There’s a Spanish train that runs between
Guadalquivir and old Seville,
And at dead of night the whistle blows,
And people hear she’s running still.
And now I know
Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say
I thought I knew
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City
The razors and the dying roses
Plead I don’t leave you alone
The demi-gods and hungry ghosts
And God, God knows I’m not at home
I’ll never find someone quite like you
Again
I’ll never find someone quite like you
Again
So thank you for writing the best songs
Thank you for righting a few wrongs
You’re a savage gift on a wayward bus
But you stepped down and you sang to us
And get you down to the harbor now
Most of the sour grapes are gone from the bough
Ghosts of Johanna will visit you there
And the winds of the old days will blow through your hair
Ghost of perdition stuck in her chest
A warning no one read
Tragic friendship called inside the fog
Pouring venom brew deceiving
Devil cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
“You have to live before you die young”
When you were young and your heart was an open book
You used to say “Live and let live”
You know you did, you know you did, you know you did
But if this ever changin’ world in which we’re livin’
Makes you give in and cry
Say “Live and let die”
Live and let die
I have seen the morning burning golden on the mountain in the skies
Aching with the feeling of the freedom of an eagle when she flies
Turning on the world, the way she smiled upon my soul as I lay dying
Healing as the colors in the sunshine and the shadows of her eyes
Loving her was easier than anything I’ll ever do again
I know you got that special something, oh, baby
I know you like to keep it hummin’, oh, baby
‘Cause girl, lovin’ you is so easy
Oh, woh, woh, lovin’ you is so easy
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away. Hummingbird don’t fly away, fly away
You nearly had me roped and tied
Altar-bound, hypnotized
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear
You’re a butterfly
And butterflies are free to fly
Fly away, high away, bye bye
We are going to the chapel,
And we’re gonna get married…
Lips, that are weary but tender
With love, that strengthens my life
A saint, in a dress made of gingham
My woman, my woman, my wife
I am the saint, your path into the light
I am the knife that cuts right through your life
I have found the path immortalized
I am the saint, the path into the light
Now it cuts like a knife
But it feels so right
Yeah! It cuts like a knife
Oh, but it feels so right
Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it, ah, out of sight
Babe I’m leaving,
I must be on my way,
The time is drawing near.
My train is going,
I see it in your eyes.
The love, the need, your tears.
I got a need for speed
I got a need for speed
I got a need for speed
I got a need for speed
When the cops come all I hear is whoopwhoopwhoop
Said when the cops come all I hear is whoopwhoopwhoop
Said when the cops come all I hear is
Whoopwhoopwhoop
Baby, Ima want you,
Baby, Ima need you…
You’re the only one I care enough to hurt about.
You’re the one that I long to kiss
Baby, you’re the one that I really miss (yeah, yeah, yeah)
You’re the one that I’m dreamin’ of
Baby, you’re the one that I love
The only one I know, has come to take me away
The only one I know, is mine when she stitches me
The only one I see, has found an aching in me
The only one I see, has turned her tongue into me