*Lyrics are an interpretation by The MusicBobbyLong Team and not an official transcription*




WHO HAVE YOU BEEN LOVING

When the world holds out its flag
the sun will fall across the plain,
I will hold out my hands and take the blame
And when the the weather falls too cold,
the frost ravages the lanes,
I will bow down my head in shame

"But who have you, who have you been loving?"

If someone isn't hurt then it's gonna be me,
But the tears they taint your heart
you're so happy that you're free
If you're no better now than you've ever been,
You owe me an apology

Before the dusk falls to dark
I'll have you banished from my mind
I just need a moment's rest to make it mine
Before the moment turns to cold
with our last drawn line
Beyond the rusted sin of gloat you had your time

I said you owe me an apology
You owe me an apology


PENANCE FIRE BLUES

And I see papers and papers
Stacked up in formation
Which mean much before
They're line-ing the fire

As a bottomless heat goes
To harness your anger
Your blood and
Your deepest desire

Because there's no truth stolen
That's been ever brought forward
From the minds of the writers
Looking face down on the gutter

'Cause this world's full of thinkers
And suffragette speakers
who deny that they ever wear a dress
Oh this god forsaken town's in a mess

And all the truths been let out loose
Is desperate to amuse
As it grabs you by the throat
And strings out all the times you've used

But now you don't belong you
Whisper when you speak
You turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet

Oh let me run
Lord, let me run,
So let me run
Lord, let me run

But as the mornng awakens
That light sends a shudder
The twist of hope that helps you down
Is left to rest and stir

You back down a hallway
To flourish the darkness
And you fool yourself
You did it all for her
And him, and her

But I've seen your face before
Rich boy playing poor
Ravaging the whores
Ignoring constant calls

Now you don't belong
You whisper when you speak
You turn yourself to nighttime
Trying to find your feet


HIDE YOURS, I'LL HIDE MINE

LEFT TO LIE

I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old
I'm almost young, or so I'm told
And they say time is a healer
And faith is dead, or left to die
And I won't put my strain on another
Unbroken shame, and so I lie

I'm left to lie
I float it down like a long lost dream
My savior flew from his stitched up, stitched up scene
Cause I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old
I'm almost young, or so I'm told
And they say I would be better
Far from here, left alone, left alone now
Cause now my love's even cheaper
I'm played out by the traffic droan
I'm still alone
No where, no where to go now
No where to go now now now

I float it down like a long lost dream
But my savior flew from his stitched up,his stitched up scene
But my friends but they think hard will be the first to die
I'm far far to scared, to ask stay awhile
Because I'm afraid to die, I'm nearly old
I'm almost young, or so I'm told
Or so I'm told


A STRANGER SONG

So Barricade the doors and stop the heart that you've been holding
Throw the words you hold so dear,
from the letter you've been softly folding
For when they finish boarding up the house, they'll be nothing left to see
Just a stranger taking his last breath upon the guillotine
Well your neighbors they were fighters
and they hung the man you killed
Before the sins that left their hands, their bodies were fulfilled
When the wings they sting the borderline, words fall softly to the floor
Oh a woman with your kind of heart, can make a man spill his every flaw

No you my love, No you my love
No you my love, Are you my love
Does your heart be so softly without warning
Does it beat out the slow pace of the morning
When you close your eyes, after all that you see, that you see
Will you let the stranger be

The train it hits the railroad it cowers on the fly
it's painted by man itself so it doesn't creep it cries
Oh but you have seen the passage way and trembled at the start
You've always seen the strangers play and let them frolic with you heart
There's another chance to make amends but they dabble with your cold
And your lost without a wolf or beast to stop in you in the road
But he's still sitting quietly in his cell and counting down his stones

Well a woman with your kind of heart will always be alone
Well a woman with your kind of heart will always be alone
With him my love, Oh with him my love
With him my love, Oh my oh my love, with him my love
Does your heart beat so softly without warning
Does it beat out to the slow pace of the morning
Oh when you close your eyes with all that you see, that you see
Will you let the strangers be, will you let the strangers be
With him my love, or for you my love
for you my love, always for you my love