Tallulah

I was slowly dying in a clinic just outside of l.a.
You came and saw me (thank you) that picked me up straight away.
You said "learn to dance, learn to act, learn the piano"
And most of all you said
"learn to live again".
That's when it starts. that's when it starts.
The electric train of soft cylinder parts.
Together at last.

I dream of losing you, i wake up holding you so tight.
I don't want to lose you now that i've passed midnight.
I'm in deep with the blue waters around you.
I'm in deep, so blue with everything around you.

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That's when it starts. that's when it starts.
The electric train of soft cylinder parts
The dull mask of action on circus staff
Mobility the hood of the hindu scarf

Together at last
Making jewellery at last.

What would you do
If i told you
To run from him?
What would vou say
If i told you to
Abandon him?
I khow you drink,
You've had a lot to drink,
Do you have to talk like that?
If you go to parties
And cut your hair
People grab their hats.
Ah, but i know with a heart like that
In times like these with a heart like
That you cut it out.

What would you do
If i told you
To pack your bags?
What would you say
If i told you
To take off those rags?
I know you're down,
I know you're blue,
You broke his spell.
If you want life
You take that life
And you live it well.
Ah, but i know with a heart like that
In times like these with a heart like
That you cut it out.

Have you lost vour marbles?
You're not that crazy yet.
Listen to me, don't you forget.
What would you say
If i told you
You had to run from him?
Ah, but i know with a heart like that
In times like these with a heart like
That you cut it out.

A white moon appears
Like a hole in the sky,
The mangroves go quiet.
In la brisa de la palma
A teenage rasputin
Takes the sting from a gin,
"when a woman learns to walk
She's not dependent anymore
A line front her letter may 24
And out on the bay
The current is strong
A boat can go lost.
But i didn't know someone
Could be so lonesome
Didn't know a heart
Could be tied up
And held for ransom.
Until you take your shoes
And go outside, stride over stride.
Walk to that tide because
The door is open wide.

Turned the fan off
And went for a walk
By the lights down on shield street.
The birds in the trees
Open their wings ...
He goes home again.
He dreams resistance,
They talk commitment,
Things change over long distance.
Took the shirt off his back
The eyes from his head
And left him for dead.
But i didn't know someone
Could be so lonesome
Didn't know a heart
Could be tied up
And held for ransom.
Until you take your shoes
And go outside, stride over stride,
Walk to that tide because
The door is open wide.

Little lies, they'll take your pride.
Until you take your shoes
And go outside. stride over stride,
Walk to that tide because
The door is open wide.
Stride over stride
Walk to that tide.
Bye, bye pride.
Because the door is open wide.
The door is always open wide.
The door is always open wide.

I think i'm getting it right this time;
I can tell by the way she grins.
She put the postcards up on the head of our bed,
I can see algiers.
She said "don't the streets on sunday look great,
The way they open up their windows
And offer you things you know you'll never buy."
Lord i'm tired, i'm just so tired.

Don't say that you agree
With the price you paid
For your captivity.
Sweet surrender and your
Poison pen are gonna take you
And make you whole again.
Never gonna be the one
Who said you were the one
Who liked the lonesome life.
All the times you stayed
And prayed and thought you
Had it made it was for
Hope then strife.

So i went and asked my friend the doctor
"what is it i've got this time?'
He said "apart from that albatross
Around your neck, the tests are
Negative, you really are quite fine".
So i went out to the airport
To play for my ticket
And someone comes up to me and says
"hey man, they don t pay for that any more
Lord i'm tired, i'm just so tired.

Don't say that you agree
With the price you paid
For your honesty.
Sweet surrender and your
Poison pen are gonna take you
And make you whole again.
Never gonna be the one
Who said you were the one
Who liked the lonesome life.
All the times vou stayed
And prayed and thought you
Had it made it was for
Hope then strife.
Lord i'm tired, i'm just so tired.
I should retire.
Don't say that you agree
With the price at the end
Of hostility.
Sweet surrender and your
Poison pen are gonna take you
And make you whole again.
Never gonna be the one
Who said you were the one
Who liked the lonesome life.
All the times you stayed
And prayed and thought you
Had it made it was for
Hope then strife.

You and i together, with nothing showing at all,
In a darkened cinema, i'll give you pleasure in the stalls.
Want to give you tenderness, and my affection too.
If it's through clenched teeth, that's what you driven me
To

I want us to be lovers
I want us to be friends
Want it like; it's the living end.
Keep me away from her.

With your kittens. on the patchwork quilt,
Oh no, what am i doing here, in the house jack kerouac built.
There's white magic, and bad rock'n'roll,
Your friend there says, he's the gatekeeper to my soul.
The velvet curtains
The chinese bell
With friends like these; you're damned as well.
Keep me away from her.

Shake off your despondency, and your country girl act.
You are reading me poetry, that's irish, and so black.
I know you're warm, the warmest person alive,
But are you warm, deep down inside?
I want us to be lovers
I want us to be friends
Want it like; the world crumbles and then it ends.
Keep me away from her.

Baby, i'm lonely.
You're on the road with a bad crowd.