poetress lucinda

So there I was; pulling out Lucinda Williams' latest release again for a spin. West, is one of those albums that I will be digging out and playing forever into the future. Phenomenal songwriting. A lot of cool, clever lyrics. For example, the tune Come On is the best "tell off" song since Dylan's Positively 4th St. said,"I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes; You'd know what a drag it is to see you."

Here are some bites of it:
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from: Mama You Sweet

With an ocean in my spirit
And cracks on my lips
And scars in my heart
And this burden on my hips

Ocean becomes heavy
And tries to push its way out
Through these ancient eyes
And the memories in my mouth

Ocean becomes tears
That ebb and flow
Over the lines in my face
And the pain in my soul

(Click here for the rest of the story.)
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from: Unsuffer Me

unlock my love and set me free
come fill me up with ecstasy
surround my heartbeat with your fingertips
unbound my feet, untie my wrists
come in to my world of loneliness
and wickedness and bitterness
unlock my love
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from: What If

If children grew up happier
And they could run with the wolves
And they never felt trapped
Or hungry or unloved

If cats walked on water
And birds had bank accounts
And we loved one another
In equal amounts
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from: Wrap My Head Around That

I know what I think I saw
And what I thought I’d seen
And what was coming and what was going
And everything in between

And what I thought I heard you say
And what you really said
And what I thought you thought I thought
Was actually in your head

And what you meant to tell me
And what I meant to say
And what I said you said I said
And what went the other way

I know what you did to me
And I know what we did
And who did what to who
And who the hell were you trying to kid
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