Strung Joe Henry

I keep wooden boxes like traps strung with wire In the light of old tires, piled on the fire Wearing their smoke like a flower in bloom Cut like the thread in a pipe fitter's room; I dig in the dirt and

Heaven's Escape Joe Henry

They're showing a movie on the side of the bank Oh, I'm in love with all creation And the warmth of the hood of the car in the dark Oh, I feel I'm an angel in waiting Where time is alive in the dar...

Tomorrow Is October Joe Henry

Now that fires have been contained These ashes are of our own making, Clouds hang up on radio towers And sirens sing one song for hours Here begins the fitting end To what we'd started over When to...

Piano Furnace Joe Henry

Let's pull this piano out from the wall Clear the young children from out of the hall Stuff it with tender put paid to it all Let it stoke the fires of the world Let's beat this guitar it was meant...

This Afternoon Joe Henry

On the afternoon That the revolution began, I was in a hotel pool with another kid And an Australian business man. And nothing there would make you say After all this talk, today would be the day?...

Animal Skin Joe Henry

I see in you an animal trace Thats quick in your blood and deep in your face, Mine has been tamed Im shamed to pretend When Im this close to your animal skin I remember when love was something I cr...

Tiny Voices Joe Henry

You wild beasts and you creeping things Get down in your place, Down with all the absolutes And Gods awful grace. Who wants to see this coming? Who wants to think you do? Better to be blind when Im...

Sold Joe Henry

Please dont speak another truth out loud Whatever else you do, I only want you keep me lost in your cloud And Ill do the same for you. Dont believe a single thing youve heard Really, Im as good as ...

Dirty Magazine Joe Henry

A cut-out picture of a sugar tart With olive skin, a purple heart, Concrete shoes, and its just the start Of bigger things unseen. Heroes of our glory days Ride upon the hip-hoorays Of hometown gir...

Flag Joe Henry

Take that noise out in the street, This rubble out from under my feet. No rest for the weary in here, And make a fuss, youre a volunteer. These days, they lord above me Growing mean as they grow sh...

Loves You Madly Joe Henry

The ground wants you back, The ground wants you badly, The ground wants you still Like some lover, so madly. It pulls at your feet, Gets into your nose, Onto your bed And under your clothes, Loves ...

Lighthouse Joe Henry

Oh, my dear, Ive swallowed the moon, And left it dark like a ring Burned on a spoon. But now all the stars They fall around you, And land at your feet To light up the room The sign of the times, ...

Windows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

What can I write home about? The waters cold, the pilots out. I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night What will I learn to tell myself? Were supposed to want for nothi...

Leaning Joe Henry

I cant stay here in my room I cant hold my own against the heavy Lean of your perfume That tries to keep your pillow down and low Across my face As if what lingers here of you could Take my breath...

Flesh And Blood Joe Henry

Come sit beside me, Thatll do for now The night has come and left me Just the light that you allow. Come speak my name, Fill my head with all such foolish dreams My flesh and blood is no more rea...

Your Side Of My World Joe Henry

Thought that bell was in my dream, All in my head, Until the trucks were in the yard And the fire was in my bed. Oh, can you hear the ringing bell, Telling time like time was to tell? Can you see t...

Odetta Joe Henry

Whose chickens are those in my yard?They pick at every shiny thing,Stitching down this earth so cold and hard,Low and tight across my wings,And when they're calling over me,Their unholy, fitful son...

After The War Joe Henry

A dog-eared mind sniffed my heartLike a pocket full of German marksLong after the war was throughStood me on a rusted railTurned my face and kicked my tailUp toward the yonder blue …Threw a fish up...

Grand Street Joe Henry

His foot held the door,To the alley in backWhere the hotel's kitchen let outAnd the night butcher stood'Neath a dim iron moonAnd spoke to himself right out loudSpoke to himself right out loudI gave...

Dark Tears Joe Henry

My camera doesn't lie to me,I see dark tears behind its eye,My camera doesn't lie to me,I see dark tears behind its eyeIt looks backwards on my future,Already in the sweet by-and-byThe rambler vine...

Deathbed Versions Joe Henry

How do you like your blue-eyed boy?How do you like your blue-eyed boy?Now the rabble have been jailed,The moon is up, had hung and paledThe horses spooked, the fences failed …How do you like your b...

Room At Arles Joe Henry

Just behind that wall, I think,She pulls her stockings on:The creaking floor speaks through the doorOf one foot then the otherThe curtains wave a flag to sayThis afternoon is doneAnd giving in to e...

Eyes Out For You Joe Henry

A fence is stretched across my browA divided country: then and now,And you the border guardMy caravan waved off the trackWith dusty miners hid in back,Their faces glowing hard …Bruised and black an...

Unspeakable Joe Henry

You tug at my sleep,A tangle of thread,That knots at the lockAt the foot of my bedSwinging the door To a perilous viewWhere all my unspeakable dreamsFall to you,All my unspeakable dreamsFall to you...

The World And All I Know Joe Henry

The dark great river bends below me,A void of light now tells me soWhere tiny towns crowd its shoulders,Between the world and all I know …Thunder rolls beneath my feetAnd mountain clouds slide just...

Widows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

What can I write home about?The water's cold, the pilot's out.I keep my children out of sightAnd my man never came home last night.What will I learn to tell myself?We're supposed to want for nothin...

Civilians Joe Henry

The carriage horses stamp and fumeUntil all color's goneThey leave the street in black and whiteAnd bring the eventing coming onLovers tug their way out of glovesOut of shoes, and gray chiffonThe d...

Parker's Mood Joe Henry

Where's my sock? Where's my other shoe? I didn't know what time it was When I came to The only light in here Is my flickering TV Watching back at me Oh, my love is here to stay Saints alive And a...

