Marianne Faithfull

[fox69]

"As Tears Go By"

"As Tears Go By"


It is the evening of the day,
I sit and watch the children play.
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

My riches can't buy everything,
I want to hear the children sing.
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

It is the evening of the day,

I sit and watch the children play.
Doing things I used to do
They think are new,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm
Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm...

 

[fox69]

"As Tears Go By (Version 2)"

"As Tears Go By (Version 2)"


It is the evening of the day,
I sit and watch the children play.
Smiling faces I can see
But not for me,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

My riches can't buy everything,
I want to hear the children sing.
All I hear is the sound
Of rain falling on the ground,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

It is the evening of the day,
I sit and watch the children play.
Doing things I used to do
They think are new,
I sit and watch as tears go by.

La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.

 

[fox69]

"Ashes In My Hand"

"Ashes In My Hand"


It took a long time coming
That big over the shoulder statement
But when it came? it flowed easy as poison
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair.

Remember to write often
In case you have something to tell me,
But please don't mention the unexpected guest
Staring into empty eyes
Staring into empty eyes
Staring into empty eyes
Staring into empty eyes.

A long lost confidence and pride
Come ringing back, come ringing back
To have the shadow back again
And happiness that feels like pain.

Then you left us
To see if you could find it
And when you came back? it flowed easy as poison
It flowed easy as poison
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair
Taken in extreme despair.

A long lost confidence and pride
Come ringing back, come ringing back
To have the shadow back again
And happiness that feels like pain
And happiness that feels like pain
And happiness that feels like pain.

Happiness that feels like pain.
Happiness that feels like pain.

 

[fox69]

"Back In Baby's Arms"

"Back In Baby's Arms"


I'm back in baby's arms how I've missed those lovin' arms
I'm back where I belong back in baby's arms

Don't know why we quarrel we never did before
Since we found out how it hurts I bet we never quarrel anymore
I'm back in baby's arms...

[Guitar]

Thought I didn't need his love till it took away
Now I'm back where I belong in my baby's arms I'm gonna stay
I'm back in baby's arms...
Back in baby's arms back in baby's arms

 

[fox69]

"Before The Poison"

"Before The Poison"


Before the Poison, I wasn't down
If you'd been there, If you'd been around
I couldn't hear, Couldn't hear a sound
I was floating, above the ground

Before the poison, I'd lost my fear
Maybe too happy to even care
Safe in my dream, couldn't see the fog
Comin on, coming from nowhere
My name to call

No more to say, nothin's comin' my way
No you, no me, no more, how can it be
Nowhere to run, out of nowhere poison
They sense the end
What's left for you, my friend

Before the poison, I'd laugh out loud
I'd see your face, in any crowd
But speak softly, without fear
Hold on to me, hold me near

Ooooooooooohh
Oooooooooohhh
Ooooooooooohh

No more to say, nothin's comin' my way
No you no me, no more, how can it be
Nowhere to run, out of nowhere poison
They sense the end
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you, my friend
What's left for you

 

[fox69]

"Bells Of Freedom"

"Bells Of Freedom"


Way across the deep blue ocean
Way above the mountain so high
People sing and loitering's freely
Songs of joy reach up to the sky.

In this time of worry and confusion
In this world of trouble and pain
We're so many and the road is so weary,
How many people can tell you my name?

Bells of freedom ring
Bells of freedom ring.

Come friends and people from every corner,

People, come from everywhere.
Let the bells of freedom ring loudly,
Ring for those who know and care.

Bells of freedom ring
Bells of freedom ring.

Way across the deep blue ocean
Way above the mountain so high
People sing and loitering's freely
Songs of joy reach up to the sky.

Bells of freedom ring
Bells of freedom ring for us.

 

[fox69]

"Beware Of Darkness"

"Beware Of Darkness"


Watch out now, take care,
Beware of falling swingers
Dropping all around you
The pain that often mingles
In your fingertips.
Beware of darkness.

