1. |
Bravo
03:48
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BRAVO
w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007
My Attitude Is gratitude
And here's the reason why:
Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky
But now my eyes are open
And I can finally see
And life's become so precious to me
(bridge)
The burning fire that I've been thru
has made me who I am
So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!"
I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn
Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo"
(instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge)
Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile
Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile
Opened up, I fill my cup
Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am"
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Bravo....Bravo... Bravo.
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2. |
The Great Secret
03:54
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The Great Secret
God was full of Wine last night, so very full of wine
that He let a great secret slip...A great, important secret slip
(He was so very full of wine)
And He said:
"There is no one on earth
Who needs a pardon from Me -
For there is really no such thing,
I say that there is no such thing
For there is really no such thing...
As Sin!"
(bridge)
The Beloved, he has gone completely wild~!!
He has poured Himself into me!
I am blissful, drunk and overflowing...
Ah!
Bring all your bottles of wine... to this table Divine!
The Earth we share, and if your cellar is bare
The whole Universe
Can drink forever from mine...!
(Instrumental)
There is no man on this earth
who needs a pardon from me
For there is really no such thing
I said that there is no such thing
For there is really no such thing...
as Sin...
"For there is no such thing ...as... Sin."
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3. |
My Lover Has Many Faces
03:40
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My Lover Has Many Faces
My Lover is so mean to me...
My lover is a saint
He's straighter than an arrow
He's hip and likes to paint
and when he starts to loving me
he almost makes me faint!
My Lover Has Many Faces
My lover is a Russian Jew
A German architect
a curly, red-haired Scotsman
with a mole upon his neck
His skin was nearly ebony
the last time that I checked!
My Lover Has Many Faces.
Well, they have a name for girls like me
Yes it starts with "s" and ends with "t'
Another hint: It rhymes with "butt"
I'm in a kind of deer-like rut!
My lover is a scientist
He lectures on James Joyce
A piano player, a chauffeur
who drives a big Rolls Royce
I love these men, ah but last week
a woman was my choice!
My Lover Has Many Faces
Well, like Willie Nelson sang before
"Here's to those who've traveled thru my door"
Another toast (and this is sweet)
"Here's to the face I've yet to meet!"
In my imaginary wallet
(by my imaginary glove)
There's a composite photograph
of all the ones I love
It's wild! It's prismatic! and
It's you I just thought of...!
My Lover Has Many Faces...yeah. (chortle)
Words and Music by Suzy Williams c 2017
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Scenes from the Movie of Our Love by Suzy Williams
A
The California Cliffs
Ornette's riffs
The shirt I'm fondest of
The ring we bought in Deadwood, South Dakota
The Runyan Canyon rain, Lemon Lane
Twin Palms swaying above
Scenes from the Movie of Our Love
A
The big folk-art windmills, the sandy hills
The barn, the mourning dove
The soundtrack that we played by Nina Rota
The wild laughing sprees, the redwood trees
The zinnia and fox-glove
All Scenes from the Movie of Our Love...
B (bridge)
I have a giant screen
and a projector in my mind
These technicolor scenes
I show them all the time...
A
And when I need a lift
My thoughts drift
to all of the above
I'm running Scenes from the Movie of Our Love
(Solo, repeat bridge and last A)
coda:
The technicolor... Cinerama... Million Dollar.... ZeffIrelli...
Oscar-winning... Movie of Our Love.
++++++++++
Get Your Own Bad Habits by Suzy Williams
I went out dumpster divin'
For a good hat and a chair
but at my favorite dumpster
Your feets were in the air!
(Chorus)
Get your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)-response
Your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)
Get Your Own Bad Habits
And don't be glombin' on mine!
I pick up coarse expressions
From the north, east, west and south
No sooner do I use them
Then they comin' out your mouth!
(chorus)
I didn't mind so much when
You picked up my brand of beer
But oh i hate to see you
swingin' on my chandelier!
(chorus)
I walked into my bathroom
saw your annoying grin
sitting and relaxing
in my homemade bathtub gin!
(chorus)
With a salt shaker I can be
Liberal to a fault
But oh it makes me sick
To watch you put some food upon your salt!
(chorus)
I love my troglodytion
A computer I won't touch
But your pony express snail mail
Is really all too much!
I like to eat nasturtiums
and mushrooms off the lawn
But when I went out this morning
all that good stuff was GONE!!
(chorus)
I love my catterwaulin'
To me it just makes sense
But this town can't handle
Two calves bellerin' on a fence!
(chorus)
I'm proud my songwriting
That's why I think it's mean
That your latest song title is
"Get your own dubious routine"!
