the sun should tumble from the sky If the see should suddenly run dry If you love me, really love me Let it happen darling, I don't care Shall I catch a shooting star Shall I bring it where you are If you want me to, I will. You can set me any task I'll do anything you ask If you'll only love me still When at last, our life on earth is through I will spend eternity with you If you love me, really love me Let it happen darling, I won't care(Jeff sings parts from two well-known French versions of this song, sometimes in French and sometimes in an English translation.)
Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effondrer Et la terre peut bien s'ecrouler Peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes, Je me moque du monde entier Tant que l'amour inondra mes matins Que mon corps fremira sous tes mains Peu m'importent les grands problemes, Mon amour puisque tu m'aimes J'irais jusque au bout du monde, Je me ferais teindre en blonde Si tu me le demandais On peut bien rire de moi Je ferais n'importe quoi Si tu le me demandais Nous aurons pour nous l'eternite dans le bleu de toute l'immensite Dans le ciel plus de problemes Dieu reunit ceux qui s'aiment(and the other version...)
Le ciel bleu sur nous peut s'effondrer Et la terre peut bien s'ecrouler Peu m'importe, si tu m'aimes, Je me fous du monde entier Tant que l'amour inondra mes matins Tant que mon corps fremira sous tes mains Peu m'importent les problemes Mon amour puisque tu m'aimes J'irais jusqu'au bout du monde Je me ferais teindre en blonde Si tu me le demandais J'irais decrocher la lune J'irais voler la fortune Si tu me le demandais On peut bien rire de moi Je frais n'importe quoi Si tu me le demandais Je renierais ma patrie Je renierais mes amis Si tu me le demandais Si un jour la vie t'arrache a moi Si tu meurs, que tu sois loin de moi Peu m'importe, si tu m'aime Car moi je mourrai aussi Nous aurons pour nous l'eternite Dans le bleu de toute l'immensite Dans le ciel, plus de problemes Mon amour crois-tu qu'on s'aime? Dieu reunit ceux qui s'aiment.
(V. Morrison)
The Way Young Lovers Do
We strolled through fields all wet with rain And back along the lane again They were the sun shine In the sweet summertime The way that young lovers do I kissed you on the left once more And we said goodbye by the door in the nighttime Yeah, that's the right time To feel the way that young lovers do Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that we were and the way that we were meant to be Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you and you were for me And then we danced the night away And turned to each other, say, 'I love you, I love you' The way that young lovers do Do, do, do, do... Then we sat on our star and dreamed of the way that we were and the way that we wanted to be Then we sat on our own star and dreamed of the way that I was for you and you were for me I went on to dance the night away And turned to each other, say, 'I love you, baby, I love you' The way that young lovers do, lovers do, lovers do Do, do, do, do....
I'm lying in my bed The blanket is warm This body will never be safe from harm Still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal Touch my skin to keep me whole If only you'd come back to me If you laid at my side Wouldn't need no Mojo Pin to keep me satisfied Don't wanna weep for you, I don't wanna know I'm blind and tortured, the white horses flow The memories fire, the rhythms fall slow Black beauty I love you so Precious, precious silver and gold and pearls in oyster's flesh Drop down we two to serve and pray to love Born again from the rhythm screaming down from heaven Ageless, ageless and I'm there in your arms The welts of your scorn, my love, give me more Send whips of opinion down my back, give me more Well it's you I've waited my life to see It's you I've searched so hard for
There's the moon asking to stay Long enough for the clouds to fly me away Well it's my time coming, I'm not afraid to die My fading voice sings of love, but she cries to the clicking of time, Oh, time. Wait in the fire... And she weeps on my arm Walking to the bright lights in sorrow Oh drink a bit of wine we both might go tomorrow Oh my love... And the rain is falling and I believe my time has come It reminds me of the pain I might leave behind... Wait in the fire And I feel them drown my name So easy to know and forget with this kiss I'm not afraid to go but it goes so slow...
This is our last goodbye I hate to feel the love between us die But it's over Just hear this and then I'll go : you gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever know. This is our last embrace, must I dream and always see your face Why can't we overcome this wall Baby, maybe it is just because I didn't know you at all. Kiss me, please, Kiss me But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation You know, it makes me so angry 'cause I know that in time I'll only make you cry, this is our last goodbye. Did you say "no, this can't happen to me," and did you rush to the phone to call? Was there a voice unkind in the back of your mind saying, "maybe... you didn't know him at all." Well, the bells out in the church tower chime Burning clues into this heart of mine Thinking so hard on her soft eyes and the memory Of her sighs that, "it's over... it's over..."
I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see... And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because I brings me back you... Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me... I cannot see clearly Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love? Listen to me, why is everything so hazy? Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear? Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love...
