The Roches – Lyrics from “A Dove”

A Dove

ING

This changes everything
Why is it happening
I got a feeling
And you're changing

The sky was darkening
When we went out wandering
It got confusirlg
And I started singing

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Will we be marrying
Instead of parting
Or are you still singing
The praises of waiting

I had a gift to bring
A simple little thing
I had a little fling
That we won't be mentioning

Ing

Where is all this leading
Is there any meaning
Are we just careening around?

I'm always wondering
When it starts thundering
Which is the better thing
To be still or running

You with the broken wing
Who fell down flying
How is it dancing
With any old Earthling

TROUBLED LOVE

where i come from
was my home
there were rooms in there
stairs i climbed
i spent a lot of time
looking out the window

you don't know
this troubled love
i'm carrying around in my heart
carry it around til i'm old

yeah, i could fold it up
forget about all this crazy stuff
please don't tell me i gotta leave
the ones that i love
just to rise above

who can i show
this troubled love
i'm carrying around in my heart
carry it around til i'm old

i try to be a citizen
get this junkie off my back
how can i be a citizen
my flag flies at half mast

where can i go
with this troubled love...

gonna let it flow
this troubled love
i carried it...

A DOVE

a dove
settled on the sill
and I called my cat

love
if looks could kill
and that was that

the glass
of the windowpane
and away she flew

over the grass
glistenin' in the rain
and on out of view

over the buildings
stone (w)rote cages
where people live

over the gilded
old outrages
that we can't forgive

the moon
hangin' in the sky
like a copper pan

a tune
welling in her eye
goin' through Cheyenne

the wing
of an aeroplane
and away she flew

to sing
searing in her brain
your point of view

over the mountains
changing seasons
and the falling leaves

long ago countin'
damn good reasons
colors she believes

the phone
ringin' off the hook
like a magic wand

my own
let me take a look
in the polluted pond

escapes
aren't all that bad
and away she threw

the tapes
and any chance she had
of returning to

over the heartache
lucid dreaming
of the lost way out

and if we are awake
who's that screaming
what it's all about

SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ME

never mind the words of love
i have heard them before
skip over that part
I am waiting for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me

here you come again
arms across a broken heart
you want me to be free
i know what you mean
but i am waiting for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me

what is the meaning of the word love
do you mean what you say
don't fool around
i am aching for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me

i was standing underneath a beautiful tree
there was nobody there
my heart was a glow
i was hoping for
somebody to pull through for me
somebody's gonna have to be me

EXPECTING YOUR LOVE

All my life I've wanted your love
Travelled all over the world looking for your love
Your love would free me from my darkest pain
If you loved me I would never have had you there to blame
All my life I've wanted your love

All my life I've asked for your love
Travelled all over the world asking for your love
In the faces of strangers I would think that I saw
Someone who could see me and accept every flaw
All my life I've asked for your love

Time to stop expecting your love
Travelled all over the world expecting your love
Always in so much pain you never noticed me
The way that I long for it to be will never be
Time to stop expecting your love
Time to stop expecting your love

ANSWERED PRAYERS

do you love me
i'm confusing
never free
i am asking
now you don't have to
make me beg you
marry me

it's my birthday
thanks for calling
nothing's new
no one loves me darling
like the way you love me
sad but true

yes i will if
you bring them over
hem your pants
then we will discuss it
all the reasons why
the won'ts the can'ts

tell your lovers
it's all over
i'm your man
all the crying sobbing
and the fake heart throbbing
falling through my hands

i will carry
up my suitcase
even on the stairs
don't you worry darling
i won't ever leave you
answered prayers

TOO TOUGH HIDE

I live in one small room in New York City
Lately I'm afraid to go outside
My friends said stay here and it won't be pretty
But where could I go with this too tough hide?

The mailman still makes it through I get a lot of mail
Rarely letters with my name spelled right
Mostly envelopes with some sad tale
Hoping to crack open this too tough hide

Too tough hide
Where'd I get this too tough hide
How'd I get this too tough hide
Too tough hide

I went to a party where we watched a movie
If I'd been by myself I would've cried
Instead I laughed along so I'd seem groovy
And make you think I got this too tough hide

When 1 got home I asked the bathroom mirror
But it only tells me what's my better side
I'd have to let another person nearer
To find out what goes on behind this too tough hide

Too tough hide
Where'd I get this too tough hide
How'd I get this too tough hide
Too tough hide

BEAUTIFUL LOVE OF GOD

am i alone in this world
can somebody hear me
or be near me
am i blind to the love
the beautiful love of god

here i am
standing before a crowd
trying to belong
terrified of hiding
asking you to listen to my song
asking you to listen to me
am i alone in this world

a woman i know
i saw her in the street
she was selling books
no family no money
i could not find a way to say hello
i could not find a way to say hello
am i alone in this world

late last night
a man at the garbage can
was picking through the crap
and the neighborhood boys
starting beating him up with a baseball bat
beating him up with a baseball bat

am i alone in this world
can somebody hear me
or be near me
am i blind to the love
the beautiful love of god

YOU'RE THE ONE

you're the love
of my-life

is there any way I can
get to see you
have a cup of coffee maybe
somethin' like that
I was in a maze of buildings
runnin' all around like a rat
in the miWle of the night

all of those years that I got
lost without you
tracking the equator all the
way to the north pole
looking for a home or dead
end to this longing in my soul

honey you were my friend
if the truth be told

I can understand though if you
don't remember
all you have to do is say the
word and l'll go
this is just a dream that I've been
holding onto God I don't know
it's so hard to let it come

you're the one
that I want

YOU'RE THE TWO

You're the two that I want
You're the two that I want
Some girls'll settle for just one
They don't know what they're missin' they ain't havin' any fun
You're the two that I want

Jane told Betty she saw me last night
She had her socks shocked off but she was tryin' to be polite
We were arm in arm in arm and that just didn't seem right
I was walkin' with my babies in my high heel shoes
Havin' so much fun I nearly lost my blues
You're the two that I want

He's a big strong boy he can bust out of chains
Says what he means he don't play no games
But you what you're missin' in muscle you make up for in brains
Between you two I got my two hands full
I got one to push and another one to pull
Two that I want

I can't believe this is happenin' to me
I'm just about as happy as a girl can be
With all this lovin' I feel wild and free
Maybe I should press my luck and try for three

MAID OF THE SEAS

I wanted to take your face in my hands and kiss you on the mouth
At the funeral
There was a quake in the place where love demands to be noticed and found out
Making you beautiful
I turned myself away from you in shame
Wanting these sensations to go back from where they came
When the Maid of the Seas whispered to me in the breeze
She said sex is the opposite of death
It's alright child it's natural it's wild
It's just the life force and you can use it
You won't abuse it Enjoy yourself she said
Take my husband to bed

I couldn't keep my mind on the preacher standing by the casket
Where she lay
I couldn't weep entwined like some creature with a wish and I ask it
Please go away
Shock and grief follow death
And I feel guilty that I still draw breath
When the Maid of the Seas whispered to me in the breeze
She said sex is the opposite of death
It's the rule it's natural stay cool
It's just the life force you gotta love it
You're not above it Enjoy yourself she said
Take my husband to bed