Civil War Joe Henry

I don't know you to wear a hatBut I came home late and there it sat,You rose to show what hats are forWhen living through a civil war,When living through a civil warChristmas mornings and New Years...

Time Is A Lion Joe Henry

Here you goIf you fear the angels above while you sleepThen I'll be the blood, you paint on your doorYour dream is a worry that nothing will keepBut time is a story and there will be moreYour dream...

You Can't Fail Me Now Joe Henry

I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you ca...

Scare Me To Death Joe Henry

I've seen the bestAnd the worst you can beAnd all while you're gettingThe better of meYou're fragile but wickedAnd fleeting as breathAnd you move up behind meAnd scare me to deathYou're fragile but...

Our Song Joe Henry

I saw Willie MaysAt a Scotsdale Home DepotLooking at Garage Door SpringsAt the the far end of the 14th rowHis wife stood there beside himShe was quiet and they both were proudI gave them room but w...

Wave Joe Henry

"I waved to you as my boat was leaving Hats flew up and everybody cheered, But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you, And in a sea of arms you disappeared. I lived the life of a ragged soldie...

Love Is Enough Joe Henry

Lincoln Street is howlingIt's empty, growing colder,The night has come on limping andIt's bleeding from the shoulder.Headlights fake a prison breakOf snow that rages and dies,It's lost its will upo...

I Will Write My Book Joe Henry

If anybody asks what's newI say, "not much," and it's mostly true,But when my stars align with youThen I will write my book.I turn my face from all the ragePlaying on a grim, dark stage,But you've ...

Shut Me Up Joe Henry

The song wants to repeat just now,It sings itself to show you how,It throws away its finest lineJust to keep the feel and time.Just to keepThe feel and time,It throws away nowIts finest line.The wo...

God Only Knows Joe Henry

Darkness settles on the groundAnd leaves the day stumbling blind,Coming to a quiet closeAnd maybe just in time:We'd almost lost the heart to knowHow to keep our best in mind,We'd almost lost the he...

I'm Henry The Eighth I Am Joe Brown, The Bruvvers

I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eighth I am I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry Henry She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam no Sam

He Made A Woman Out Of Me Bobbie Gentry

I was born on a levy A little bit south of Montgomery Mama worked in the big house And daddy he worked for the County I never had no learnin' Until I turned 16 When Joe Henry come up the river, yonder

Henry Keb' Mo'

blues and the breese The sweet magnolia trees A little church house upon the hill Chourus And I can hear the Delta calling From the light of a distant star I can see my future and i can feel my past When Henry

Precious Time (Live At The Roundabout Theatre, New York City/1986) Joe Jackson

A million tiny lights are strung across the western sky They burn to light our mission But it's just a million lonely hearts Strung out from never asking why We burn with blind ambition I heard somebody

It’s You HENRY

Baby I\'m falling Head over heels Looking for ways to let you know just how I feel Wish I was holding You by my side I wouldn\'t change a thing cause finally it\'s real Tryna hold back You oughta k...

Trap Henry

?움직일 수 없어 왜 나는 무거워져 가기만 해 네 맘 구석에 놓여진 채 놓인 채 Yeah 네게 닿고 싶은데 그저 컴컴한 이 어둠 속에 자꾸 가라앉아 같은 곳에 그 곳에 Yeah 네 안에서 점점 난 잊혀져 가 늘 머물러 있는 이 사랑 안에 Oh 난 I’m Trapped I’m Trapped 나는 지쳐가 나 혼자서만 꿈을 꾸고 있나봐 세게 흔들어 나를 깨...

That One HENRY

?Lookin’ for that one No more talking Don’t mean nothing All I want is you Shed my lovin’ Got back nothing I just want what’s true Baby can you show me something I just want some real lovin’ Don’t ...

It\'s You HENRY

Baby I\'m falling Head over heels Looking for ways to let you know just how I feel Wish I was holding You by my side I wouldn\'t change a thing cause finally it\'s real Tryna hold back You oughta ...

It`s You HENRY

Baby I\'m falling Head over heels Looking for ways to let you know just how I feel Wish I was holding You by my side I wouldn\'t change a thing cause finally it\'s real Tryna hold back You oughta k...

Butterfly (feat. 슬기) ▶ Henry

작게 하품할 때 나른한 느낌에 세상 오직 네 주위만 봄인 것 같아 Girl 나를 바라볼 때 장난 가득 하게 작은 나비를 쫓는 고양이 같아 지금 네게 내리는 너를 비추는 부드러운 햇살 모두 Give a little more Give a little more to you You\'re my Butterfly 가벼운 몸짓 사뿐히 내게 날아와 You\'re ...

사랑 좀 하고 싶어 (Real Love) Henry

너무 오래돼서 기억도 안나 마지막 연애가 언제였더라 그냥 살다 보면 나타나겠지란 생각 몇 년 째 억지로 사람도 만나보고 안 가던 곳도 멋 부리고 나가봐도 연애 세포들이 다 죽었는지 결론은 똑같애 미치겠어 난 나도 이제 사랑 좀 하고 싶어 스쳐 지나는 그런 애들 말고 사랑이 하고 싶어 그냥 같이 걸을 때 그냥 아무 말 없이 서롤 바라볼 때 가만 있어도 ...

너만 생각해 (Thinking of You) HENRY

난 너만 생각해 나 혼자 있을 때 아직 남아있는 네 향기에 흠뻑 취해있어 밤새 달려왔어 You be my paradise my paradise 너를 만나러 가는 아침 어떤 게 좋을까 Morning cologne 아주 근사한 모습으로 나타날 거야 Yeah I’m ready girl 밤새 너무 보고 싶었어 맘에 들어 내 가슴이 뛰어 눈부신 기분에 온종일 ...