(chorus)
Don't Let's Start
by Suzy Williams ( copyright 2018)
(spoken)
"My dear, it seems we have come to a crossroads"...
(verse)
Let's just not and say we did
Not be so quick to feed our id
I don't have time to flip my lid
Please, baby pleeeease??
(verse)
Don't Let's Start
You know it's going to be messy
undignified and un-dressy
Don't Let's Start
Don't Let's Start
We'll be behaving so oddly
Exchanging fluids quite bodily!
Don't Lets Start!
(bridge)
All that falling on the floor
On the counter, 'gainst the door
After that, we'll both be sore!
Don't Let's Start!
Don't Lets Start
It's just gonna get corny
While that phase is so horny!
Don't Let's Start!!
(two verses instrumental, then back to bridge:)
All those hearts and valentines
The "i am yours and you are mines"
When we're apart, we'll whine and pine
No!! Don't Lets Start!!
Don't Let's Start
We'll get too sentimental
gooey and overly gentle
Don't Lets Start!
(start to slow down, just a little next A, then more and more rubato til end)
Don't Let's Start!
We'll go way past fraternal
I'm afraid it might get eternal
DLS, DLS
Because this might last forever
We'll never say "Never say never"
Don't Let's Start
and lookout, when we're old and grey
in each other's face all day
to care and keep the blues away
Oh God, PLEASE!
Don't Let's Start!
BRAVO
w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007
My Attitude Is gratitude
And here's the reason why:
Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky
But now my eyes are open
And I can finally see
And life's become so precious to me
(bridge)
The burning fire that I've been thru
has made me who I am
So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!"
I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn
Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo"
(instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge)
Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile
Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile
Opened up, I fill my cup
Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am"
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Bravo....Bravo... Bravo.
The Suicide Tree c. 2016 by Suzy Williams
I know this tree
I call it my Suicide Tree
It grows in my neighbor's garden
This crazy tree
I bears such beautiful fruit
Ah, but her bounty is her burden
For then, her branches crack
She breaks her very back
It seems she's trying to die by giving!
I know this race
I call it my suicide race
It's racing towards its ending
This crazy race
It blights the beautiful face
of the earth, which so needs mending
Depletion, devastation on lands and seas
Our population is a disease
We seal our fate the way we're living!
(bridge)
Can't we just slow down
and have one kid or less
It could be so simple
to get out of the mess...
(full chorus instrumental)
I know this...tree.
Everyone Dies by Suzy Williams c. 2011
Everyone Dies
Yes, Everyone Dies
We all oughta that we all gotta go
Ah, but here is what gives:
Not everyone lives.
Some live so small
They give nothing at all
But some give too much and they start to lose touch
And they lose all their pride
and shrivel inside.
(bridge)
But you have lived so large, so deep, so beautiful
You've savored all the luck that's come your way
You made it all so bountiful, not dutiful
and held so many in your charming sway
Yes, baby
Everyone Dies
That's right, Everyone dies
It's all of our fate, but before it's too late
Let it be no surprise
That this is what gives:
Not...everyone...lives.
My Lover Has Many Faces by Suzy Williams c 2015
My lover is so mean to me
My lover is a saint
He's straighter than an arrow
He's hip and likes to paint
And when he starts to loving me
he almost makes me faint!
My Lover Has Many Faces
My Lover is a Russian Jew
A german architect
A curly, red-haired Scotchman
with a mole upon his neck
His skin was nearly ebony
the last time that I checked
My Lover Has Many Faces
(bridge)
Well, they have a name for girls like me
Yes it starts with "s" and ends with "t"
Another hint: It rhymes with "butt"
I'm in a kind of deer-like rut!
My Lover is a scientist
He lectures on James Joyce
A piano player, a chauffeur
who drives a big Rolls Royce
I love these men, ah but last week
A woman was my choice
My Lover Has Many Faces
( 2nd bridge0
Oh, like Willie Nelson sang before
Here's to those who've traveled thru my door
Another toast...(and this is sweet!)
Here's to the face I've yet to meet!
In my imaginary wallet
(by my imaginary glove)
There's a composite photograph
of all the ones I love
It's wild, it's prismatic
and it's you I just thought of!
My Lover Has Many Faces (3x)
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4. |
Comprendo Compadre
03:45
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Comprendo Compadre
by Suzy Williams c 2012
Seems I always see you joking
Laughing ,winking, drinking, smoking
Cutting up... wild, to beat the band
But behind that wall of flirting
is a guy i know is hurting
And I'm here to say I understand
(chorus)
Comprendo Compadre
Compriendo, Companero
Comprendo Compadre
Yo seo y veo
Tu alma que fue lastimada
y el camino triste caminada
Como que siento tu dolor!
