I have a smiling face, she said I have a jest for all I meet, I have a garland for my head And all its flowers are sweet — And so you call me gay, she said.
She is all there. She was melted carefully down for you and cast up from your childhood, cast up from your one hundred favorite aggies. She has always been there, my darling. She is, in fact, exquisite. Fireworks in the dull middle of February and as real as a cast-iron pot. Let's face it, I have been momentary. vA luxury. A bright red sloop in the harbor. My hair rising like smoke from the car window. Littleneck clams out of season. She is more than that. She is your have to have, has grown you your practical your tropical growth. This is not an experiment. She is all harmony. She sees to oars and oarlocks for the dinghy, has placed wild flowers at the window at breakfast, sat by the potter's wheel at midday, set forth three children under the moon, three cherubs drawn by Michelangelo, done this with her legs spread out in the terrible months in the chapel. If you glance up, the children are there like delicate balloons resting on the ceiling. She has also carried each one down the hall after supper, their heads privately bent, two legs protesting, person to person, her face flushed with a song and their little sleep. I give you back your heart. I give you permission -- for the fuse inside her, throbbing angrily in the dirt, for the bitch in her and the burying of her wound -- for the burying of her small red wound alive -- for the pale flickering flare under her ribs, for the drunken sailor who waits in her left pulse, for the mother's knee, for the stocking, for the garter belt, for the call -- the curious call when you will burrow in arms and breasts and tug at the orange ribbon in her hair and answer the call, the curious call. She is so naked and singular She is the sum of yourself and your dream. Climb her like a monument, step after step. She is solid. As for me, I am a watercolor. I wash off.
If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
We're at a revolution and we're baying for your blood We're laying down the law and your name's mud You'd like to be a member of the human race You want to be a good boy but you couldn't stand the taste
Blame Simon because he said you've got two lives down And one life left Blame Simon because he said You could think better with a hole in your head
If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
Catch a revolution, now you're waging war again Marching on the spot when you should have made amends Cause you say you fight for us Cross your heart and hope to die You're the bully in the playground and we'll hang you out to dry
Blame Simon because he said You've got two lives down and one life left Blame Simon because he said You could think better with a hole in your head
If we catch a criminal when we catch a criminal There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers Line them up against a wall and shoot them all
Mark my words I'll get you back Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now? You and I know you could be far more helpful I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones, come on
Its your mistake, there's no denying it I'd keep the faith if only you come clean You weren't the one to help me out and you saved yourself before the fireman
Mark my words I'll get you back Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now?
You and I know you could be far more helpful I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones, come on
Its your mistake theres no denying it I'd keep the faith if only you--you were the one to fire the fire And you proved yourself to be the better man--
Mark my words I'll get you back Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now? You and I know you could be far more helpful I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones
The fix is in, there's a nag gonna dance home at Epsom The fix is in, can't wait to see how it upsets 'em
Too many times we've been postally pipped We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin Cause the fix, the fix is in
The fix is in, the odds that I got were delicious The fix is in, the jockey is cocky and vicious The redoubtable beast has had Pegasus pills We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring Now the fix, the fix is in
The fix is in, the snaps of the steward so candid The fix is in, yes, our pigeons have finally landed
The Donahue sisters will meet us in France In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance 'Til the end of our days 'cause it ain't left to chance that we win Cause the fix, the fix is in
She'll lie and steal, and cheat, and beg you from her knees Make you think she means it this time She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair, but I still love her, I don't really care
When we were young, oh, oh, we did enough When it got cold, ooh, ooh, we bundled up I can't be told, ah, ah, it can't be done
It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all. The opposite of love's indifference. So pay attention now, I'm standing on your porch screaming out And I won't leave until you come downstairs So keep your head up, keep your love Keep your head up, my love, keep your head up, keep your love
And I don't blame you dear for running like you did all these years I would do the same, you'd best believe And the highway signs say we're close but I don't read those things anymore I never trusted my own eyes
When we were young oh, oh, we did enough When it got cold, ooh, ooh we bundled up I can't be told, ah, ah, it can't be done
So keep your head up, keep your love Keep your head up, my love, keep your head up, keep your love Head up, love
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I have a jest for all I meet,
I have a garland for my head
And all its flowers are sweet —
And so you call me gay, she said.
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FOR MY LOVER, RETURNING TO HIS WIFE; ANNE SEXTON.
She was melted carefully down for you
and cast up from your childhood,
cast up from your one hundred favorite aggies.
She has always been there, my darling.
She is, in fact, exquisite.
Fireworks in the dull middle of February
and as real as a cast-iron pot.
