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Under an old umbrella
04:13
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Under an old Umbrella:
Say hello to the sea or to the holy water
Say hello to the sea under the skies of azure.
I met him yesterday under my old umbrella.
And I met him yesterday under the skies of azure.
And torquoise was the color of his eyes,
and bitter wine the color of my high
He was tall, gracefully, he held my empty fingers
He was tall, gracefully, he filled my cold hard body
And I met him yesterday under the skies of azure
And I met him yesterday under my old umbrella
And torquoise was the color of his eyes,
and bitter wine the color of my high
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The Little Famous Song
03:14
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Will you play your famous song
your little song, your lovely song?
Will you play your famous song
for me?
I loved all the things he saw
the little warbirds in the dark
I loved the things he saw
the ways in which the water falled
ooh ooh ooh
Will you your famous song
your little song, your lovely song?
Will you play your famous song
for me?
I loved all the things you saw
your little warbirds in the dark
I loved all the things you saw
the ways in which your water fall
ooh ooh
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Damsels in the Dark
01:37
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Photographs of your face, against the wind, against the rain. I'm gonna burn them all and bury your name.
All your damsels in the dark and seashell branches in the park I'm gonna burn them all and bury your name.
Photographs of your face, against the wind, against the rain. I'm gonna burn them all and bury your name.
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Lily was a maiden in the castle sea,
they found her in the forest,
where the wild willows be.
Lily was a maiden in the castle sea,
they found her in the forest,
where the wild willows be.
Singing "Don't plead me no! For I will seize you in the snow."
Singing "Don't plead me no! For I will seize you in the snow."
Henry first saw Lillian, girl of colored hair,
sitting by the river with the willows in her hair.
Lily hummed a tune he knew, a shanty from the sea,
he seized her by her little waist against the willow tree.
Singing, "Fare thee oh well, where you gone no one can tell."
Singing, "Fare thee oh well, where you gone no one can tell."
Oh you are worth a million silver pennies, Henry said to Lillian. Oh you a worth a million silver pennies, Henry said to Lillian.
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Yellow Lights
02:54
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Yellow Lights:
Yellow lights are free and climbing,
up the sad old gray behind me.
Can you help her walk away again?
Blue the color of the water,
Mary and her devil daughter,
drinking rubies in the rain again.
Oh oh oh Mary, don't you die
Oh oh oh Mary, don't you die
'Cause of the color of her eyes!
Green the color of the grasses,
Mary and her new blue lassies,
come a riding in the fall with me.
Gray the shades of all nights past me,
Red the blood inside the old tree,
come a riding in the fall with me!
Oh oh oh Mary, don't you die
Oh oh oh Mary, don't you die
'Cause of the color of her eyes.
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Old love haunts me in the morning,
Old love haunts me in the evening,
and the remnants of pictures come alive.
I told you that I loved you,
by the lake with the summer done.
Come all your careless wanderers,
by the lake with the days of rum.
When I first saw you in the sunshine,
with the speckles and flecks in your eyes.
When I first saw you in the moonlight,
It is true that I thought that I might die.
I told you that I loved you,
By the lake with the summer done.
Come all your careless wanderers,
by the lake with the days of rum.
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My Little Lark
02:54
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Sooner or later,
I will see you or something,
oh we talked in the night
to the sound of a broken swing
In the beginning
stars I would fancy
and we'd rock in the night
to the sound of the surf crashing
Further and further are you growing now
further and further is the spark
further and further are you growing now
further and further My Little Lark
Ode to my sweet one,
and the days of the long run,
and the frolicking among the fields of green and blue,
where did you fly to little blue?
Sooner or later,
I'll be seeing you
in all the markings on the wall
sooner or later,
will you come to me
incarnate in the body of a willow tree
where did you fly to little blue?
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Driving to your home again,
forgive me to the rain.
It's true that I willed and wished for you,
each night upon my bed.
Driving down your road again,
a winding road of green,
your face a distant memory,
an autumn leaf in spring.
'Twas a long time ago, in the time of the lorry low,
'Twas a long time ago, was a claw in the days of old.
Following the signs of you, as sparrows flock around,
I will always drink to you, when entering this town
Grievous angels laugh at you for leaving me to be,
I see your face in every blue-ish sky and road and sea
'Twas a long time, in the time of the lorry low
'Twas a long time, was a claw in the days of old
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Calico
03:30
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Take her to the river, call her a river child.
Take her to the forest, call her a little wild.
Sell her to the gypsy for a jar of metal coins.
Take her to the mountain
and thrust yourself into her loins.
Calico, Calico, Calico, for her lips are white as snow.
She moved to the mountains,
with a box of chisels sharp.
She moved to the highlands,
with a box of books so dark.
I knew her, in the city,
She and I would dance the night,
drink the wine of dripping berries,
toast the moon and count the lights.
Calico, Calico, Calico, for her skin is soft as snow
Take her to the river, call her a river child
Take her, to the forest, call her a little wild.
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Horses and their Kin
04:30
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Every night without a light or brightly shining love,
silver trees and darkened leaves dot the sky above.
As the yellow moon to the darkest night,
it turns to a raging fire,
the road it thins and the darkness spins
to the voices in the choir.
I dream of horses and their kin,
against a lovely night.
I dream of sand and sky and sin,
against the pale moonlight.
And everyone that feels at all,
has got something to say.
About the wayward sovereign ways,
of every wild day.
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Marissa Nadler Nashville, Tennessee
Sacred Bones Records and Bella Union Records.
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