Life is complex and uncertain
The Muses raise and close the curtain
And I see the troubles in your heart
Understand that while you're in it
I'm aware that every minute
You take on the battle with an Art!!
(repeat chorus 2x)
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5. |
Goin' To The Desert
02:30
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Goin' to the Desert by Suzy Williams c 2016
I'm Goin' to the Desert
There's something I must find
I'm Goin' to the Desert
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Find my heart
Find my heart
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
And find my heart
I'm goin' to the forest
I've got to make a start
I'm goin' to redwood forest
Find my heart
Find my heart
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Find my heart
Find my heart...
And lose my mind
(bridge)
Got to get me gone and I have got to make it soon
Got to do some hight and holy howlin' at the moon
Did I lose my baby?
Is this a bad dream?
Got to wash my soul clean in a mountain stream!!
I'm goin' to the mountain
As high as I can climb
I'm goin' to the top o' the mountain
Lose my mind
Lose my mind
Find my heart
Find my heart
Lose my mind
Lose my mind....
And find my heart!
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6. |
San Petersburgo
03:04
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San Petersburgo by Silvio Rodriguez (Insp. by conversation w.Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Sobre algún puente del delta del Neva,
la noche blanca cautiva y revela
cada suspiro de Elena.
Sobre algun puente Elena sonaba
Y en el oscuro temblar de las aguas
Una Ciguena volaba
"Que hacen las aves
cuando no saben
la direccion del sur?"
Buscando estio
Surcan el frio
en alas de albur
Sobre algun puente,bordado de historias
Abandonada, lloraba la novia
su blanca noche, sin gloria
San Petersburgo by Silvio Rodrigues
English rendering by Suzy Williams
Saint Petersburg
On a bridge over the Delta de Neva
The white-colored night captures and reveals
Every sigh of Elena
On that bridge, Elena dreams
and in the trembling dark waters
a lone stork is flying...
"What happens to the birds
when they don't remember the direction of the south?"
Looking for summer, succumbing to the cold,
on their wings of pure chance.
On the bridge, embroidered in stories and memory
Abandoned, she cries out!
...This white night, with no glory at all.
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7. |
How I Love This Tango
05:09
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How I Love This Tango by Kristina Olsen
My left arm encircles your neck
I smell a hint of laundry soap mixed with sweat
No one's made a stronger aphrodisiac yet
How I love this tango
A milangro's up on the band's charts
I feel the quickening of your heart
A growl from the bass, we're off to a running start
How I love this tango
Under the southern cross Nothing wagered is something lost
Your foot slips between mine I know the bones of your spine
I know the way that you feel When your shin discovers my heel
A little caress...
Then a kick
Facing our hands our cheeks they almost touch
You shaved today, I know so much
The heat of your face gives me an anguished blush
How I love this tango
Like shadows dancers pass us by so nearly
The glint of their skin is all I can see
But no other dancer can satisfy me
How I love this tango
Late nights and empty rooms
Daylight always comes too soon
But it's beautiful to see Your eyes so clearly
A taxi on the street We say 'Vamos a hotel señor', porfavor,
Y Cuando estamos entre medio de las sábanas
How I love this tango
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8. |
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Our Sunday Outing in the Mountains
On the way to Tuna Canyon
Some discussion of my driving skills
And she finally took the wheel
Neal Cassidy I am not
Gentle Jesus meek and mild
She is not
To swim in the stream
which was only three inches deep
We simply... became...very small.
At the top of the stream great brown boulders
Shouldered in around us
Purring like tigers
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9. |
Alguien
03:16
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Alguien Le Dice al Tango
w: Luis Borges m: Astor Piazzolla
Tango que he visto bailar
contra un ocaso amarillo
por quienes eran capaces
de otro baile, el del cuchillo.
Tango de aquel Maldonado
con menos agua que barro,
tango silbado al pasar
desde el pescante del carro.
Despreocupado y zafado,
siempre mirabas de frente.
Tango que fuiste la dicha
de ser hombre y ser valiente.
Tango que fuiste feliz,
como yo también lo he sido,
según me cuenta el recuerdo;
el recuerdo fue el olvido.
Desde ese ayer, ¡cuántas cosas
a los dos nos han pasado!
Las partidas y el pesar
de amar y no ser amado.
Yo habré muerto y seguirás
orillando nuestra vida.
Buenos Aires no te olvida,
tango que fuiste y serás.
