Joan Osborne

[fox69]

"Poison Apples (Hallelujah)"

"Poison Apples (Hallelujah)"


Your memory comes back to me
to strangle me with its sweet taste
See God would never be so cruel
to make me live without your face
Now that I have made you crawl
It does you good to see me fall
Like poison apples from the tree
as heavy as a honey bee
Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why
Moving through you every night
The lovely girls in dresses tight
The angels dancing on a pin
The people we are downing in
Like a needle going in
Into the shining city skin
Oh I recall the moment when you ruined me for other men
Hallelujah
I gave you away so easily
It makes me wonder why
If I die before you do
believe me I'll be haunting you
I'll come upon you while you sleep
to drown you in a kiss
So deep

 

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"Pretty Little Stranger"

"Pretty Little Stranger"


Think I'm getting over him
The sap is risin' in the tree
The blood is runnin' in my heart
Brings desire back to me
I wonder who will the next fool be
There is a Spanish boy who also rides the A train
I want to tag him like a tiger
So I can track him as he moves around the city
So I can guard him like an angel
I wonder who will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be
I got no more tears to cry
I can see it in the sky
In a bedroom by and by
I know it's comin' (oh yeah, ooh ooh)
I wonder who will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be
I go out to the bars where the hearts are full of scars
And I lay mine out in the neon light
It's ragged and it's worn but it's about to be reborn
Honey, are you gonna take me home tonight?
When I meet each man I know
I look him deeply in the eye
Will it be a sweet old friend
Or a pretty little stranger passin' by?
I wonder who will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be
[?] will the next fool be
I wonder who will the next fool be

 

[fox69]

"Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



Everybody's building the big ships and the boats
Some are building monuments
Others, jotting down notes
Everybody's in despair
Every girl and boy
But when Quinn, the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna jump for joy

Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

I like to do just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet
But jumping queues and making haste
It ain't my cup of meat
Everybody's out in the trees
Feeding pigeons on a limb
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
All the pigeons gonna run to him

Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

A cat's meow and a cow's moo
So you know, I can recite them all
Just tell me where it hurts you, honey
I'll tell you who to call
Nobody can get no sleep
On everybody's toes
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here
Everybody's gonna wanna doze

Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn
Come all without, come all within
You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

The Mighty Quinn
Oh, the Mighty Quinn
Oh oh oh, the Mighty, Mighty Quinn

 

[fox69]

"Raga"

"Raga"


When he came home from the ocean
I would lay him down
One by one uncurl his fingers
Calloused, cold and brown
I would take his day inside me
Sparks of violent clanging steel
Shouts of workmen in the shipyard
Watch the seabirds reel
Salt of sea and salt of body
Grease upon his head
Rocking of the ships at anchor
There inside the bed
When he came home from the ocean
Tired and dirty, half undressed
I would take his day inside me
That was when I loved him best
When he came home from the ocean
Tired and dirty, half undressed
I would take his day inside me
That was when I loved him best

 

[fox69]

"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"Rainy Day Women #12 & 35"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



Well, they'll stone you when you're tryin' to be so good
They'll stone you just like they said they would
They'll stone you when you're tryna go home
Then they'll stone you when you're there all alone
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, they'll stone you when you're walkin' on the streets
They'll stone you when you're tryna keep your seat
They'll stone you when you're walkin' on the floor
They'll stone you when you're walkin' to the door
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
They'll stone you when you're at the breakfast table
They'll stone you when you are un and able
They'll stone you when you're tryna make a buck
They'll stone you and then they'll say, "Good luck"
Yeah, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned
Well, they'll stone you and say that that's the end
Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again
They'll stone you when you're riding in your car
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get stoned, alright
Well, they'll stone you when you are all alone
They'll stone you when you are walking home
They'll stone you and then say they're all brave
They'll stone you when you're sent down in your grave
But I would not feel so all alone
Everybody must get, everybody must get stoned!

