i though i'd like to die where i was born
but i've been kicked out with no money
you said my voice sends shivers down (put splinters in) your spine
the sound of failure and cold water running
i tried to sleep but couldn't in the storm
i called for you but knew you wouldn't come
send me a remedy for this thing i'm feeling
i just can't sleep
dreams black and blue i am crazy
someday i know i'll fly away just like a sparrow
at night i go and walk out in the fields
my singing even makes the stones cry
i know you'll come back when you've had enough to eat
(you'll) hold me close like you might kill me
with a gun or a knife or a whip or a stone
bury me with five hundred others
but in the evening i'll still stand at your gate
you'll (just) see me and turn away
but i've been kicked out with no money
you said my voice sends shivers down (put splinters in) your spine
the sound of failure and cold water running
i tried to sleep but couldn't in the storm
i called for you but knew you wouldn't come
send me a remedy for this thing i'm feeling
i just can't sleep
dreams black and blue i am crazy
someday i know i'll fly away just like a sparrow
at night i go and walk out in the fields
my singing even makes the stones cry
i know you'll come back when you've had enough to eat
(you'll) hold me close like you might kill me
with a gun or a knife or a whip or a stone
bury me with five hundred others
but in the evening i'll still stand at your gate
you'll (just) see me and turn away