Love, let me sleep tonight on you couch
And remember the smell of the fabric of your simple
city dress
Oh... That was so real
We walked around 'til the moon got full like a plate.
The wind blew an invocation
And I fell asleep at the gate
... And I never stepped - on - the - cracks - 'cause
- I - thought - I'd - hurt - my - mother
... And I couldn't awake from the nightmare
That sucked me in and pulled me under
Pulled me under
Oh... That was so real
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you
I love you
But I'm afraid to love you...
I heard there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord But you don't really care for music, do you Well it goes like this : The fourth, the fifth, the minor fall and the major lift The baffled king composing Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah... Well your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty and the moonlight overthrough ya She tied you to her kitchen chair She broke your throne and she cut your hair And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah Baby I've been here before I've seen this room and I've walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew ya I've seen your flag on the marble arch But love is not a victory march It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah There was a time when you let me know What's really going on below But now you never show that to me do ya But remember when I moved in you And the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Well, maybe there's a God above But all I've ever learned from love Was how to shoot somebody who outdrew ya It's not a cry that you hear at night It's not somebody who's seen the light It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah...
Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water And maybe I'm too young To keep good love from going wrong But tonight you're on my mind so (you'll never know) I'm broken down and hungry for your love With no way to feed it Where are you tonight? Child, you know how much I need it. Too young to hold on And too old to just break free and run Sometimes a man gets carried away, When he feels like he should be having his fun And much too blind to see the damage he's done Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really, He has no-one... So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn oh Will I ever see your sweet return, oh/or, will I ever learn? Lover, you should've come over 'Cause it's not too late. Lonely is the room the bed is made The open window lets the rain in Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her... It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter It's never over, she is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever Maybe I'm just too young to keep good love from going wrong Oh... lover you should've come over... 'cause it's not too late... I feel too young to hold on I'm much too old to break free and run Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage I've done Sweet lover, you should've come over Oh, love I'm waiting [I waited] for you Lover, you should've come over Cause it's not too late
He bear her off, he bear her down He bear her into an orchard ground Lu Li Lu Lay Lu Li Lu Lay The falcon hath bourne my mate away And in this orchard there was a hold That was hanged with purple and gold And in that hold there was a bed And it was hanged with gold so red Lu Li Lu Lay Lu Li Lu Lay On this bed there lyeth a knight His wound is bleeding day and night By his bedside kneeleth a maid And she weepeth both night and day Lu Li Lu Lay Lu Li Lu Lay By his bedside standeth a stone Corpus Christi written thereon
Eternal Life is now on my trail Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games There's a flaming red horizon that screams our names And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would Pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal, angel Racist everyman, what have you done? Man, you've made a killer of your unborn son... Crown my fear your king at the point of a gun All I want to do is love everyone... And as your fantasies are broken in two Did you really think this bloody road would Pave the way for you? You better turn around and blow your kiss hello to life eternal.... There's no time for hatred, only questions What is love, where is happiness, what is Life, where is peace? When will I find the strength to bring me release? And tell me where is the love in what your prophet has said? Man, It sounds to me just like a prison for the walking dead And I've get a message for you and your twisted hell You better turn around and blow your kiss goodbye to life eternal angel...
There is a child sleeping near his twin The pictures go wild in a rush of wind That dark angel he is shuffling in Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled The love you lost with her skin so fair Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair Her green eyes bloom goodbyes With her head in her hands and your kiss on the lips another Dream Brother with your tears scattered round the world. Don't be like the one who made me so old Don't be like the one who left behind his name 'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine And nobody ever came... I feel afraid and I call your name I love your voice and your dance insane I hear your words and I know your pain Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another Your eyes to the ground and the world spinning round forever Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over...
Farewell Angelina The bells of the crown Are being stolen by bandits I must follow the sound The triangle tingles And the trumpets play slow Farewell Angelina The sky is on fire And I must go. There's no need for anger There's no need for blame There's nothing to prove Ev'rything's still the same Just a table standing empty By the edge of the sea Farewell Angelina The sky is trembling And I must leave. The jacks and the queens Have forsaked the courtyard Fifty-two gypsies Now file past the gaurds In the space where the deuce And the ace once ran wild Farewell Angelina The sky is folding I'll see you in a while. See the cross-eyed pirates sitting Perched in the sun Shooting tin cans With a sawed-off shotgun And the neighbors they clap And they cheer with each blast Farewell Angelina The sky's changing color And I must leave fast. King Kong, little elves On the rooftops they dance Valentino-type tangos While the make-up man's hands Shut the eyes of the dead Not to embarrass anyone Farewell Angelina The sky is embarassed And I must be gone. The machine guns are roaring The puppets heave rocks The fiends nail time bombs To the hands of the clocks Call me any name you like I will never deny it Farewell Angelina I must go where it's quiet.
