by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
It sure is hard to dance across The room when you've got One foot on the floor And one foot outside the door I want nothing more Than to dance with you The peace I've known, floating along The deep
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Continental soldiers on a bivouac Were playin' stud poker in a mountain shack Every vigilante laid down his hand When the captain of the guard gave a sharp command So Jimmy get your fiddle out a
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
Since you lay my burdens Since you lay my burdens Since you lay my burdens down All the troubles I've been Dragging down this trail Seep into the thirsty ground Since you turned your light Upon my da
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
Down among the dead The wide-eyed and the legless, only half a head Half a mouth to laugh from the porthole Through the mold and faded epitaphs Will you ever more tie up my hair with velvet bows
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
Honey wax, melt it down Make your heart molten somehow Turn the fields of stone to magma Swinging out on the breeze I hear you singing, you're coming home I can see you now Summer is the champion Le
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Shadows slowly creeping Down the prairie trail Everything is sleeping Ah, but the nightingale Moon will soon be climbing In the purple sky Night winds all a-humming This tender lullaby Car
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
She can really play it She can really lay it down 'Smile', 'Good Vibrations' 'Help Me Rhonda', 'Homeward Bound' It would be so cool To be like Carol, Carol Kaye Maybe I can meet her Maybe shake her h
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
Oh, I can see your tracks but I won't follow them I'll just hope for rain Or some kind of crazy wind to erase them And chase them into oblivion Oh, I can smell the smoke from your fire, babe But I'll
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Hush a bye, don't you cry Go to sleep you little baby When you awake, you will have cake And all the pretty little horses Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin Black and ba
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Why, oh why, oh why oh, why Why, oh why, oh why Because because because because Goodbye goodbye goodbye Why can't a bird eat an elephant Why, oh why, oh why 'Cause an elephant's got a pretty h
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
Dreaming of a silver silo Burning in the light Venus de Milo soldered in the side Thought I caught her smile Am I going, am I going Up in smoke Am I going, am I going Up in smoke Dreaming of Birds o
by Laura Veirs on album July Flame
In a green hallow where a river sings Tiny valley, blue bells ring There's a young soldier under the clouds His mouth is open and the light rains down And the light rains down and the crows come 'rou
by Laura Veirs on album Warp and Weft
Born in Detroit, then she studied in France, She played the harp, she played the _____ With John Coltrane, she became his wife, Made a lot of music before he died. That Alice, made a palace, F
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Jack, can I ride, oh, oh Jack, can I ride, oh, oh Jack, can I ride, oh, oh Jack, can I ride, oh, oh I asked my momma for fifty cents To see the elephant jump the fence He jumped so high that h
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Down the way where the nights are gay And the sun shines brightly on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop Well I'm sad to say, I'm on my way
by Laura Veirs on album Two Beers Veirs
Oh the cuckoo, she's a fine bird Don't she warble as she flies She don't never holler coo coo Till the fourth of July Oh the cuckoo, she's a fine bird Don't I wish she was mi
by Laura Veirs on album Tumble Bee
Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale a day Gotta jump down, spin around and pick a bale of cotton Gotta jump down, spin around and pic
by Laura Veirs on album Warp and Weft
Abundant Life, That's this life, Lush life, That's this life. Did you see the cherry tree, Take to bloom and waters (free/freeze?), Arms open to the wind wide, Trembling black eyes, I mov
by Laura Veirs on album Miscellaneous
Breathe life to the street from the mouth Those ruby red lips have much to give Pull life from the land with your capable hands Those life loving, beautiful, broken hands Oh, I'll stand with you and