Watch out now, take care,
Beware the thoughts that linger
Winding up inside your head
The hopelessness around you
In the dead of night.
Beware of sadness.

It can hit you
It can hurt you
Make you sore
And what is more,
That is not what

You are here for.

Watch out now, take care,
Beware of soft shoe shufflers
Dancing down the sidewalks
As each unconscious sufferer
Wanders aimlessly,
Beware of maya.

Watch out now, take care,
Beware of greedy leaders.
They'll take you where you should not go,
While weeping atlas cedars,
They just want to grow, grow and grow.
Beware of darkness.

 

[fox69]

"Bilbao Song"

"Bilbao Song"


Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao,
Was the most fantastic place I've ever known.
For just a dollar you'd get all you wanted,
All you wanted, all you wanted
Of whatever kind of joy you called your own.
But if you had been around to see the fun
Well I don't know you might not like what you'd've seen;
The stools at the bar were damp with rye,
On the dancefloor the grass grew high,
Through the roof the moon was shining green
And the music really gave you some return on what you paid.
Hey joe, play that old song they always played.

That ol' Bilbao
Down where we used to go
Who remembers the words...
It's so long ago.
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief but
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
Beyond belief.

Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao,
Came a day the end of may in 1908
Four guys from bristol came with sacks of coal dust,
Sacks of coal dust, sacks of coal dust
And the time they showed us all was really great.
But if you had been around to see the fun,
Well I don't know you might not like what you'd've seen;
The brandy bottles smashing through the air
And the chairs flying everywhere,
Through the roof the moon's still shining green
And those fog eyes all going crazy with their pistols blazing high,
"think you can stop 'em? go ahead and try!"

That ol' Bilbao
Down where we used to go
Da da da da da da...
Who remembers the words?
That ol' Bilbao
Casting its golden glow,
That ol' Bilbao
Love never laid me low
That ol' Bilbao
Why does it haunt me so?
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief but
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
Beyond belief.

Bill's beer hall in Bilbao, Bilbao, Bilbao,
Now they've cleaned it up and made it middle class
With potted palms and aspree
Very bourgeois, very bourgeois
Just another place to put your ass,
But if you could come around to see the fun
Well, I don't know, you might not find it such a strain,
Ha, they've cleaned up all the booze and broken glass,
On parquet floors you can't grow grass,
They've shut the green moon out because of rain
And the music makes you cringe now when you think of what you paid.
Hey joe, play that ol' song they always played;

That ol' Bilbao
Down where we used to go
That ol' Bilbao
Casting its golden glow
That ol' Bilbao moon
Love never laid me low
That ol' Bilbao
Why does it haunt me so?
I don't know if it would have brought you joy or grief but
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
It was fantastic
Beyond belief.
So long ago.

 

[fox69]

"Black Coffee"

"Black Coffee"


I'm feeling mighty lonesome
Haven't slept a wink
I walk the floor and watch the door
And in between I drink
Black coffee
Love's a hand me down brew
I'll never know a Sunday
In this weekday room

I'm talking to the shadows
From 1 o'clock til 4
And lord, how slow the moments go
When all I do is pour
Black coffee
Since the blues caught my eye
I'm hanging out on Monday
My Sunday dreams to dry

Now a man is born to go a lovin'
A woman's born to weep and fret
To stay at home and tend her oven
And drown her past regrets
In coffee and cigarettes

I'm moaning all the morning
And mourning all the night
And in between it's nicotine
And not much heart to fight
Black coffee
Feelin' low as the ground
It's driving me crazy just waiting for my baby
To maybe come around... around
I'm waiting for my baby
To maybe come around

My nerves have gone to pieces
My hair is turning gray
All I do is drink black coffee
Since my man's gone away

 

[fox69]

"Black Girl"

"Black Girl"


Black girl, black girl, don't you lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shivered the whole night long.

Tell me where did you get that pretty little dress
And those shoes that you wear so fine?

I got my dress from a railroad man
And my shoes from a driver deep in the mine.

Black girl, black girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night?
In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun never shines
And I shivered the whole night long.