Buffalo Nichols - These Things

[00:14.33] If I could be your place to hide [00:17.33] I'd tell you the sweetest lies [00:20.14] Knowing we won't get out alive [00:22.81] I'd tell you that we'll be okay [00:25.68] If I could be your mercy seat [00:28.52] Where your secrets come to sleep [00:30.73] And, not the reason that you weep, I wouldn't be alone [00:36.34] With my heart in my throat [00:38.88] And my stomach on the floor [00:42.05] I'm beaten and I'm broken, but I'm coming back for more [00:47.59] And I miss you like an eagle with a broken wing [00:53.34] Misses the skies above [00:55.59] Where he would watch over these things [01:01.21] [01:13.68] If I could be up there with you [01:16.58] I would only tell the truth, and if it hurts like pulling a tooth [01:21.59] Then it only hurts one time [01:24.80] Well, I'd protect you from their lies [01:27.93] But the ones I tell would fly [01:30.67] Circling up above our heads, to feast on a love that's dead [01:38.47] Your body close to mine, my heart in your hand [01:44.27] If we're gonna die together [01:46.42] Let's do it to the rhythm of the band [01:49.74] And I'll dance to your beating heart [01:52.53] And you'll dance on my grave [01:55.37] Just promise that you'll break my neck [01:57.91] When you know I can't be saved [02:03.46] From all these things [02:12.68] [02:14.68] All these things [02:17.43] Keep me wide awake at night [02:20.40] All these things, used to keep my tunnel bright [02:25.76] Now, all these things make me scared of getting old [02:33.76] 'Cause you're no longer here and now all I have to hold [02:41.51] Are all these things [02:44.31]