Speaking of the Tango
by Jorge Luis Borges (English translation)
I have seen the Tango danced against a yellow sky
By those who are capable of that other dance..
The dance of the knife, the switchblade.
The dance more mud than water
One that is like a wolf whistle from a passing car
Flippant and carefree, always looking straight ahead
The one that recalls your valor
The one that that made you happy
The one I remember...
Memory... then I no longer remember
Since that time,
How many things have happened to us!
All the games, and the grief
Of loving and of not being loved
When I die
I will fly over our lives
Buenas Aires... I will not forget you
The Tango that was...and ever will be.
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10. |
The Suicide Tree
03:35
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The Suicide Tree
I know this tree..
I call it my Suicide Tree
It grows...in my neighbor's garden
This krazy tree
It bears such beautiful fruit
But her bounty is her burden
For then, her branches crack
She breaks her very back
It' seems she's tryin' to die by giving!
I know this race
I call it my suicide race
It's racing towards its ending.
This krazy race
It blights the beautiful face
of the Earth, which so needs mending.
Depletion, devastation on lands and seas...
Our population is a disease
We seal our fate the way we're living!
Can't we just slow down
and have one kid or less
It would be so simple
to get out of this mess...
(barbed-wire solo)
I know this...tree.
Words and Music by Suzy Williams c2017
Your infinity focus
is some wild hocus-pocus.
It captured my heart
Your unique pixelations
are a fine concentration
of humor and art
This house of mirrors
perspective's new
and it's thrilling me
You have a video feedback
all your own
Your nouveau-gothic POV
is killing me and
Your magic lantern insight's
my new zone!
Yet, like a hand puppet shadow
your curious chiaroscuro
eclipses my mind
Your infinity focus
is some wild hocus-pocus
A toy mastermind
One of a kind
Oh what a find
Dig...
Infinity...
Focus.
++++++++++
Scenes from the Movie of Our Love by Suzy Williams
A
The California Cliffs
Ornette's riffs
The shirt I'm fondest of
The ring we bought in Deadwood, South Dakota
The Runyan Canyon rain, Lemon Lane
Twin Palms swaying above
Scenes from the Movie of Our Love
A
The big folk-art windmills, the sandy hills
The barn, the mourning dove
The soundtrack that we played by Nina Rota
The wild laughing sprees, the redwood trees
The zinnia and fox-glove
All Scenes from the Movie of Our Love...
B (bridge)
I have a giant screen
and a projector in my mind
These technicolor scenes
I show them all the time...
A
And when I need a lift
My thoughts drift
to all of the above
I'm running Scenes from the Movie of Our Love
(Solo, repeat bridge and last A)
coda:
The technicolor... Cinerama... Million Dollar.... ZeffIrelli...
Oscar-winning... Movie of Our Love.
++++++++++
Get Your Own Bad Habits by Suzy Williams
I went out dumpster divin'
For a good hat and a chair
but at my favorite dumpster
Your feets were in the air!
(Chorus)
Get your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)-response
Your own bad habits
(Your own bad habits)
Get Your Own Bad Habits
And don't be glombin' on mine!
I pick up coarse expressions
From the north, east, west and south
No sooner do I use them
Then they comin' out your mouth!
(chorus)
I didn't mind so much when
You picked up my brand of beer
But oh i hate to see you
swingin' on my chandelier!
(chorus)
I walked into my bathroom
saw your annoying grin
sitting and relaxing
in my homemade bathtub gin!
(chorus)
With a salt shaker I can be
Liberal to a fault
But oh it makes me sick
To watch you put some food upon your salt!
(chorus)
I love my troglodytion
A computer I won't touch
But your pony express snail mail
Is really all too much!
I like to eat nasturtiums
and mushrooms off the lawn
But when I went out this morning
all that good stuff was GONE!!
(chorus)
I love my catterwaulin'
To me it just makes sense
But this town can't handle
Two calves bellerin' on a fence!
(chorus)
I'm proud my songwriting
That's why I think it's mean
That your latest song title is
"Get your own dubious routine"!
(chorus)
Don't Let's Start
by Suzy Williams ( copyright 2018)
(spoken)
"My dear, it seems we have come to a crossroads"...
(verse)
Let's just not and say we did
Not be so quick to feed our id
I don't have time to flip my lid
Please, baby pleeeease??
(verse)
Don't Let's Start
You know it's going to be messy
undignified and un-dressy
Don't Let's Start
Don't Let's Start
We'll be behaving so oddly
Exchanging fluids quite bodily!
Don't Lets Start!