 

[fox69]

"Right Hand Man"

"Right Hand Man"


Let me use your toothbrush
Have you got a clean shirt?
My panties are in a wad
At the bottom of my purse
I walk into the street
The air's so cool
I'm wired and I'm tired
And I'm grinnin' like a fool
I've been on the floor lookin' for a chair
I've been on a chair lookin' for a couch
And I've been on a couch lookin' for a bed...
Lookin' for a bed
Lookin' for my, my...
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
Say... my right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
If he can't fix it, I don't know who can
Sensin' me a salesman
And the cops on the block
They know what I been doin'
They see the way I walk
I wonder what they see now
I wonder what they do
To feel somebody want them
The way I'm wanting you
I've been on the floor lookin' for a chair
I've been on a chair lookin' for a couch
And I've been on a couch lookin' for a bed...
Lookin' for a bed
Lookin' for... to really be...
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
Say... my right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
Use me up if you think you can
I've been on the floor lookin' for a chair
I've been on a chair lookin' for a couch
And I've been on a couch lookin' for a bed...
Lookin' for a bed
Lookin' for my...
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
Say... my right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
Say... my right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
My right hand, my right hand man
If he can't fix it, gonna find a boy who can

 

[fox69]

"Righteous Love"

"Righteous Love"


I was a troubled soul
I had a worried mind
Drifting from place to place
I was the restless kind
Right there in front to me
bright as the light of day
you saw a broken girl
You loved me anyway
And if I sprouted wings
I would not be amazed
cause faith is a mystery that
rocks me for days and days and day and
I could be in the street
I could be on a train
or struck in some doorway down
in the pouring rain
Now there is not one place
that doesn't feel like home
No matter where I go
I know I'm not alone
[Chorus:]
I've never been so sure of love
And if I sprouted wings
I would not be amazed
cause faith is a mystery that
rocks me for days and days and day
Oh you can ask me once
And I will tell you twice
No one's convincing me
this isn't paradise
And if I cause you pain
I'd only hurt myself
cause we have a righteous love
I feel for on one else
[Chorus:]
I've never been so sure of love

 

[fox69]

"Ring Them Bells"
(originally by Bob Dylan)

"Ring Them Bells"
(originally by Bob Dylan)



Ring them bells, ye heathen
From the city that dreams
Ring them bells from the sanctuaries
'Cross the valleys and streams
For they're deep and they're wide
And the world's on its side
And time is running backwards
And so is the bride

Ring them bells St. Peter
Where the four winds blow
Ring them bells with an iron hand
So the people will know
Oh it's rush hour now
On the wheel and the plow
And the sun is going down
Upon the sacred cow

Ring them bells Sweet Martha
For the poor man's son
Ring them bells so the world will know
That God is one
Oh the shepherd is asleep
Where the willows weep
And the mountains are filled
With lost sheep

Ring them bells for the blind and the deaf
Ring them bells for all of us who are left
Ring them bells for the chosen few
Who will judge the many when the game is through
Ring them bells, for the time that flies
For the child that cries
When innocence dies

Ring them bells St. Catherine
From the top of the room
Ring them from the fortress
For the lilies that bloom
Oh the lines are long
And the fighting is strong
And they're breaking down the distance
Between right and wrong

 

[fox69]

"Rodeo"

"Rodeo"


Call me home, call me home
Baby when you coming home
I can't stand it so alone
Rodeo
They all say they're proud of you
Though you're still the boy I knew
What has fighting done to you
Rodeo
I been dreaming boy since you been gone
'Bout a cowboy risin' with the dawn
It's just a dream but it keeps me hangin' on
Oh rodeo, you been gone too long
A-hee
Yippee-a-yay, yippee-a-yo
A-hee
Yippee-a-yay, yippee-a-yo
Up all night, I'll be here
Dancin' with my darkest fear
Whisperin' your home is here
Rodeo
Call me home, call me home
Baby when you coming home
I can't stand it so alone
Rodeo
I been dreaming boy since you been gone
'Bout a soldier risin' with the dawn
It's just a dream but it keeps me hangin' on
Oh rodeo, you been gone too long
A-hee
Yippee-a-yay, yippee-a-yo
A-hee
Yippee-a-yay, yippee-a-yo
Hee...
Rodeo
Oh rodeo
Oh...
Call me home
When you coming home
You can call me home
Oh rodeo

 

[fox69]

"Roll Like A Big Wheel"

"Roll Like A Big Wheel"


I'm gonna roll like a big wheel
I'm gonna roll just like a big wheel
I'm gonna keep on turning cause I like the way it feels!
Every time I turn, is gonna break your heart
Every time I turn, is gonna break your heart
I'm gonna show you, daddy I can finish anything you start!
I'm gonna roll, like old wheels do
Said I'm gonna roll like old wheels do
And when I'll turn around, I'm gonna roll right over you!
Talk about wheel, I'm a great big wheel
I'm gonna keep on turning cause I like the way it feels.
Oh, oh, oh, I'm gonna roll!
I'm gonna roll, just like a big wheel!
I'm gonna roll like a big wheel!