Let's face it, I have been momentary.
vA luxury. A bright red sloop in the harbor.
My hair rising like smoke from the car window.
Littleneck clams out of season.
She is more than that. She is your have to have,
has grown you your practical your tropical growth.
This is not an experiment. She is all harmony.
She sees to oars and oarlocks for the dinghy,
has placed wild flowers at the window at breakfast,
sat by the potter's wheel at midday,
set forth three children under the moon,
three cherubs drawn by Michelangelo,
done this with her legs spread out
in the terrible months in the chapel.
If you glance up, the children are there
like delicate balloons resting on the ceiling.
She has also carried each one down the hall
after supper, their heads privately bent,
two legs protesting, person to person,
her face flushed with a song and their little sleep.
I give you back your heart.
I give you permission --
for the fuse inside her, throbbing
angrily in the dirt, for the bitch in her
and the burying of her wound --
for the burying of her small red wound alive --
for the pale flickering flare under her ribs,
for the drunken sailor who waits in her left pulse,
for the mother's knee, for the stocking,
for the garter belt, for the call --
the curious call
when you will burrow in arms and breasts
and tug at the orange ribbon in her hair
and answer the call, the curious call.
She is so naked and singular
She is the sum of yourself and your dream.
Climb her like a monument, step after step.
She is solid.
As for me, I am a watercolor.
I wash off.
fst;
THE HOOSIERS; COPS AND ROBBERS
There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
We're at a revolution and we're baying for your blood
We're laying down the law and your name's mud
You'd like to be a member of the human race
You want to be a good boy but you couldn't stand the taste
Blame Simon because he said you've got two lives down
And one life left
Blame Simon because he said
You could think better with a hole in your head
If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal
There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal
There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
Catch a revolution, now you're waging war again
Marching on the spot when you should have made amends
Cause you say you fight for us
Cross your heart and hope to die
You're the bully in the playground and we'll hang you out to dry
Blame Simon because he said
You've got two lives down and one life left
Blame Simon because he said
You could think better with a hole in your head
If we catch a criminal when we catch a criminal
There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
If we catch a criminal, when we catch a criminal
There's nothing we can do but play cops and robbers
Line them up against a wall and shoot them all
BROADCAST 2000; ROUSE YOUR BONES
Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now?
You and I know you could be far more helpful
I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones, come on
Its your mistake, there's no denying it
I'd keep the faith if only you come clean
You weren't the one to help me out and you saved yourself before the fireman
Mark my words I'll get you back
Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now?
You and I know you could be far more helpful
I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones, come on
Its your mistake theres no denying it
I'd keep the faith if only you--you were the one to fire the fire
And you proved yourself to be the better man--
Mark my words I'll get you back
Would you prefer if I wait or attack you now?
You and I know you could be far more helpful
I'll never let this go until you rouse your bones
ELBOW; THE FIX
The fix is in, can't wait to see how it upsets 'em
Too many times we've been postally pipped
We've loaded the saddles, the mickeys are slipped
We're swapping the turf for the sand and the surf and the sin
Cause the fix, the fix is in
The fix is in, the odds that I got were delicious
The fix is in, the jockey is cocky and vicious
The redoubtable beast has had Pegasus pills
We'll buy him the patch in the Tuscany hills
And the Vino di Vici will flow like a river in spring
Now the fix, the fix is in
The fix is in, the snaps of the steward so candid
The fix is in, yes, our pigeons have finally landed
The Donahue sisters will meet us in France
In penguins and pearls, we'll drink and we'll dance
'Til the end of our days 'cause it ain't left to chance that we win
Cause the fix, the fix is in
THE LUMINEERS; STUBBORN LOVE
Make you think she means it this time
She'll tear a hole in you, the one you can't repair, but I still love her, I don't really care
When we were young, oh, oh, we did enough
When it got cold, ooh, ooh, we bundled up
I can't be told, ah, ah, it can't be done
It's better to feel pain, than nothing at all. The opposite of love's indifference.
So pay attention now, I'm standing on your porch screaming out
And I won't leave until you come downstairs
So keep your head up, keep your love
Keep your head up, my love, keep your head up, keep your love
And I don't blame you dear for running like you did all these years
I would do the same, you'd best believe
And the highway signs say we're close but I don't read those things anymore
I never trusted my own eyes
When we were young oh, oh, we did enough
When it got cold, ooh, ooh we bundled up
I can't be told, ah, ah, it can't be done
So keep your head up, keep your love
Keep your head up, my love, keep your head up, keep your love
Head up, love