Marianne Faithfull

[fox69]

"Scarborough Fair"

"Scarborough Fair"


Have you been to scarborough fair
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Remember me to one that lives there
For once she once was a true lover of mine.

Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
One with no seams, of fine needlework
And then she'll be a true lover of mine.

Tell her to dry it 'pon yonder thorn
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
That never bore fruit since adam was born
And then she'll be a true lover of mine.

Ah, can you find me an acre of land

Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Between the salt sea and the sea sand
Or never be a true lover of mine.

And can you plough it with a sheep's horn
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
And sow it all over with one peppercorn
Or never be a true lover of mine.

And when you have done and finished your work
Parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme.
Then come to me for your cambric shirt
And then you'll be a true lover of mine.

 

[fox69]

"Sex With Strangers"

"Sex With Strangers"


Someone saw you
By the waterside.
Nothing you can do will change her.
This is not the time for secrets
Save your breath.

It's time
For sex
With strangers.
It's time
For sex
With strangers.
It's time
For sex
With strangers -
Maybe sex with someone else.

Completely empty
You have nothing left inside.
Bored, you thought you'd try a little danger -
And now you have betrayed yourself.

It's time
For sex
With strangers.
It's time
For sex
With strangers.
It's time
For sex
With strangers -
Time for sex with someone else.

She wants to run away and hide
Nothing you can do will save her
She thought she knew you.
Knew how much you felt.

But now
It's sex
With strangers.
Now
It's sex
With strangers.
But now
It's sex
With strangers -
Time for sex with someone else.

But now
It's sex
With strangers
Now
It's sex
With strangers.
But now
It's sex
With strangers -
Now it's time for sex with someone else.

 

[fox69]

"She"

"She"


She lives alone with no one
Who can see she's unhappy.
She knows what she lost,
Still she is waiting for more.

She could be living in hell
And not know someone loves her.
What can she do,
What is she waiting for?

The day turns to night
He just can't find the right words to tell her
Twisting and turning and looking for
Something to say.

If you would let me hold you

I wouldn't walk away
That's what he wants,
That's what he wants to say.

What can she lose,
What is she waiting for?

He knows when she cries
And he saw through the lies that she told him.
She's dreaming and planning
Of how she could ask him to stay.

If you would let me love you,
I wouldn't be the same.
Please can we try,
Please can we try again?

 

[fox69]

"She Moved Thu' The Fair"

"She Moved Thu' The Fair"


My young love said to me, "my brothers won't mind
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind."
Then she turned her face to me and this she did say:
"it will not be long, love, till our wedding day."

She turned away from me and moved thru' the fair
And I watched her so swiftly move here and move there.

Then she turned away homeward with one star awake
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake.

Last night, I did dream that my dead love come in.
So softly she entered that her feet made no din,
Then she turned her head to me and this she did say:
"it will not be long, love, till our wedding day."

 

[fox69]

"She's Got A Problem"

"She's Got A Problem"


In the end will it matter that you've gone?
In the end will I go on minding that you've gone?
Will the night always seem so long,
Is it really darkest before dawn?
Will I see whiskey as a mother in the end?

In the end will I smash my brains with drinking
Till I fall down on the floor,
Will I hiccup and jabber,
Saying things I never meant?
Will I kiss and cry and wake to find
A sordid stranger by my bed?
Will the world shake its sensible head
And say the words that have to be said:
"she's got a problem."

Every problem has a solution in the end
And solutions must be final
For help gets so unhelpful near the end.

When I take my last ride
Down the big dipper slide,
Will I care, will it matter
If the world should say:
"she had a problem."

She had a problem.
She had a problem.

In the end will it matter that you've gone?
In the end will I go on minding that you've gone?
Will the night always seem so long,
Is it really darkest before dawn?
Will I see whiskey as a mother
In the end?

 

[fox69]

"Sign Of Judgement"

"Sign Of Judgement"


Yes, sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

Yes, sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

I don't like old satan
None of his tempting charms.
Cheat you at your jesus now
And roll you in his arms.

I said yes, sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

I don't like old satan,

Nothing he say or do.
Tell one lie to hurt us all,
Then two to make it true.

Yes, the sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

I said yes, the sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

Yes, the sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement, yes
Sign of judgement time ain't long.

 

[fox69]

"Sing Me Back Home"

"Sing Me Back Home"


The warden led a prisoner
Down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say good-bye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden
Just before he reached my cell
'Let my guitar playing friend do my request.'
(Let him...)

Sing me back home with a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Oh please take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die

I remember Sunday morning
A choir from on the streets
They came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers
'There's a song my mama sang.
Won't you sing it once before I move along?'

Won't you sing me back home
With a song I used to hear
Make my old memories come alive
Please take me away and turn back the years
Sing Me Back Home before I die

Won't you sing me back home before I die

 

[fox69]

"Sister Morphine"

"Sister Morphine"


Here I lie in my hospital bed,
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again.
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long,
Oh, you see I'm not that strong.

The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ears.
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?
Oh, I can't crawl across the floor.
Can't you see, sister morphine, I'm just trying to score.

Well, it just goes to show things are not what they seem.
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast
And that this shot will be my last.

Sweet cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head.
Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up my bed
For you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead,
And you can sit around and you can watch the clean white sheets stain red.

 

[fox69]

"Sister Morphine (Version 1)"

"Sister Morphine (Version 1)"


Here I lie in my hospital bed,
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again.
Oh, and I don't think I can wait that long
Oh, you see that my pain is so strong.

All the other patients say they've never seen a man with such pain,
Tell me, sister morphine, when are you coming round again?
Oh, I don't think I can wait that long,
Oh, you see that I'm not that strong.

The scream of the ambulance is sounding in my ear.
Tell me, sister morphine, how long have I been lying here?
What am I doing in this place?
Why does the doctor have no face?

Oh, I can't crawl across the floor.
Can't you see, sister morphine, just trying to score.

Well, it just goes to show things are not what they seem.
Please, sister morphine, turn my nightmare into dreams.
Oh, can't you see I'm fading fast
And that this shot will be the last.

Please, cousin cocaine, lay your cool hands on my head.
Hey, sister morphine, you'd better make up the lyin' bed
'cause you know and I know in the morning I'll be dead,
And you can sit around and watch all the clean white sheets stain red.

 

[fox69]

"Sleep"

"Sleep"


It is safe to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
And to seek life under stones
In a place water flows.

It is best to find in sleep
The missing pieces that you lost
Best that you refuse to weep
Ash to ash, dust to dust.

It is strange to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
Strange to shelter under stones
In a place water flows.

It is safe to walk with me

Where you can read the sky and stars,
Safe to walk upon the sea
In my sleep we can go far.

It is safe to sleep alone
In a place no one knows
And to shelter under stones
In a place water flows.

It is strange to sleep alone
In a place no one goes,
Strange to seek life under stones.
In my sleep no one knows.