Marianne Faithfull

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"The Way You Want Me To Be"

"The Way You Want Me To Be"


I wish I could dance like fontaine,
Floating along on a breeze,
But when you come home
And I get you alone
I wish that I could put you at ease.

I wish I could sing you a love song,
Sing about the silvery moon,
But the things that you say
When I think it's ok
Always seem to sing out of tune.

Oh, I'm not the way
That you want me to be,
No, it's not like me,
No, it's not like me.

You say I should dress like a lady,
Read all the best magazines,
But the people in there

And the clothes that they wear,
Take it from the girl of your dreams.

You wish I could be a show-piece
Something to show all your friends
Is it true what they say,
That I get in your way?
Is this about the place that it ends?

I'm not the way
That you want me to be,
No, it's not like me,
No, it's not like me.

I wish I could dance like fontaine,
Floating along on the breeze
And when you come home
And I get you alone
I wish that I could put you at ease.

 

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"The Wedding"

"The Wedding"


"when you marry you will change,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when I marry I will change you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were happy.
They were happy for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when I marry I will be you,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when you marry you'll be someone,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and were someone.
They were someone for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when you leave me you'll be sorry,"
Said the woman to the man.
"when you leave me I will haunt you,"
Said the woman to the man.
So he left her and was haunted.
They were haunted for a time,
Still they thought about each other
All the time.

"when I left him I was happy,"
Said the woman to the child.
"when I left him I was happy,"
Said the woman to her child.
So I left him and was happy,
I was happy with his child.

"you won't know him when you meet him,"
Said the woman to the child.
"you won't know him if you meet him,"

Said the woman to the child.
But he met him and said, "father,
You were father for a time,
I just wondered who you were in my mind."

"well, I told you he's your father,"
Said the woman to the child.
"well, I knew it, you would love him,"
Said the woman to her child.
And I loved him and I loved him
And was happy with our child.
What was it that made you
Treat us so unkind?

"what's the problem, why 're you crying?"
Said the woman to the man.
"he's your father, he's your father,"
Said the woman to her son.
"he's the problem, he's my father,
He was father for a time."

"when I die I'll be with him,"
Said the woman to her son.
"when I die you'll forgive me,"
Said the woman to the man.
So she did and was buried,
Buried with him for all time.

"when I love you we will marry,"
Said the woman to the man,
"and our children will have children,"
Said the woman to the man.
So they married and had children,
They had children for all time.

 

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"There Is A Ghost"

"There Is A Ghost"


There is a ghost
And it goes out
On the land
On the land
It's lifted up
It feels and flows
On many hands
On many hands

Oh, my lover
Oh, my lover
Never was there another
Where has my loverman
Gone

There is a dream
You've had before
And forgot many times
So many times

When you remember who I am
Just call
When you remember who I am
Just call
When you remember who I am
Just call
When you remember who I am

There is a tree
Its leaves have gone
For what it seem
It stands alone

Oh, my lover
Oh, my lover
Gonna, gonna find another
Where has my loverman
Gone

Away
Away
Across the land
Across the land
Across the land

 

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"They Never Will Leave You"

"They Never Will Leave You"


They never will leave you
The pain and the sorrow
Of love that one day maybe
You will learn

Can only be shared by you
And how much I yearn
The days that we once knew
Will never return.

They never will leave
The rain and the storms
The snow and the winds
That guide you depart.

They took you far away
Right out of my life.
They condemned us and

They'd stolen my heart.

They never will leave you,
My hopes or my memories.
I've lost all my loving,
Got nowhere to turn.

My happiness with you
Has drowned in my tears,
The tears that will fall until
The day you return.

The tears that will fall until
The day you return.
The tears that will fall until
The day you return.

 

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"This Little Bird"

"This Little Bird"


There's a little bird that somebody sends
Down to the earth to live on the wind.
Born on the wind and he sleeps on the wind
This little bird that somebody sends.

He's light and fragile and feathered sky blue,
So thin and graceful the sun shines through.
This little bird who lives on the wind,

This little bird that somebody sends.

He flies so high up in the sky
Out of reach of human eye.
And the only time that he touches the ground
Is when that little bird
Is when that little bird
Is when that little bird dies.

