Monday, May 14, 2007

Fire Walk with Me.

"Burn Down This Town"
Rosanne Cash
Black Cadillac, 2006.

The hills are burning, fields turn to steel
the big house is haunted with what we don't feel
the streets are empty, no one ever comes around
so you know they won't make a sound
burn down this town

My lungs are blackened with the smoke and sobs
so just be a man and finish the job
and I'll watch you from this distant place I've found
oh you know I won't make a sound
burn down this town

The clapboard jail and the co-op board
the garden club and the bedroom door
the sprinkled lawn and the mirrored hall
the Christmas tree
just burn it all

The sky is falling with ash and mud
we gotta make the promise, yeah blood to blood
so shut the door then slowly turn around
now you know you can't make a sound
burn down this town

The clapboard jail and the co-op board
the garden club and the bedroom door
the sprinkled lawn and the mirrored hall
the Christmas tree
just burn it all
burn down this town
burn down this town

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

flow my tears
the new police song
the slogan of
peace is
you must live
theyve got me
and im one of them

cancel: silence
they screamed for days
weve been here before
we wont stay
they can die
they can just turn off

some vehicle moves in circles
some people need the heroes
but i dont mind
i dont mind

please listen to the sirens
we dont wish to be your friends
please listen to the sirens
we wont ever call again

mister webb
there is
no way out
love this room
please dont
fight your walls
can you see
im wasting your time

a streetcars rusting unseen
music halls empty like me
but i dont care
i dont care

please listen to the sirens
we dont wish to be your friends
please listen to the sirens
we wont ever call again

if i could stay here for now
with someone just a bit like you
oh no
maybe i would dream again
of someone just a bit like you
spose so

station boys
keep their
hands on steel
tubeway days
now seem
quite unreal
its always so close but
never quite arrives

my visions like an old film
shaky
theres nothing through my window
okay
no photo by my bedside
black/white
no image in my mirror
bye. bye.