Slow birds No breeze Iron hearts Rust in streams Long march Small crimes Soft words W h i s p e r It's time to come home - your eyes To bring back - your charms To sit real still In my arms Clocks tick Trees pound Lions roar On empty streets Long lists In black and white (S h h) red words That read like the Fourth of July You're home Uhuh You're home In my arms
What will you say when you've seen my face? It's been such a long time And I was just a child then What will you say when you've seen my face? Time feels like it's flowed away The days just passed and faded away What will you say when you've seen my face? It's funny now But I just don't feel like a man What will you say when you've seen my face? Mother dear, the world's gone cold No one cares about love anymore What will you say when you seen my face? Father do you hear me? Do you know it hurts? Do you even care? What will you say when you've seen my face? My heart can't take this anymore What will you say when you've seen my face? Mother..... Father.....
Perhaps it's the color of the sun cut flat An' cov'rin' the crossroads I'm standing at, Or maybe it's the weather or something like that, But mama, you been on my mind. I don't mean trouble, please don't put me down or get upset, I am not pleadin' or sayin', "I can't forget." I do not walk the floor bowed down an'bent, but yet, Mama, you been on my mind. Even though my mind is hazy an'my thoughts they might be narrow, Where you been don't bother me nor bring me down in sorrow. It don't even matter to me where you're wakin' up tomorrow, But mama, you're just on my mind. I am not askin' you to say words like "yes" or "no," Please understand me, I got no place for you t'go. I'm just breathin' to myself, pretendin' not that I don't know, Mama, you been on my mind. When you wake up in the mornin', baby, look inside your mirror. You know I won't be next to you, you know I won't be near. I'd just be curious to know if you can see yourself as clear As someone who has had you on his mind.
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head And as I climb into an empty bed - oh well, enough said I know it's over still I cling, I don't know where else I can go Over and over..... Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head See the sea wants to take me, the knife wants to slit (cut) me Do you think you can help me Sad veiled bride please be happy - handsome groom give her room Loud loutish lover treat her kindly though she needs you More than she loves you - and I know it's over - still I cling I don't know where else I can go - over and over..... I know it's over and it never really began but in my heart it was so real And she even spoke to me and said "If you're so funny, then why are you on your own tonight?" "And if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?" "And if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?" "And if you're so very good looking, then why do you sleep alone tonight?" I know - 'cos tonight is just like any other night - that's why you're on your own tonight With your triumphs and your charms - while they're in each other's arms It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes strength to be gentle and kind - over and over.... It's so easy to laugh it's so easy to hate it takes guts to be gentle and kind - over and over.... Love is natural and real - but not for you my love not tonight my love Love is natural and real - but not for such as you and I my love Oh mother... etc.
I first saw you You had on blue jeans Your eyes couldn't hide Anything I saw you leaving, oh I saw you staring out in space I next saw you You was at the party Thought you was a dream Oh so flirty I came against Didn't say excuse Knew what I was doing We looked very fine 'Cause we were leaving The same jerk ????? Doing a cool jerk Oh, I want you Nothing can go wrong
If you see her, say hello, she might be in Tangier She left here last early spring, is livin' there, I hear Say for me that I'm all right though things get kind of slow She might think that I've forgotten her, don't tell her it isn't so. We had a falling-out, like lovers often will And to think of how she left that night, it still brings me a chill And though our separation, it pierced me to the heart She still lives inside of me, we've never been apart. If you get close to her, kiss her once for me I always have respected her for busting out and gettin' free Oh, whatever makes her happy, I won't stand in the way Though the bitter taste still lingers on from the night I tried to make her stay. I see a lot of people as I make the rounds And I hear her name here and there as I go from town to town And I've never gotten used to it, I've just learned to turn it off Either I'm too sensitive or else I'm gettin' soft. Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast If she's passin' back this way, I'm not that hard to find Tell her she can look me up if she's got the time.
Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand inside the rain Ev'rybody knows That Baby's got new clothes But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just like a woman Buy she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend Yes, I believe I'll go see her again Nobody has to guess That Baby can't be blessed Till she sees finally that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamine and her pearls. She takes just like a woman, yes, she does She makes love just like a woman, yes, she does And she aches just like a woman But she breaks just like a little girl. It was raining from the first And I was dying there of thirst So I came in here And your long-time curse hurts But what's worse Is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear that -- I just can't fit Yes, I believe it's time for us to quit When we meet again Introduced as friends Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world. Ah, you fake just like a woman, yes, you do You make love just like a woman, yes, you do Then you ache just like a woman But you break just like a little girl.