 

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"This Time"

"This Time"


This time
If you want me to come back
It's up to you,
But remember
I want a lot other things you used to do
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line.
This time will be the last time.

This time
If I should feel unwanted
I won't stay.
Each tomorrow
Will depend on the love you give today.
It's all up to you to stand by.
This time will be the last time.

If this time should be

Anything like the other time
This time will be the last time.

This time
If you want me to come back
It's up to you,
But remember
I want a lot of things you used to do.
You're gonna have to toe the mark and walk the line.
This time will be the last time.

If this time should be
Anything like the other time
This time will be the last time.

 

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"Time Takes Time"

"Time Takes Time"


The wind laughs and the world cries,
And I don't care anymore.
I can only hear the sound of my head,
And the soft sea roar.
For the wind laughs and the world cries
And I shall laugh with the wind.

Today will end when the sun will rise
When I shall laugh to your blind eyes.
The world can break
And time takes time to realise.
For the wind laughs, the world cries

And I shall laugh with the wind.

I shall laugh like a child in the wind and change
As love for me has always been strange.

The wind laughs and the world cries,
But I don't care anymore.
I can only hear the sound of my head,
And the soft sea roar.
For the wind laughs and the world cries
And I shall laugh with the wind.

 

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"Times Square"

"Times Square"


In a tired part of the city
Hiding from the fast talk
Watch 'don't walk' to 'walk'
Easy when you're dreaming
Staring at the movies
Standing in a circle,
Laughing at the wrong time.

If alcohol could take me there.
I'd take a shot a minute
And be there by the hour.

Take a walk around times square
With a pistol in my suitcase
And my eyes on the tv.

In a car taking a back seat
Staring out the window
Thinking about danger.
Playing in a wrong world
Fighting? but I'm not free.
Talking on the telephone

Talking about you and me.

If jesus christ could take me here
I'd fall dawn on my knees,
Have no questions to his answers.

Take a walk around times square
With a pistol in my suitcase
And my eyes on the tv.

Alcohol could take me there.
I'd take a shot a minute
And be there by the hour.

Take a walk around times square
With a pistol in my suitcase
And my eyes on the tv.

And if I die gaining my senses
Wake up in a hotel
Staring at the ceiling.

 

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"Tomorrow's Calling"

"Tomorrow's Calling"


Tomorrow's calling with promises new
I hear the echo of yesterday's blue.

Silver patterns of porcelain rose
Cobwebs of filley green.
Where I get them from nobody knows,
No one but you can see.

All the treasures of time will be there,
Take them away, they're free.
The finest thing is a love that we'll share
If you will follow me.

If I were foolish I'd promise the sky.
But I must not let my hopes run too high.

And I wonder when all's said and done
What will the future be?

All I know is that you are the one
If you will follow me.

If you will follow me.
If you will follow me.

And I wonder when all is said and done
What will the future be?
All I know is that you are the one
If you will follow me,
If you will follow me,
If you will follow me.

Tomorrow's calling with promises new
I hear the echo of yesterday's blue.

I hear the echo of yesterday's blue.
I hear the echo of yesterday's blue.

 

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"Tower Of Song"

"Tower Of Song"


Well my friends have gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play
And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on
I'm just paying my rent every day
In the tower of song.

I said to hank williams: how lonely does it get?
Hank williams hasn't answered yet
But I can hear him coughing all night long
About a hundred floors above me
In the tower of song.

I was born like this, I had no choice
I was born with the gift of a golden voice
And twenty-seven angels from the great beyond
They just tied me to this table right here
In the tower of song.

Well you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll
I'm very sorry, baby, doesn't look like me at all
I'm standing near the window where the light is strong

Oh they don't let a woman kill you
Not in the tower of song.

I see you standing on the other side
I don't know how the river got so wide
I loved you baby, way back when
And all the bridges are burning that we might have crossed
But I feel so close to everything that we lost
We'll never , we'll never have to lose it again.

Well I bid you farewell, I don't know when I'll be back
They're moving us tomorrow to that tower down the track
But you'll be hearing from me baby, long after I'm gone
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window
In the tower of song.
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window
In the tower of song.
I'll be speaking to you sweetly from a window
In the tower of song.