(bridge)
All that falling on the floor
On the counter, 'gainst the door
After that, we'll both be sore!
Don't Let's Start!
Don't Lets Start
It's just gonna get corny
While that phase is so horny!
Don't Let's Start!!
(two verses instrumental, then back to bridge:)
All those hearts and valentines
The "i am yours and you are mines"
When we're apart, we'll whine and pine
No!! Don't Lets Start!!
Don't Let's Start
We'll get too sentimental
gooey and overly gentle
Don't Lets Start!
(start to slow down, just a little next A, then more and more rubato til end)
Don't Let's Start!
We'll go way past fraternal
I'm afraid it might get eternal
DLS, DLS
Because this might last forever
We'll never say "Never say never"
Don't Let's Start
and lookout, when we're old and grey
in each other's face all day
to care and keep the blues away
Oh God, PLEASE!
Don't Let's Start!
BRAVO
w: Suzy Williams m: Suzy Williams and Harry Delighter c 2007
My Attitude Is gratitude
And here's the reason why:
Once I couldn't see a moonbow or a sunset sky
But now my eyes are open
And I can finally see
And life's become so precious to me
(bridge)
The burning fire that I've been thru
has made me who I am
So i say "Bravo, Bravo Bravo!"
I have learned by getting burned just how to give a damn
Saying "Bravo, Bravo, Bravo"
(instrumental on A section, then repeat bridge)
Bravo to the Universe for making it worthwhile
Praises to the wisdom that has taught me how to smile
Opened up, I fill my cup
Toasting "Thank you, Ma'am"
Bravo Bravo Bravo
Bravo....Bravo... Bravo.
The Suicide Tree c. 2016 by Suzy Williams
I know this tree
I call it my Suicide Tree
It grows in my neighbor's garden
This crazy tree
I bears such beautiful fruit
Ah, but her bounty is her burden
For then, her branches crack
She breaks her very back
It seems she's trying to die by giving!
I know this race
I call it my suicide race
It's racing towards its ending
This crazy race
It blights the beautiful face
of the earth, which so needs mending
Depletion, devastation on lands and seas
Our population is a disease
We seal our fate the way we're living!
(bridge)
Can't we just slow down
and have one kid or less
It could be so simple
to get out of the mess...
(full chorus instrumental)
I know this...tree.
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11. |
Beat My Wings
04:01
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Beat My Wings
(verse)
I am an an angel.
My mother told me so
and if my mother said so
then it's true
And I have tried to live my life
In spite of all the strife
Tried to live the way she taught me to:
(she taught me to)
Beat My Wings
Beat My Wings
I can fly far away from these troubles today
because I can Beat My Wings
(I'm going to)
Beat My Wings
Use these things
I could fall in despair but I'll rise in the air
because I can Beat My Wings
(bridge)
Sometimes I get bogged in the mire
Forgetting all that's good and true
Feeling the flames of the fire
Then remember what it is I can do
(two A instrumental, repeat bridge)
Beat My Wings
Beat My Wings
I've been given this gift
I'll ascend, I will lift!
Because...
I can Beat...My... Wings.
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12. |
Recuerdo
03:08
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Recuerdo
We were very tired; we were very merry
We'd gone back and forth
all night on the ferry
It was bare and bright
and smelled like a stable
but we looked into a fire, and we leaned across a table
We lay on a hilltop underneath the moon
And the whistles kept blowin'
and the dawn came soon
We were very tired; we were very merry
We'd gone back and forth
all night on the ferry
And you ate and apple; and I had a pear
from a dozen of each that we bought somewhere
And the sky went wan
and the wind came cold
and the sun rose, drippin'
a bucketful of gold
We were very tired; we were very merry
We'd gone back and forth
all night on the ferry
We hailed:
"Good morrow, Mother!"
to a shawl-covered head
And bought a newspaper
that neither of us read
and she wept "God bless you!"
for the apples and the pears
and we gave her all out money but our subway fares
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13. |
Everyone Dies
02:56
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Everyone Dies
Everyone Dies.
Yes, Everyone Dies
We all ought to know that we all gotta go...
ah, but here is what gives:
Not everyone lives
Some live so small
They give nothing at all.. but some give too much
so they start to lose touch
and they lose all their pride
and shrivel inside
But...you have lived so large so deep, so beautiful
You've savored all the luck that's come your way
You made it all so bountiful, not dutiful
and held so many in your charming sway
yes baby
Everyone Dies
That's right, Everyone Dies
It's all of our fate but before it's too late
Let it be no surprise
that this is what gives:
Not everyone lives
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